Bewarethegeek Goes Digital

I have now finished my learning contract assignment examining the differences between how science is taught online and traditionally. It can be found here, on a wiki. Overall I have found this project very interesting, eye-opening and educational. It is encouraging to see that there are a range of different and developing methods of teaching [...]

I’m currently writing the theories and frameworks section of my wiki at the moment and finding it interesting just how interrelated a lot of the theories are. They all have roots in each other and it makes it difficult to see what came first but also makes applying aspects of them to case studies interesting.  [...]

Having just finished reading about a study involving the SpeakEasy knowledge integration environment, I was thinking about how the experiences of the students in the study related to my own. In the experiment, the students were assigned use of the discussion board for homework, making it a compulsory task. In my science degree, we had [...]

I decided to reflect on my own experiences in science and use them as a case study to which I would apply some of the theories and frameworks I’ve been reading about in the process of doing this assignment. I am finding the theoretical aspect of this project particularly interesting because it seems to be [...]

…is a question I’ve been asking myself a lot today. When I first started this project I was quite keen on the idea of writing it as a journal article paper but the more I read, the more I’m beginning to see what a fluid and complex field science education is. There are a huge [...]

“Science education seems to fail to distinguish that scientific thinking methods differ from other intellectual thinking methods – as such, students of science fail to develop scientific thinking.” pvii (Cromer, 1997) “There is an insepararable link betewen theory and experiment (observation and experiment) – science is knowledge that comes from connecting theory and experience. ” [...]

Eraut, M. R. 1975. Should Curriculum Decisions be made ‘for’ or ‘by’ the Independent Learner? in Independent Learning in Tertiary Science Education, ed. Furniss, B. S. and Parsonage, J. R. Educational Techniques Group. Ch. 1. This paper proposes a curriculum model for science education which focuses on content, subject matter and assessment, all leading to [...]

I’m reading the ACACE’s report on Basic Science Education for Adults. It’s linking in nicely with a paper I’m about half way through about attitudes towards sciences in relation to social change and is making a point that at the highschool and early university level, science enrolments and interest is significantly dropping in favour of [...]

This post is to deliniate the difference between the previous posts on this blog and the upcoming ones. Prior to this post, this blog was used for my E-Learning Models and Theories subject in Semester 1. Now that that subject is over, I am using it for my E-Learning Technologies subject. The posts in this [...]