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| Subject: | Re: GISList: GIS teaching |
| Date: |
12/07/2001 10:34:43 AM |
| From: |
Wynne Whyman |
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Gillian
You're right. Simply putting material (information) on the web is usually not as effective as individual attention.
Good face-to-face teaching involves knowing your learners, sequencing the material, using a variety of effective
instructional strategies, using a variety of effective learner strategies, etc. -- all focused on the type of material
(teaching tennis is different than GIS :-)).
The same thing is true for WBT (web-based training). Good instruction includes all of the above mentioned...plus
working effectively with the technology.
The type of person I would suggest you add to your team is an Instructional designer (ID), who is well-versed in WBT
(web based training). They can work with you to design dynamic content, strategies, a variety of interaction with the
student, etc.
Research from a recent online magazine shows that teaching technical courses is one of the more effective uses of WBT.
Wynne
Instructional Designer
Glenn Letham wrote:
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> Hello,
> Im forwarding this to the list from Gillian.
> Please reply to g.k.mcgregor@ru.ac.za
>
> 'TRADITIONAL' VS WEB BASED/REMOTE GIS TEACHING
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> I am a lecturer at a university - teaching GIS to under grad and post =
> grad students.
> The TEACHING of GIS is of particular interest to me - how to get get =
> across unfamiliar concepts, how to create a solid theoretical =
> understanding, how to develop the students ability to troubleshoot etc.=20
>
> I do not have vast experience - but I believe that web based/remote =
> teaching in GIS is not successful. I realise this is probably the case =
> for many subjects. Apart from the obvious fact that individual attention =
> is still the best - I believe that there is more to it than that in the =
> case of GIS. Perhaps it has to do with the tremendous volume of bits =
> and pieces of information from a very broad and diverse base that =
> constitutes 'GIS knowledge?'......
>
> An example of what I mean: in a particular GIS course - students worked =
> on a batch of tutorial prac exercises, unsupervised. The next batch of =
> students were supervised. The unsupervised crowd did very badly in their =
> exam - the supervised batch did well....
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> Anyway - I would appreciate any comments from any one else who has any =
> ideas/experiences along these lines
>
> regards,
> Gillian McGregor
> g.k.mcgregor@ru.ac.za
>
> Dept. of Geography
> Rhodes University
> Grahamstown
> 6140
> South Africa
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