Learner’s Curiosity
According to (Keller, 2010) curiosity is aroused by uncertainty is aroused by or a desire to close a perceived gap in one’s knowledge. A learners curiosity arises as they discover their need to closed gaps between knowledge and deficiencies. Google classroom offers an opportunity for students to keep assignments and activities organized and receive immediate feedback. Students’ Response to Feedback: An Exploratory Study; this research works on teacher feedback has concentrated on the perceptions of students and teachers feedback response. (Leffroy, 2020). Withing this study it debates the importance of giving students feedback in written and/or audio format. Google for Educators allows various ways of providing feedback. Some of the components include open blog communication, auto-grading components and formal assessment providing instant grading and feedback. Students benefit from getting feedback and it feeds into the curiosity of what they know and what they need to learn and remediate. In my classroom students receive weekly communications with expectations. Across curriculum students can monitor their assignments submission, grades and needed interventions.
Meaningful Learning
According to (Edmond, 2022) Engineering design and communication courses are typically dynamic, active learning spaces that bring together a complex array of knowledge and skills. Google for Educators gives students the opportunity to work with a teacher guided component, but it gives student the ability to find meaningful learning in their process. Relevance can also be achieved by creating meaningful challenges, especially with people with high needs for achievement. (Alschuler, Tabor, & McIntyre, 1971; McClelland, 1984). A student learning needs to become a significant experience, as instructional designers it is important to find different methods of making learning meaningful. Google for Educators is a compilation of APPS that help students in the process of making learning in a productive process. One of the most used components is Google Classroom. This platform has a blended program created for education institutions and it concentrates in simplifying creativity. This springs a simple way of sharing files between teachers and students. As an educator, I have found that Goggle Classroom is an excellent way of managing files, grading and it gives students an opportunity to complete group projects electronically as well.
Learners Believe to Succeed
Learners need to believe in the process of being successful. This might seem like an easy task, but it can get complicated when students lack confidence in themselves. According to (Bandura, 1997). When people do not have positive expectancies for success or when they have unable to avoid failures and catastrophes over which they have no control, they can develop feeling of helplessness (pg. 81) Finding effective method in the classroom can make the process of building confidence, easier among students. Based on Cool Tools for teachers, Google Classroom (google.com/edu/classroom) is a new tool to help teachers create and manage assignments. This was featured in the September "Cool Tools" column, the student-response system. (Byrne, R. 2022). The user-friendly components have made Google of educators and effective tool in my classroom. From communicating with students, posting assignment, grading, and assigning formal and informal assessment has been a helpful tool in the classroom. Students have found an easy way to find effective access to technology and creating a positive learning environment.
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Necessity of Feedback for Learner Engagement
One interesting element of learner engagement that the author of this blog post focuses on is the necessity of student feedback. I see feedback falling into the realm of intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. Feedback can be seen as an extrinsic motivator that may or may not lead to more intrinsic motivation. One study found that “compared to their ungraded counterparts, students who received a grade displayed significantly less intrinsic motivation, or desire to pursue a subsequent learning activity “for its own sake”” (Koenka, 2022) but “other studies suggest that the relative impact of grades compared to no feed- back is more nuanced than main effects would imply.” (Koenka, 2022) This second study took more…
Eliminates “learned helplessness” When people do not have positive expectancies for success or when they have been unable to avoid failures and catastrophes over which they have no control, they can develop feeling of helplessness (pg. 81). Motivation is essential to learners mastering a concept. Learned helplessness depletes motivation. Motivation depletion leads to decreased engagement and the risk of task incompletion. When it is imperative to select platforms and communication mediums which are equipped to combat lack of motivation. The platforms highlighted in this case study eliminates the pitfall of “learned helplessness’ by incorporating tools that assist with boosting the learner’s confidence in their ability to complete the task. The interactive options for student teacher engagement encourages student through supporting…
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Sli.do is an interactive platform that creates a sense of anticipated success through its user-friendly tools. The lectures and presentations are engaging and informative. The learner's enjoyment of the information is a focal point for delivering instruction by creating a lively and entertaining format for the students to connect with. By using event codes or QR's, students can access the teaching through mobile devices and access answers to their questions in an anonymous format that helps st…
According to Vallori, “The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Therefore, meaningful learning, which implies longer retention than memorizing, occurs when humans relate new concepts to pre-existing familiar concepts” (2014, p.199). I think meaningful learning is important, in which it allows students to take knowledge and apply it to their daily lives. Teachers themselves have had to adapt to new ways of teaching, and new platforms to present their lessons. Through the Covid pandemic, new forms of teaching have expanded, and our expectations have been stretched. Trying to cope with the stress of the amount of work on top if the new platforms and programs that schools are “piloting” is just like a constant…
This study highlights the benefits of providing students with instant feedback. The study focuses on, "students’ Response to Feedback: An Exploratory Study; “The author explains, “this research works on teacher feedback has concentrated on the perceptions of students and teachers feedback response. (Leffroy, 2020). Withing this study it debates the importance of giving students feedback in written and/or audio format." The learner engagement strategy emphasized are complimented by Student Response Tools which promote the student teacher engagement model are referred to as Student Response Tools. In addition to the learner engagement feedback by providing instant feedback, student response systems succeed because they provide students the ability to ask questions anonymously removing any anxieties associated with exposing their lack of expertise.…