This document discusses designing effective lessons for self-directed learning (SDL) and communities of learning (CoL). It provides an overview of SDL and CoL, including definitions and benefits. SDL involves a process where the learner takes initiative and responsibility for their own learning. CoL refers to social interactions that facilitate deeper understanding through seeing different perspectives and communication skills. The document recommends using pedagogies like problem-based learning and flipped classroom models to structure online lessons. It also provides examples of Web 2.0 tools that can support collaboration, communication and assessment to engage students in active, self-paced learning.

1. DESIGNING AN EFFECTIVE LESSON
FOR SDL & COL

2. OBJECTIVES
SDL
CoL
Pedagogies Ingredients
Web 2.0
tools
Sharing Hands-on

3. OUR LEARNING CENTRE
 http://sdl-lessons.wikispaces.com/

4. WHAT IS SDL?
 Learner is SDL is a process that occurs naturally
for everyone (Gibbons, 2002).
 SDL seems to be dependent on the readiness of a
learner, the content and the context of learning,
rather than on the age of the learner.

5. GROW’S STAGED SDL MODEL

6. GROW’S STAGED SDL MODEL

7. WHY SDL?
21st C
• Lifelong learning, which has been listed as a demand for modern
society by international organizations such as UNESCO and OECD.
Ownership
• motivate a learner to pursue a learning goal and persist in the learning
process
Self-
management
• & self monitoring
• 21st century skills

8. DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR SDL

9. WHAT IS COL?
 social interactions that are targeted towards deeper
knowing (Chai & Tan, 2010)
Seeing from
other’s
perspectives
Communication
skills
Self
awareness

10. WHY SDL?
 M-socrative
 What other benefits for learning could CoL bring to
students?
 What type of task is suitable for CoL lessons?

11. VYGOTSKY’S (1978) SOCIO‐CULTURAL THEORY
 children’s higher mental functions are developed
through interacting with others who are more
capable than them cognitively.
 Collaborative learning could provide an antidote to
this situation by creating multiple ZPD
(Oshima,1998).

12. FEATURES OF A GOOD ONLINE LESSON
.
Plan
Ingredients
Cooking
Equipment
Pedagogies
Web 2.0 Tools
Design & Execution

13. PEDAGOGIES FOR ONLINE LESSON
Problem-
based
Learning
(PBL)
R2D2
Just-in-
time
Teaching
(JITT)
Flipped
Classroom

14. FEATURES OF A GOOD ONLINE LESSON
 http://m.socrative.com/student/#joinRoom
 My Room No:
589742

15. FEATURES OF A GOOD ONLINE LESSON
Content
• suitable
• interactive
• simulating
Process
• self-paced
• customised
• Discussion
• self-evaluating
Assessment
• Collaborative
• Open-ended
task
Active learning

16. USEFUL WEB 2.0 TOOLS
Communication
Collaboration
Assessment

17. THANK YOU 