In watching the video by the student on connectivity, it was very well done. Very easy to understand. As reading all the articles, watching the videos and reading again, was very enlightning, but it makes one start to get confused.
The video made was on this subject and in deciding to write about this, it was to make it clear, and not redundant when reading and watching both.
Students can learn when reading, watching videos, looking at charts and all the other styles of learning that are on various subjects. Using the word, read, when discussing the various styles of learning, will suffice for them all in this article.
A student can read and then write what they have learned. Reading is one form of learning, but it is a fact that if one reads and then writes what they have read, it helps the learning to become their own knowledge, rather than just what they read. Reading and then doing something that formulates what the article was about will also do the same thing, but even more so. Sometimes, one cannot "do" as easily as they can write on the subject. (Meier)
Students who listened to Podcasts from iTunes made a good grade, better than the ones lectured to, in class. But, the students who listened to the Podcast and took notes did even better than the others. (Perez)
If one puts that with the benefit of reading what others have read and written, one is able to learn from all the things the others have read, which makes it even better for them. That is the connectivity. The fact that one is connecting with the other students in what they have read, learned, written and/or experienced makes it better than just listening to a lecture. The teacher may be excellent, but one cannot learn more than what that teacher has to offer that way.
Even at Full Sail University, the class of August 31, 2009 - Sept. 3, 2010, has taken 10 classes, counting this one. One teacher has taught twice. There have been 2 teachers who lectured during Wimba with very little chance for asking questions and no chance for discussion. Those are two classes many feel they did not learn alot from. That is sad, as one of those classes had a remarkable teacher. One could tell the instructor had so much to offer, yet, in talking the entire time, did not give students a chance to ask questions of the confusing areas and with a couple of other confusing areas of instruction, made it difficult to learn as much as possible. Too Bad. The other class. . . well, it seemed the instructor liked to hear his voice. While it was easy to pass the class, there was not much real learning in the class. As long as students regurgitated the material back to the instructor, the students did well. There was not connectivity in that class.
Most teachers at Full Sail On line do a wonderful job of making students learn to learn from each other. Well done.
Connectivity is such a wonderful way to learn from the instructor, the materials of other wonderful instructors and from the other students. Being able to offer what one learns, yet be able to listen, learn, read and develop more ideas from other students reading, even the same materials, makes learning such a n open ended opportunity for growing one's brain and mind.
Meier, J, Sound It Out, http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies. (2010). WETA, Washington, DC.,
funded by grant from US Dept. of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.
Retrieved June 5, 2010.
Perez, S., http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/itunes_u_proves_better_than_class.php. Retreived
June 5, 2010. I Tunes U Proves Better than Going to Class.
Connectivity is such an important element of learning. Great job.
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