In reading Kearsley and Shneiderman's Engagement Theory of Relate-Create-Donate, I had a "light-bulb" moment:
Our e-learning journey is Engagement Theory in an authentic context !
We have been asked to relate - we are creating our own blogs, informing other e-learners of who we are, where we have come from, our backgrounds and other information that we are willing to share to create an online community. We are collaborating and working with people from different backgrounds, life experiences and cultures and we are looking at this subject from many different perspectives.
We have created our own blogs, and have yet to create our Mahara "view". Our creations are with a purpose - they are our assessment tasks!
Our donate component is "making a useful contribution while learning" (Kearsley & Shneiderman, 1999). We will be following and commenting on other blogs and creating an e-portfolio.
I hope that this is not too simplistic a view.
Hi Miss Jane,
ReplyDeleteIt is a good moment when students realise that the courseware you designed is "walking the walk" rather than just "talking the talk".
Yes you are correct in your observations.
Best,
Scot.