Did you get your waffles today?
This was a brief questionnaire that made me reflect on my pedagogy. I wanted to use more than one answer on a couple of the questions. My score was a 16. I believe that what you put into something is what you get out of it. I believe that teaching is not telling. I think that the things you really learn in life are not something you read in a text book. I want my students to learn, by experiencing the material in some way. I am continually trying to figure out the balance of how much lecture, group discussion, class activities provides the best mix, especially with all the different learning types and different personalities. I am curious about how you get students to “experience” the class information so they really learn in an online environment.
The 2nd part of this blog is about how I am getting along. I feel eager and excited to learn, yet frustrated, at times, at my own novice. For example, I went to another computer to print out the questionnaire, and had to go back to an old email with the POT class link mentioned, because I could not find the class syllabus under the Blackboard “Classes You Are Enrolled In,” even though I clicked on POT. I wonder, “is that just me?” It is a bit frustrating as it takes longer for me (I think) than others just to navigate around the website. I believe I installed Akismet to avoid spam on my blog, but I am not 100% I did it correctly, so I am just crossing my fingers. I am hopeful that I will learn a lot in this class, because I believe that what you put into something is what you get out of it.
Oh yes she did!