educational cocktail. a blended learning course at the autonomous university of aguascalientes
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Blended learning,
an Educational Cocktail: social interaction in a mixture of learning environments
New Orleans, Louisiana, February 4th, 2014
Alejandra Torres Landa LópezPhD
Content
•Purpose•Introduction
•A blended learning course
•The third teacher:• Physical environment• Virtual environment
•Conclusions
OUTCOMES
Recognize: the expert of a subject as the FIRST TEACHER, the students as the SECOND TEACHER, and the educational environment (physical or virtual) as
the THIRD TEACHER.
Identify the importance and influence that each teacher has in the teaching and learning process
Learn about our blended learning course for architecture students
Understand how to make an "educational cocktail" using the best qualities of all the three teachers
LEARNING
LEARNING
at any time
in any place
in an Educational Institution, learning is
influenced by:
Professor
Pears
Environment
process that happens
is a personal and internal process
BACKGROUND Aguascalientes, a city of
about 1, 000,000 people Located approx. 500 km
NW of Mexico city
1867 Science and Technology Autonomous Institute 1973 Autonomous University of Aguascalientes In 2012-2013 school year - 15,907 students:
13,331 in bachelor programs 388 in architecture
ARCHITECTURE
Professionals in Design and Building living spaces, sensitive to environment problems.
Studios, Core of the Curriculum Integrates knowledge, skills and attitudes Students develop different projects Open discussions to offer
constructive criticism and exchange opinions, knowledge, techniques and experiences.
TEACHERS
The Educational Cocktail
Importance of the
SOCIAL INTERACTION
1. FIRST TEACHER• Expert• Gide• Designs a learning “road map” taking
advantages of the second and third teacher.
1. SECOND TEACHER• Other students, peers• Same language, same interest• No age gap
1. THIRD TEACHER• Physical:
• Physical contact
• Virtual:• Breaks physical barriers
… in a mixture of learning environments. How the student relates to information, teacher, other students and the learning environment. This last one has to be a social catalyst in order to favor the construction of new knowledge.
THIRD TEACHERS
Personal items storageExhibition places
UBIQUITOUS LEARNING
ICT
Virtual infrastructure …
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
THIRD TEACHERS
Personal items storageExhibition places
UBIQUITOUS LEARNING
ICT
VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Not interested
Unmotivated
Distracted
Inadequate furniture
Inappropriate spaces
Insufficient technology
Is our THIRD TEACHER (educational infrastructure) responding to new educational paradigms?Is it prepared to incorporate emerging technology?
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thoughts
thoughts
lives
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Images Autonomous University of Aguascalientes: http://www.uaa.mx Aguascalientes map: http://portalvacaciones.com/files/2011/03/aguasmapa.jpg Ámbito Académico, UAA: https://ambitoacademico.uaa.mx Blogs: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c0iYDrP-
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