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Technological Challenges & Opportnites of 3 Generations of DE Pedagogies

by Terry Anderson, PhD and Professor

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Summary of 3 Generations of DE Pedagogy” by Anderson and Dron

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Three Generations of Distance Education Pedagogy

by Terry Anderson

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My First Prezi

I'm done with my prezi. 

It was a laborious effort for a first-timer.

I had several edits and changes on the format as I felt I needed to consolidate things I learned on podcasting and screencasting.

I felt I had to include a voice and video clip which I did in Audacity, did a bit of Photoshop on images, combined them in Sony Vegas, rendered in .wma file, exported to Youtube, then finally embedded in prezi as one frame. Whew! Labor of love indeed. 

Here's to share my final output. It's created to be viewed at a student's own pace. http://prezi.com/lnq9xclw4kko/technopreneurship-creating-revenue-streams-online/

Cheers,

homer

Zone of Proximal Development

The zone of proximal development has been defined as ""the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance, or in collaboration with more capable peers"" (Vygotsky, 1978, p86).

Vygotsky views interaction with peers as an effective way of developing skills and strategies. He suggests that teachers use cooperative learning exercises where less competent children develop with help from more skillful peers - within the zone of proximal development.

Vygotsky believed that when a student is at the zone of proximal development for a particular task, providing the appropriate assistance (scaffolding) will give the student enough of a "boost" to achieve the task. Once the student, with the benefit of scaffolding, masters the task, the scaffolding can then be removed and the student will then be able to complete the task again on his own.

Zone of Proximal Development Example: "Video on Baking Cookies" 



Zone of Proximal Development Example: "Maria"

Maria just entered college this semester and decided to take an introductory tennis course.  Her class spends each week learning and practicing a different shot.  Weeks go by and they learn how to properly serve and hit a backhand.  During the week of learning the forehand, the instructor notices that Maria is very frustrated because she keeps hitting her forehand shots either into the net or far past the baseline.

He examines her preparation and swing.  He notices that her stance is perfect, she prepares early, she turns her torso appropriately, and she hits the ball at precisely the right height. However, he notices that she is still gripping her racquet the same way she hits her backhand, so he goes over to her and shows her how to reposition her hand to hit a proper forehand, stressing that she should keep her index finger parallel to the racquet.  He models a good forehand for her, and then assists her in changing her grip. With a little practice, Maria's forehand turns into a formidable weapon for her!

In this case, Maria was in the zone of proximal development for successfully hitting a forehand shot. She was doing everything else correctly, but just needed a little coaching and scaffolding from a "More Knowledgeable Other" to help her succeed in this task.  When that assistance was given, she became able to achieve her goal. Provided with appropriate support at the right moments, so too will students in our classrooms be able to achieve tasks that would otherwise be too difficult for them.


Current applications of Vygotsky's work

A contemporary application of Vygotsky's theories is "reciprocal teaching", used to improve students' ability to learn from text. In this method, teacher and students collaborate in learning and practicing four key skills: summarizing, questioning, clarifying, and predicting.  The teacher's role in the process is reduced over time.  Also, Vygotsky is relevant to instructional concepts such as "scaffolding" and "apprenticeship", in which a teacher or more advanced peer helps to structure or arrange a task so that a novice can work on it successfully.

Vygotsky's theories also feed into current interest in collaborative learning, suggesting that group members should have different levels of ability so more advanced peers can help less advanced members operate within their zone of proximal development.

Further Information

Educational implications of Vygotsky's zone of proximal development on collaborative work in the classroom.

How to cite this article:

McLeod, S. A. (2010). Zone of Proximal Development. Retrieved from http://www.simplypsychology.org/Zone-of-Proximal-Development.html

My first screencast is about how to repost Youtube videos on the Negosentro.com Blog. This activity is very timely as I needed to tutor one of the site's new blog posters. I already sent him a step-by-step guide on how to post his articles. But since I thought of just personally tutoring him on how to post Youtube videos as his next activity, this assignment came along. The idea of doing the actual screencast for the said purpose became my "eureka!" moment. It became a welcome opportunity to post the screencast tutorial on Youtube seen posted here. I used Snaggit to capture the screen activities. As I wanted to put a bit of text graphics, music and events, I used Sony Vegas as my editing tool. For some reason, I couldn't render the material on either .avi, .swf or . flv. so I directly uploaded the finished product to Youtube then converted it back to .avi format for uploading to this site. I'm sure my other classmates can do a much better job. Here's my first screencast:

Podcasting 101 in Distance Education

Listen to the Podcast here: Should you want you know how to embed you own podcast on your blog, here's how:

How To Embed A Podcast Into A Blogger

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How to Draw a Rose Step by Step Flower Drawing Tutorial

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This is my first step by step colored pencil tutorial. After you watch this video, you will have a solid understanding of how to draw a rose with colored pencil. I have simplified the instructions so that even a beginner could create a successful drawing. I will tell you about the colored pencils later in this video. But, for now, grab a regular pencil and some drawing paper. I have a quick recommendation before we begin. Hit the link in the video description and go to my website to download a printable page with our reference image. Lets begin.

Step 1: Draw a long rectangular shape for the stem.

Step 2: Take a moment to observe the proportions of the new shapes that I added. Notice that the leaf to the right overlaps the stem. The two shapes on top are positioned more to the left hand side.

Step 3: Now add the shapes for the bottom of the petals on the right hand side. Notice the U shape that is formed at the bottom of the rose. Notice that the upper shape on the right is slightly thicker than the upper shape on the left.

Step 4: Use your imagination a bit and notice the slightly skewed egg shape above the shapes from the first three steps. Once you notice how it fits, draw it on your paper.

Step 5: Add the four shapes which I just added around the egg shape.

Step 6: Use your observation skills and add even more shapes to the center of your rose. Do not stress if your drawing does not look exactly like mine. In portraiture, you need a likeness, but you don't need to be as exact when drawing a flower.

Step 7: The same rule applies with step seven. Use your observation skills, but don't stress extreme accuracy.

How to Pitch to Venture Capitalists

John Babcock, a partner of Rustic Canyon (http://www.rusticcanyon.com/), explains how to successfully pitch to venture capitalists. Pitching can be the trickiest part of the process, as saying the right thing is very important in order to receive funding.

1. Emphasize any prior experience and success
2. Embellish the amount of potential competition
3. Be comfortable admitting a lack of understanding

So, entrepreneurs pitch me everyday and it’s one of the things I love of just hearing how people look to take on a new business opportunity. And to think about it how a venture capitalist thinks about it, I think maybe you want to think about what would it take for the guys who backed Lewis and Clark? They’re heading off on those audacious plan and we kind of finance audacious plans. And so, a couple of things I’d recommend.

One is highlight relevant experience you’ve got. Have you gone out on the ventures before? Do you know this market? Are you someone who I might actually hire to run this business if you weren’t also the person who is starting it.

The second thing is to overestimate your competition. There’s nothing that gives me more fear than to hear and often they’ll say, “I don’t have any competition.”

As you go back to Lewis and Clark analogy, to have him off heading West and they say, “We don’t expect any problems.” Nothing could tell you that they’re less prepared to handle problems than to say they don’t expect any.

The third piece of advise would be to don’t be afraid to say, I don’t know, because I know you don’t know. I don’t know either what you’re going to find. When Lewis and Clark were heading off, they didn’t know. So, you know, someone looked after those guys – backed those guys because they were a credible team going off into a great adventure which is really what we tend to back.

And the last piece of advice would be as an entrepreneur, to solicit advice from your investors you talk to. If you’re out looking for funding, you’re probably going to talk to a half dozen or dozen different firms and it has two benefits really. One is you might really get some good advise. And two, people who are you know, looking to finance you, want to have someone who listens. It’s a valuable skill as you’re going out into a difficult spot.

Building a company and making it grow into something really big is difficult and it’s audacious like Lewis and Clark. As you go and communicate to investors to help you on that path, I think you want to communicate to them the same way which is you’re not sure of everything you’re going to find, you’re a good team to back in doing it and you’re going to pursue it with passion and with vigor. And frankly, that’s all an investor can ask for.

Multiple Intelligences

Multimedia in Education by Matthew Gudenius

Sharing you a 5-part video of why multimedia is a beneficial tool in education if used correctly. Enjoy!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

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