tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post4631426470186287931..comments2024-03-27T19:53:53.708-06:00Comments on growing changing learning creating: Co-producing comprehensionTom Haskinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658791778134826289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post-28924591543818790642009-07-24T13:44:07.384-06:002009-07-24T13:44:07.384-06:00Thanks for adding to this, Virginia. You're re...Thanks for adding to this, Virginia. You're refinements to the concept of responsiveness are on my wavelength. I suspect that responsiveness could be taken wrong when the learners are trying to complete an assignment rather than deepen their comprehension. They help they'd ask for would let them off the hook, lighten their load or cheat them out of thinking for themselves. When the learners are in pursuit of deeper comprehension rather than task completions, I suspect they would seek out peers for different perspectives, examples, questions to ponder and parallels in other disciplines.<br /><br />The time crunch seems inescapable to me when the factory model is applied to learning. It stops everyone on the assembly line to indulge one learner's desire for attention, depth of understanding, tutoring or tie-ins to their own experiences. There's an implicit message sent that says "don't be transparent, don't make requests and don't deviate from the standard level of takeaway value". Nearly everyone gets that message and wonders "what got into that weird?" that shows too much interest, asks too many questions, reveals too much personal context, ponders too many possibilities and makes too many requests. I'm hopeful a second generation of online experiences can create these experiences finally.Tom Haskinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12658791778134826289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post-78814292558276682082009-07-24T09:06:28.763-06:002009-07-24T09:06:28.763-06:00This is a great list. I would just clarify two th...This is a great list. I would just clarify two things: Responding promptly to other's request does not necessarily mean "giving them the answer" or even "doing the work". I can be as simple as, "I don't know the answer to that...let's work it out together in a minute." Sometimes, I need just a few minutes to mull over the request. In our society, especially, if there is no response, it means you have made a mistake or insulted the other person. It is important to let the other person know you have heard them and understand them, but need time to think it over.<br /><br />Related to this is the lack of "time" for each of these points that is given in a traditional class. There seems to be such a push for immediacy that there is no time for a person to be transparent, contribute labor that might not be the best (as there needs to be skills developed), time to determine who has what skills and thus can be accessed by others, etc...V Yonkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.com