changing traditional pedagogy….Posted by Misty on December 7, 2009 at 12:30pm EST
One of the best experiences I have had is teaching a specific face to face while teaching the same course online. I was able to see firsthand how my teaching styles differ from one to the other and I have to say that, based on the grades and quality of participation, my online students learned more, had a better understanding of the concepts I was teaching, and interacted more with their peers and me than my face to face students.
- Being a graduate student who was given a book and a sample generic syllabus and told to “teach” a course, I found myself teaching the way I was taught. As student demographics change, so should one’s pedagogical style. One way to keep teaching and learning moving forward is to take advantage of advances in technology. Gone are the days when using AV materials in the classroom is considered progressive. What worked 20 years ago just doesn’t work now. As I move into my dissertation research regarding GTA perceptions of online teaching, I find myself looking back at my own first face to face class and am proud to say that my teaching has greatly improved as a result of teaching online courses.cf. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/12/07/online
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December 8, 2009 at 2:40 pm |
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