Shades of Deja Vu
Although Dr. Oliver warned us that there would be some overlap due to many of the learning theories being applicable to more than one of our study topics; this week really felt like deja vu for me. Maybe my past studies and experiences contributed to this feeling just as much as our previous discussion of Case-based reasoning during this semester. And familiar authors and study contributors names came around again - rightly so.
It could be that our research used to build our last module felt like similar ground - we built a module that encourages students to share their knowledge through sharing experiences (stories) with one another. Or, my Expressive Art Therapy training focusing on the community (or the tribe) and the power of stories could be why this feels like familiar ground. I have always considered myself a storyteller, so I really like Janassen's discussion of the "narrative," and it's use in education. Some of the research sited explained why the accepted use of narrative has gained much more acceptance, such as this description; “the means for the social distribution of experiential knowledge through community interaction.”
There were new tidbits as well; this was the first time I heard the descriptor - information engineer. I liked that! To fancy myself as an Information Engineer sounds appealing. And, to build a module containing authentic stories that represent reality and would be applicable to the future use of the module students would take some engineering!
In a sense, isn't the experience of something like deja vu the goal of case-based instructional modules? After completing such a module, wouldn't you want students to feel like they have been in this situation before? Maybe they had seen something like this or done something like this before? I know that's what I want for my students - the confidence and the comfort of being familiar with a situation, regardless of whether they had actually experienced it before.
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It could be that our research used to build our last module felt like similar ground - we built a module that encourages students to share their knowledge through sharing experiences (stories) with one another. Or, my Expressive Art Therapy training focusing on the community (or the tribe) and the power of stories could be why this feels like familiar ground. I have always considered myself a storyteller, so I really like Janassen's discussion of the "narrative," and it's use in education. Some of the research sited explained why the accepted use of narrative has gained much more acceptance, such as this description; “the means for the social distribution of experiential knowledge through community interaction.”
There were new tidbits as well; this was the first time I heard the descriptor - information engineer. I liked that! To fancy myself as an Information Engineer sounds appealing. And, to build a module containing authentic stories that represent reality and would be applicable to the future use of the module students would take some engineering!
In a sense, isn't the experience of something like deja vu the goal of case-based instructional modules? After completing such a module, wouldn't you want students to feel like they have been in this situation before? Maybe they had seen something like this or done something like this before? I know that's what I want for my students - the confidence and the comfort of being familiar with a situation, regardless of whether they had actually experienced it before.
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Posted by Cindy at 4/10/2010 1:44 AM 
Categories: ECI 517
Tags: Advanced Multimedia ECI 517 Case-Based Reasoning
Categories: ECI 517
Tags: Advanced Multimedia ECI 517 Case-Based Reasoning
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