An Overview Highlights and Points of Focus Glenn’s e-Porfolio An Overview Highlights and Points of Focus

Introduction Purpose: Reflect on my practice in light of my development in the MET program. Objective: To make learning more effective for all students and to make best use of technology to facilitate this.

Introduction Audience: Myself, my MET instructors, my peers in the MET program, interested colleagues, my students. Artifacts: Selections from my course work, journal entries and research proposals.

Bridging the Knowledge Gap Instructional strategy must be carefully designed before implementation Stages are analogous to the building of a bridge

Bridging the Knowledge Gap 5 Stages of Development Preparation Foundations Framework Spanning the Gap A Bridge

Peer Instruction using “Clickers” Focus of e-Portfolio Peer Instruction using “Clickers” Reflections and learning placed in the context of the development and implementation of this instructional strategy.

Click to watch a video on the use of Peer Instruction with “Clickers” “Clicker” Overview Click to watch a video on the use of Peer Instruction with “Clickers”

Non-neutral influences on the educational context. Preparation Represents the clearing away of biases, prejudices and creating an accurate picture of the educational context. Non-neutral influences on the educational context.

Learning theories… Ausubel, Gardner, Vygotsky, Piaget, Skinner…. Foundations Development of the theoretical foundations upon which an instructional strategy can be developed. Learning theories… Ausubel, Gardner, Vygotsky, Piaget, Skinner….

Foundations Cooperative Learning Apprenticeship Learning Teaching Perspectives Inventory Journal Entries of Experience

Framework Practical implementation of theories Incorporating technology into the educational context Integration of technology with instruction strategy

Framework What is good technology? Checking assumptions Effective use of technology Visualizations

Peer instruction using “Clickers” Spanning the Gap Implementations… Peer instruction using “Clickers”

Spanning the Gap Implementations… Technology Enhanced Learning Environment Animations and Simulations

A Bridge Ongoing reflections and entries about my implementation of Peer instruction using “Clickers”

A Bridge

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