Post #6 Final Reflections
When I started this project, I was both curious and unsure. The question I chose is: Are educators becoming facilitators rather than lecturers? But I didn’t know at the time how to recognize what facilitation...
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Post #5 Organize resources
I will try to initially combine theory, observation, and practice to define what a true facilitator looks like and why it is important. After weeks of observing platforms, reading theoretical materials, and talking to...
Post#4 Interviewing a real educator
In this week’s Free Inquiry, I wanted to find out how real educators think about their roles. Are these ideas reflected in their actual teaching? To find out, I interviewed John, a roommate of...
Blog#5
This week’s theme revolves around accessibility, inclusion, privacy, and ethics, but what surprised me was that even ‘open education’ can lead to exclusion and harm. In Funes and Mackness’s article, they make the subversive...
Post#3 The theoretical foundation of the “facilitator” role in education.
After observing the behavior of teachers at Coursera and Outschool last week, I got to thinking: What does it mean to be a “facilitator” in education? What theories support this shift from traditional teaching?...
Post#1 Are the roles of teachers changing?
The goal of this week was to identify my topic of free inquiry, gain an initial understanding of the context, and develop a 7-week learning plan. The theme I have chosen to explore is...