A very simple experiment carried out on myself revealed that course presentation materials (teacher commentary, text books and etc) are not the only sources of learning for me. What I did was to list what I have learnt from an online course and match it with the sources of that understanding. This thought experiment resulted in the following channels of learning:
Having realized this, I learnt that there is no point in dumping a torrent of information on learners through text or video in online courses. Even worse, I concluded that not seeing channels of student learning other than presentation materials means inhibiting student from learning. Implications of the thought experiment for me have been the shift in my attitude to teaching online. I have started thinking more about the followings:
An obvious conclusion that follows is that teachers should always consider other channels of learning and accordingly build in opportunities for students to learn through them.
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