Yes Joyce, my two cents worth , is that learning does not depend on building so much, as it does on relationships.
Don Sent from my iPhone On Jan 10, 2013, at 10:08 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I agree that young people and probably not so young people need a teacher, > mentor or coach to guide them but that person might be an academic advisor > available on the web or perhaps even better an on-site mentor/coach who > could work with students to choose OER resources that will best suit their > learning needs and build logically toward appropriate learning outcomes. > One of my community organizing students (working in Haiti) suggested that > such "coaches" might be located in schools or some other kind of > "educational resource sites"...they could provide face-to-face guidance for > those who could access the site physically and perhaps telephone coaching > for those who cannot. Even the addition of voice contact through cell > phone might give inexperienced students the confidence they need as well as > guidance through the often confusing world of academic preparation. I > wonder what people think of this idea. Joyce McKnight, Associate > Professor, Empire State College (US) > > > > From: jim kelly <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 01/10/2013 12:40 PM > Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Why classrooms are important? > Sent by: [email protected] > > > > Agree. There is no doubt that interactions between a young (or beginning) > learner and an educator are very important. Failure here guarantees that > knowledge will be misused. The value and enthusiasm to learn require the > presents of an educator. But a lack of qualified educators in many learning > communities, money to obtain an education and a world in which the human > knowledge base has gone global is requiring communities to redefine how a > learner learns. > > > Examine the observation made in the Youth Version of the 2012 UNESCO > Education for All Global Monitoring Report ( > http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/e-forum/Be%20skiller%20be%20employed%20be%20change%20generation.pdf > ) by Ali Zayaan a 19 year old from Maldives "Even right now, many young > people that can’t afford full schooling are able to access the internet. > They can use the internet (whether at home or somewhere public like a > library) to learn at their own pace for free, even if they have to work in > the daytime or can’t afford or access regular schooling. If they want to > get a qualification like a high school diploma, then they just need to > afford time and money for one or two days to attend an exam. This lowers > the cost barrier of pursuing an education a lot." > > > Traditional educational approaches need to adapt. > > > Jim Kelly > ( www.k-12math.info) > > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
