Goals

Diana Maughan's picture

Blog Posting Oct 21

What is learning?
Learning occurs when students are motivated to recognize that their current knowledge is limited or incorrect and have a desire to overcome the limitations and misconceptions. They need to look past what they have and desire more, which also requires them to look for answers and ask for help when necessary.
A teachers place in this is to help the students see their limitations and misconceptions. They can do this through many different means, giving new information through reading or lectures, showing them with examples, letting them discover with experiments, writing assignments etc. The lists are as unlimited as a teacher’s imagination and ingenuity, but it still boils down to the learner’s desire to increase their knowledge. The old adage “you can lead a horse to water, but you can not make him drink”, I think applies to learning as well, so the teacher needs to find a way to motivate and promClick here to read more »
Submitted by Diana Maughan on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 6:16pm
Ting Song's picture

Week 5: What is learning? How can learning be best effectuated by a teacher/trainer?

 What is learning? Learning is a process of actions, by which you can gain new skills and know this world better than before. Learning is a kind of need for me, as it can make me more capable and learn myself better.

When I was a child, I was full of curiosity to everything in my life. I adored my natural science teacher very much as she seemed to know the answers to all my questions. There by, I leaned natural science very hard and dreamed of become a person as erudite as my teacher.

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Submitted by Ting Song on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 9:32pm
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Goals for INST 6310

I enjoy technology in every shape and form. My gaol is to learn how I can improve my teaching while using the techniques that I learn in this class. There is so much that I am willing to learn because I don't know enough to be as effective as I would like to be.
Submitted by John Sanchez on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 2:20pm
Jennifer Mathis's picture

Goals

My goals for my studies are to be able to know how to better use technology in the classroom.  I want, of course, to do well, and get good grades.  Who doesn't!  My goals for my career are to improve my teaching style and techniques.  I hope that my courses through this program help me do this.
Submitted by Jennifer Mathis on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:12pm
Camille Clegg-Patch's picture

I am happy to be here.

I am excited to be a part of something that is so up and coming and in the now. I feel like I spend most of my time discovering new things after everyone on the planet has already been doing a particular strategy or using a tech tool for years.
The main purpose I am in the ITLS program is to become a better instructor. I love my career as a teacher. I have never felt that I have a job. A job is something you have to do to get a paycheck and so people can't call you lazy. I teach because it is a passion of mine.Click here to read more »
Submitted by Camille Clegg-Patch on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 7:07am
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