papert’s constructionism: a felicitous partner of oep
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Papert’s Constructionism: A felicitous partner of OEP Linda van RyneveldOE Global, Cape Town
Seymour Aubrey Papert
South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, & educator
Pioneer of artificial intelligence Pioneer of the constructionist movement in education Co-inventor of the Logo programming language Worked under Piaget in France
Papert’s lens
Student reconstruct rather than receive knowledge
Student relies on prior knowledge & reasoning power rather than pre-packaged resources
Student learns through creative experimentation rather than rote-learning
Teacher facilitates and coach rather than lectures and provide step-by-step instructions
Teacher mediates rather than instruct
Constructionism
Strong connections with constructivism on the one hand and experiential learning on the other
“Learning by making” Learning happens most effectively when students
actively constructing a meaningful product can see a tangible result for their efforts
Give up the traditional notion of a fixed curriculum You learn things best when you need to use it
My own OER journey
Proponent of OERs since the 90’s Involvement in various primary and secondary schools Instructional designer AfriVIP (OE veterinary portal ) Education (Computer-integrated education)
My OEP Context
2 Modules (Elearning & Computers as Cognitive Tools) BEd Hons in Computer-Integrated Education Once every two weeks 7 contact sessions 3 hours each Monday evening
OEP the Papert way
Structure but not a fixed curriculum Predictable format for contact sessions
Theory test Short intro Various social activities Recap & homework Reflection
Predictable format for ClickUP (Blackboard) home base Powerpoints & lecture notes Activities Reading lists
OEP: Curriculum
Learning theories (Constructivism/Behaviourism/Cognitivism)
Instructional design models (ADDIE/Gagne/Dick & Carey) Principles for good HE teaching (Chickering/Angelo) Educational technologies (Mobile devices/VR devices) Software applications (PlayPosit/ YouTube/ Mentimeter) Peer support & assessment, Design principles, Modes of
delivery, OER sourcing& evaluation, etc.
OEP: Subject-specific resources
Did away with the single prescribed textbook Reading lists (3 – 5 solid articles) Formally assessed Structured activities to find and
review related OERs
OEP: Learning activities
Rich in content and skills, for example Student response systems
(Clickers/Mentimeter/PollEverywhere) Presentation tools (PowerPoint, Prezi) Interactive video (PP, YouTube, PlayPosit, EdPuzzle) Note-taking (Microsoft OneNote, Evernote) Website design & hosting (Wix, Weebly, Google Docs)
OEP: Reflection
What are your three 'take home' messages? What did you find particularly interesting/useful? What questions do you still have? What would you like to follow up on after class? What didn't work for you?
My OEP lens
Social constructivism Constructionism Inquiry-led learning Student-centered & self-directed Incidental / discovery learning Flipped classroom Open educational resources (OERs)
The felicitous partnership
Only used OER (scholarly articles, software applications)
Content and artifacts created by students (all OER licensed)
Culminated in an open website owned, created and managed by each student individually
[email protected] & Questions?
We need to produce people who know how to act
when they are faced with situations for which they were not specifically prepared.
[Papert]