Wednesday 4 February 2015

Development: Stage five of the five stage model

This final stage of the model is where learners are more independent in their learning and demonstrate greater critical thinking and self-reflection. Relating this to the distance learning module I have been running that is now reaching its conclusion, while it may be true that some of the students have reached this stage, it is fair to say that this is probably not typical. And I think it is understandable and reasonable to not expect this to be the case. This is a single module over 14 weeks. The module itself, while offered as a stand-alone course, is designed to be a introductory course/module that forms part of a bigger whole.

As and when we have the MAPP-DL running, we might expect students in the second semester modules to be reaching this stage (or reaching it more quickly) as they are already comfortable with the learning technologies, they are continuing to work with a student cohort they have socialised and exchanged with (if appropriately supported) and they are building their knowledge further.

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