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Students as Learning Designers LAMS

Today's session with Year 6 students was really very good. They are obviously really engaged in using LAMS and gave me lots to think about.


Structure of the day
* We created a rubrik for assessing good learning sequences
* Students provided some feedback to their peers
* Using some of their examples I led some discussions on what is good practice when
* We then discussed giving constructive feedback


What did they need to think about when designing sequences? (student responses)
* Putting more information at the front of learning experiences.
* Adding more instructions for using the tools such as PIXLR
* Adding more facts and less opinions or the opposite (getting the balance right)
* More options when people have to vote on something
* Adding more options to cater for a variety of abilities and knowledge



What do they like about designing sequences?
* Actually teaching something gives you a sense of satisfaction for knowing they have learnt something
* You learn as you teach
* Like learning how you learn with the tools
* Makes learning more enjoyable because it is never the same by providing a variety of tasks
* Interesting to see what others are trying to teach you
* You learn how to look for info
* Learn more about the world of teaching


What we didn't discuss enough of:

* What is the value of working with peers to create a shared understanding? - this is key

Tags: lams macict student-centred learning student-authoring
Posted at 04:17PM Sep 15, 2009 by Concetta Gotlieb  |  Comments[1]