1. Net didactics”New technology – newpossibilities and newchallenges?” Developingnetworks in teachereducation and research, August 22-23, 2011 Associate professor Mariann Solberg, U-vett
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3. Last fifteenyears: LMS, streamingoflectures, multimedia, video conferences, web conferencesI willtakenew and not so newtechnologyintoconsideration, but my focuswill not be onthetechnology as such 03.09.2011 2
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5. assomething different fromdidactics on campus? „Didactics“: „planning, producingandevaluatingteachingandlearning“ (Hiim & Hippe 2006) 03.09.2011 3
6. Whenwewanttodevelop a newstudyforthenet: 3 questionstobeasked Whatisitthatwestrivefor in termsoflearningoutcomes (knowledge, competence, attitudes, skills) in thestudent? Whataretheappropriateteachingandlearningmethodstoreachthegoals? Whatkindsofactivitiesdoesthestudentneedtoperform in order toreachthegoals? (NB: Methodsforassessment) Whichtechnologiesandmedia do weneedtoapply in order toreachthegoals? 03.09.2011 4
26. What is ”danning” (Bildung)? A normative concept – canhardly be neutral An egalitarianconceptof ”danning”? A state or a process? Adaptation or criticalthinking? The potential for liberationthrough ”danning” Ethicalaspects Existentialaspects A basicconceptofpedagogy 03.09.2011 13
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28. Research-basedteaching and learning as characteristicofuniversitiesSocialization to self-thinking – a paradox? Withoutacademicknowledge – noacademic ”danning” 03.09.2011 14
29. Characteristicsofacademic”danning” Academicknowledge Analytical skills Criticalthinking – theability to problematize Humility – self-criticalattitude Independence Integrity The ability to connect and contextualize Creativity Personallyaquiredknowledge – maturity Yourownvoicedeveloped – autonomy 03.09.2011 15
30. What is it to be academically ”udannet” (uneducated)? Uncriticalaquirementofknowledge? Lackofacademicintegrity? Unethicalconduct? Instrumental understandingofknowledge? Narrow and dicipline-centeredexpertknowledge? Superficialaquirementofthesubject matter? Reproducingapproach to thesubject matter? Cocksureness? 03.09.2011 16
33. Think for yourselfSelf-thinking – to tryone’sownvoicetogetherwithothers – learningaboutinadequacies in one’sown arguments – makes for personal appropriation Error as a precondition for ”danning” Scientific knowledgecannot be acquired from thespectatorsseat 03.09.2011 17
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35. In teachereducation? Howimportant is it to facilitatethedevelopmentofthekindsofpropertiesthatwerelate to ”danning” in teacher students? Howcanweteachtheteacher students waysoffacilitating ”danning” in general to schoolchildren? 03.09.2011 18
39. Students seem to achieve as good – and better – grades. Equalization – fewer in thelowestlayers. (Not enoughknowledgeaboutwhy; age, motivation, more monitoredwork, more work?)
50. Literature Hiim, Hilde and Else Hippe: Læring gjennom opplevelse, forståelse og handling. En studiebok i didaktikk. Oslo: Gyldendal akademisk, 2006. Dannelsesutvalget (2009): Kunnskap og dannelse foran et nytt århundre. Innstilling fra Dannelsesutvalget for høyere utdanning, UiO, UiB, HiB. www.uib.no/filearchive/innstilling-dannelsesutvalget.pdf Kant, Immanuel: “An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?” (1784) in Pauline Kleingeld (red): Immanuel Kant. Toward Perpetual Peace and Other Writings on Politics, Peace, and History.New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006. Solberg, Mariann: “Educating the Citizen of Academia Online?”. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 2011 ;Volum 12. (4) pp. 77-87 03.09.2011 21
51. Thankyou for yourattention! Associate professor Mariann Solberg Centre for flexibleeducation, University of Tromsø 9012 Tromsø Norway E-mail: mariann.solberg@uit.no Homepage: http://bit.ly/bu7LUI Twitter: http://twitter.com/msolberg 03.09.2011 22