Transformative
     Learning
                  Chris Davis, M.S.Ed.




As detailed in Building Online Learning Communities by Paloff & Pratt (2007)
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Definition
Jack Mezirow (2000)
Based on reflection and
interpretation
  Experiences
  Ideas
  Assumptions
Personal growth
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Disorienting
          Dilemma
“Cause anxiety or inaction”
Students have nothing to connect new
experience
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The Learning
                         Network
      Student                                        Peers


                                  New Ideas &
                               Critical Reflection


    Instructor                                      Technology


Paloff & Pratt, 2007, p. 189        Content
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Process
As competency increases, personal growth
happens
Moves from “student to reflective
practitioner”
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Process (cont.)
Beings with reading
  Tries to understand meaning
  Tries to connect it to knowledge
Continues with interactions
Finishes with assessments
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Allowing it to
   Happen
     Use journaling
     Allow students to express
     ideas and thoughts
     Encourage students to
     find common patterns
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Learning about
   Learning
     Students tend to
     understand their learning
     styles better
     Instructor learn more
     about their teaching styles
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Reflection on
         Differences

Instructor should ask
how online learning is
different for students
Ask which the students
like more
Why?
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Learning by Using
        Students learn more
        about technology
        Retention
          Read - 10%
          Hear - 20%
          See - 30%
          Experience - 90%
        Encourage questions!
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Self Reflection
      Cranton (2006),
      Mezirow (2003)
      It is not about what you
      learn
      It is about who you are
         How has the online
         experience changed
         you?
      Encourage self reflection
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Self-Reflective
          Process

Instructor should ask
how online learning is
different for students
Ask which the students
like more
Why?
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Transformative Learning