Tag: zone of proximal development
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Posted to Diigo 12/10/2010
Pontydysgu – Bridge to Learning – Educational Research The zone of proximal development is the area between what an individual can achieve on their own and what they can achieve with assistance A student should constantly be reaching slightly beyond their capabilities rather than working within them students should lead their learning and teachers simply…
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Posted to Diigo 06/18/2010
Gilly Salmon’s Five Stage Model: a useful referrence « Mollybob Goes To School Salmon’s model moves away from the increasingly dated notion that the effective eLearning can be achieved through static learning objects (Downes 2005), and takes a social learning perspective with particular emphasis on communities of practice, providing a framework to support Wenger’s assertion…
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Posted to Diigo 05/22/2010
Pontydysgu – Bridge to Learning – Educational Research course management software leads universities to “think they are in the information industry”. In contrast to”the authentic learning environments prompted by advances in cognitive and constructivist learning theories”: “the industrial, course management model has its center of gravity in teachers generating content, teachers gathering resources, teachers grouping…