In my graphic organizer I have listed various ways that learners can engage with one another and the teacher. The teacher is the person who creates and organizes the material so that it can be effectively used by the learners (Siemens). The content that I listed would be found and used as a way to design the course. As Andersen (2006) stated the design of the course is very important. The teacher serves as a facilitator and an expert in the subject that is taught in the course (Siemens). In addition, the content would provide a foundation for the course. The communication and collaboration is definitely an overlap, (as is the content) but in a more obvious manner. The tools that I listed in my graphic can be used in both areas, in addition, the tools can be used to provide instructional material as well. In addition, the instructor’s role interacts within the participants by encouraging them to explore the materials and enable effective learning All areas of the graphic can be utilized together or separately, depending on the instructor, instruction and curriculum.
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Michelle, John Seely Brown refers to educators as reference librarians who bring content to learners, not as the experts themselves. Do you agree or disagree and why?
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DeleteI agree and disagree with this statement. Some teachers are reference librarians who do a wonderful job is reviewing,implementing and explaining content to learners. Other teachers are experts because they have the background, knowledge, skill, and research to support their implementation of knowledge.
This is also true with many professions, some are very good at what they do, but cannot transfer that knowledge to learners, while others are very good but they also can share this information with other learners.
Very thought provoking question!