APPLIED DIGITAL LEARNING JOURNEY&BLOG
Innovate, Teach, Iterate
Creating Significant Learning Environments
Creating a significant learning environment within a new culture of learning is to shift from a teacher-centered approach to a learner-centered approach.
To create a significant learning environment within a new culture of learning, the culture needs to focus on learning through engagement within the world. It should thrive on change and grow organically. It should shift from a teaching-based approach to a learner-based approach. In the new culture of learning, the classroom as a model is replaced by learning environments in which digital media provides access to a rich source of information and play, and the processes that occur within those environments are integral to the results (Brown & Thomas 2011).
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In order to create significant learning environments you really need to think about your beliefs when it comes to learning. To be human is to learn, connect, and make meaning of our world. It is a beautiful process with so much to learn and so many ways to do it. Some ways of learning are better than others and can be more enjoyable experiences. It is important to keep striving for creating learning environments that work for learners and put them in the center of the learning. To learn more about my thoughts and ideas about learning, please read my
Aligning learning outcomes, activities and assessments with a 3 column table is a way to organize the desired outcomes with the end goal in mind. It is one way to begin the backwards design process. Knowing where you want your learners to go requires putting up the signs on the roadmap to success and paving the road for them to follow. Remember they will need a choice, they may not always go the same route to get the end results. Creating significant learning environments requires thoughtful planning for your learners. In this assignment you will find the the 3 column table which outlines the learning outcomes, activities, and assessments.
Both the UbD design and the 3 column table are effective organizational tools to ensure that educators are using an effective backwards design model with the goal of the end in mind. It is helpful to have tools to craft the best learning experience for students. These design templates help build the roadmap to the end destination Below you will find a detailed example of the UbD design template with an example unit.
In this course we revisited our growth mindset and thought about the impact having a growth mindset will have on the success of creating significant learning environments. In the new culture of learning, the point is to embrace what we don’t know, come up with better questions about it, and continue asking questions in order to learn more and more, both incrementally, and exponentially (Brown & Thomas, 2011). Through projects that have a driving question and a problem to solve, students can see learning through a different lens than regurgitating information. Learners can become comfortable with not knowing, asking questions and then asking more questions on the quest to learn and solve authentic problems. It is through this process that students gain more agency and begin to have fun learning. This is what a growth mindset is all about.