Contents of Learning Occurs in a Learning Event, Content & Context

1. CONTEXTS OF LEARNING
OCCURS IN A LEARNING EVENT,
CONTENT & CONTEXT
PREPARED BY
BARBARA O’GORMAN – EDUC6023 – M.Ed. IN ADULT
EDUCATION – YORKVILLE UNIVERSITY

2. WEB IS CHANGING OUR
IDEAS OF SOCIAL ACTION

3. ONLINE LEARNING
Bouchard (2013) stated that
“learners can structure their
learning in much more fluid,
effective, and personalized
ways than with any other
previously known method”
(p. 308).

4. NEW DIMENSIONS TO SELF-
DIRECTED LEARNING
“Self-directed learner using MOOC
will not be able to call on trusted
educators for support in their
learning but rely on the aggregation
of information and informal
communication and collaboration
available through social media to
advance their learning” (Kop &
Fournier, 2010, p. 1).

5. BOUCHARD (N.D.) IS MAKING US AWARE
THAT NOT ALL INFORMATION PRESENTED
BY TECHNOLGOY IS VALID YET WE AS
USERS NEED TO BE AWARE THAT THE
NETWORK DOES CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING
OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING;
HOWEVER, WE NEED TO ALWAYS BE
FINDING NEW AND CREATIVE WAYS FOR
SHARING INFORMATION ON THE NETWORK.
WE NEED TO AVOID THE PITFALLS OF
WHERE WE FIND OUR INFORMATION AND
NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO BECOME
OVERLOADED WITH INFORMATION. WE ALL
KNOW THAT WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A
RESOURCEFUL SOURCE YET LOTS OF
ONLINE USERS GO TO THIS WEBSITE FOR
INFORMATION.

6. LEARNING BY PLAYING
Prensky (2001) summarizes this
emerging problem by stating “today’s
students are no longer the people our
educational system was designed to
teach”. “They are used to process
new information fast, are able to
multitask and prefer to use hypertext
media systems like the internet.
Digital learning games account for
these needs and habits”
(Wernbacher, Pfeiffer, Wagner &
Hofstatter, n.d., p. 533).

7. Wenger (n.d) later provided a
definition of communities of
practice by pointing out that they
are groups of people who do share
a concern of a passion for
something they do, during this
process they learn how to do it
better as they interact regularly.
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

8. MOD ER N W OR K PLA C E LEA N IN G
EMBRACES ALL THE WAYS WE LEARN

9. TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE
ONLINE LEARNING THE
NEW GLOBAL TSUNAMI
Global economy has changed my
view of adult education due to high
tech communication which allows
one to diffuse ideas more quickly and
broadly. There are more
telecommunications connections
across borders. Bouchard stated that
“the new online environments compel
us to redefine what it means to teach,
to learn and how (p. 305).