{"id":3618,"date":"2016-02-13T17:44:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T00:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ldash2015\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2016-02-13T17:44:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T00:44:35","slug":"getting-advice-from-a-gamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ldash2015\/2016\/02\/13\/getting-advice-from-a-gamer\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Advice from a Gamer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of my online or mixed-mode course experience has been a bit generous on the assessment and knowledge, and a bit lean on the community and learner.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson (2008) outlines tools that would help facilitate knowledge-centred experience need to connect the big-picture with the fire-hose abundance of information in a way where students can personalize and \u201cgrow their own knowledge and discipline-centred discoveries\u201d (p. 49). These would draw on the specific knowledge of the discipline as well as that of the community members. Examples of this in our Connect course these have looked like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Articles, chapters, and excerpts in the library course reserve list;<\/li>\n<li>Extensive course outlines detailing objectives, scope and sequence;<\/li>\n<li>Static pages of how-to-set-up WordPress, and other accounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Assessment-centred attributes are characterized as being \u201cproject and workplace-based, constructed collaboratively, benefit from peer and expert review and which are infused with opportunity and requirement for self-assessment\u201d (p. 50). In our Connect course, assessment examples have looked like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reflection assignments in the form of case studies and interpretations;<\/li>\n<li>Collaborative assignments (evaluation rubric);<\/li>\n<li>ePortfolio;<\/li>\n<li>Creation of LMS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Community-centred attributes, according to Wilson (1997) are those where participants have a \u201cshared sense of belonging, trust, expectation of learning and a commitment to participate in and contribute to community.\u201d It also needs to be flexible to reflect the members of the community and reflexive, meaning: continuously able to recalibrate to the changes in that community. In our Connect course these have looked like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evaluation rubric;<\/li>\n<li>Pros and Cons piece;<\/li>\n<li>Discussion forums (\u201cSaying Hello,\u201d queries about the course (etc.), and reflections on posts);<\/li>\n<li>RSS feed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally learner-centred (or \u201clearning-centred\u201d Anderson, 2008, p. 47) must start with an understanding of the learner as having understandings, culture, and uniqueness, and be able to provide means and occasion for that to be shared. It must continue with an understanding that <em>the community of learners<\/em> and how that community <em>interfaces with the subject matter<\/em> will also have understandings, culture, and uniqueness. In our Connect course these have looked like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discussion forum (\u201cSaying Hello\u201d);<\/li>\n<li>Reflection posts such as this one where the learner is asked to apply reading to own situation;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As far as using creating meaningful interactions within the LMS course we are to create, the learning technologies tools used will need to match the objectives sought within the structure of relationships created. There are so many web-based tools available now compared to those outlined in the Anderson article. Knowing which to use would need to be a reflexive enterprise in a live course, as each of those four will interact and have varying influence with each other given different situations. Prensky\u2019s list (2001, p. 14) will be one I will be consulting as I continue to refine the work I\u2019m doing in Moodle.<\/p>\n<p>References<\/p>\n<p>Anderson, T. (2008a). Towards a theory of online learning. In T. Anderson &amp; F. Elloumi (Eds.), Theory and practice of online learning. Edmonton AB: Athabasca University. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.aupress.ca\/books\/120146\/ebook\/02_Anderson_2008-Theory_and_Practice_of_Online_Learning.pdf<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs, G., &amp; Simpson, C. (2005). Conditions under which assessment supports students\u2019 learning. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 1(1), 3-31. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/fast\/pdfs\/Gibbs%20and%20Simpson%202004-05.pdf<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prensky, M. (2001). Digital game-based learning. New York: McGraw-Hill. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.marcprensky.com\/writing\/Prensky%20-%20Ch3-Digital%20Game-Based%20Learning.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of my online or mixed-mode course experience has been a bit generous on the assessment and knowledge, and a bit lean on the community and learner. 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