Comments for /usr/physio http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog Social media, the democratisation of knowledge and physiotherapy. Can they play nice together? Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:52:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on SAFRI: Introduction, teams and leadership by Michael Rowe http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/2010/03/safri-introduction-teams-and-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Michael Rowe Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:52:20 +0000 http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/?p=988#comment-984 I agree with you about the eye contact. I know that I sometimes wonder if my students are listening when they're looking somewhere else. I think that I need to feel as if I have their undivided attention, which seems most obvious when they're looking directly at me. I'm trying to be better at making sure that my teaching style is interesting enough that I don't need to "demand" their attention, but rather that it's a natural response to what we're doing in class. To get back to the laptop though, I know that I'd be over the moon if I had a student who was listening to the discussion in the classroom, tweeting short comments, finding a relevant video that we could watch immediately, expanding an obscure term using the Wikipedia entry, etc. You're right, "teaching" involves more than having students listen, and "learning" involves far more than students' listening, and that need a mind shift. Thanks for your comment. I agree with you about the eye contact. I know that I sometimes wonder if my students are listening when they’re looking somewhere else. I think that I need to feel as if I have their undivided attention, which seems most obvious when they’re looking directly at me. I’m trying to be better at making sure that my teaching style is interesting enough that I don’t need to “demand” their attention, but rather that it’s a natural response to what we’re doing in class.

To get back to the laptop though, I know that I’d be over the moon if I had a student who was listening to the discussion in the classroom, tweeting short comments, finding a relevant video that we could watch immediately, expanding an obscure term using the Wikipedia entry, etc. You’re right, “teaching” involves more than having students listen, and “learning” involves far more than students’ listening, and that need a mind shift.

Thanks for your comment.

]]> Comment on SAFRI: Introduction, teams and leadership by Anonymous http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/2010/03/safri-introduction-teams-and-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Anonymous Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:36:38 +0000 http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/?p=988#comment-983 It could be about eye contact but its also understanding that the learning experience is much more than what happens when you "teach" - so whether a student sits with a pen or a laptop while you teach is irrelevant cause there are many other factors that will ensure that you are learning It could be about eye contact but its also understanding that the learning experience is much more than what happens when you “teach” – so whether a student sits with a pen or a laptop while you teach is irrelevant cause there are many other factors that will ensure that you are learning

]]> Comment on UWC writing for publication retreat: day 2 by Cristina Costa http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/2010/02/uwc-writing-for-publication-retreat-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Cristina Costa Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:32:00 +0000 http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/?p=961#comment-982 Thanks loads for this. this is really useful indeed! Many thanks. I will share it too. Good luck iwth your writing. keep us posted. It sounds impressive. ;-) Thanks loads for this. this is really useful indeed!
Many thanks. I will share it too.
Good luck iwth your writing. keep us posted. It sounds impressive. ;-)

]]> Comment on Opencourseware Consortium panel discussion at UWC by OpenCourseWare Consortium Panel Recap « http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/2010/02/opencourseware-consortium-panel-discussion-at-uwc/comment-page-1/#comment-981 OpenCourseWare Consortium Panel Recap « Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:59:24 +0000 http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/?p=934#comment-981 [...] 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment Michael Rowe has a new post recapping a recent OpenCourseWare Consortium panel. From the post: Neil Butcher [...] [...] 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment Michael Rowe has a new post recapping a recent OpenCourseWare Consortium panel. From the post: Neil Butcher [...]

]]> Comment on TWiT and Twitter conversations (no relation) by Agence Web http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/2009/06/following-twitter-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Agence Web Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:46:07 +0000 http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/2009/06/following-twitter-conversations/#comment-977 Ya, good point about the browser open. the video for which is also streamed live. I am on Friendfeed but don't really spend much time on it. Ya, good point about the browser open. the video for which is also streamed live. I am on Friendfeed but don’t really spend much time on it.

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