After reading your blog, I learned a lot. I agree that beginners would be confused about the syntax of python. And a clear flow chat would help them with that. Writing a code or really doing some practice is always the best way to learn a coding language. So I think it is smart that you provide some problems and practices during the video time. Students can test if they learn the important stuff or not in the video.
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Thank you for writing this blog and introduce inclusive design for us. I agree with that nowadays there are some many information in the internet that can be provided for students. So this require students focus on what they really need. I like your four ways to help students build faith in learning progress. I am a computer science student and I know the feeling that feel discouraged about failing a debug test. So your methods can help student with it.
Thank you for introducing Open Pedagogies to us , and through out your blog I learn that this learning method can help people to learn coding. And myself is a coding learner , I believe group discussion would help a lot because people can communicate with each other. Maybe the problem I’m having now is someone else will have in the future, which makes communication very important. Learning from each other’s experiences saves time and effort in our learning process.
At the same time, teaching is also a good way to review. It is the also the progress to build your learning structure.
Interactive teaching is a teaching approach that takes into account the interaction between teachers and students to guide students to apply various steps.[1]“Basic Python for Beginner” is our topic, and I believe beginners would be interested in how long they need to handle this language. So this youtube video introduces the actual experience of him learning python. And the difficulties he had in learning progress.
And I would like to introduce how does our student interact with this video and what kind of information they can receive from this video. First of all, he introduced python in a simple way and compared python with other languages. After that, he introduced what kind of job opportunities python brought him, which is what our students are most concerned about. This information will be a good motivation for our students to learn python。 Afterwards he did have to talk about how long it took him to fully master the python language and describe the difficulties he encountered along the way.
Students will be able to gain and interact with other people’s experiences from this video. Combining the advice of others with your own actual experience would be a great way to interact. So I suggest that students have to actually operate python and have accumulated a certain experience of actually writing code before watching this video. Although this video can stimulate students’ interest in python, only those who actually write python programs can understand the intention of the video author. Not only understand the four basic structures of python, students should also know about the complete grammar of python. I believe this video can help students understand python well and understand our “Basic Python for Beginner” is our topic.
Reference:
1.https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1077780.pdf
2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GqMpz77XlU
Consider the learning environment for your current design. What potential barriers can be reduced or eliminated to provide more pathways for learner success?
For our pod’s Interactive Learning Resource (“Basic Python for Beginner”), we design a learning plan for people who are interested in Python. People usually think Python is very hard for beginners, and it is indeed difficult for people to learn it in 5 hours. So the first barrier would be letting people interested in coding in Python and introducing them to that Python is an easy and convenient language. Therefore my strategy for arousing students’ interest in python programming would be to introduce the advantage of Python.
Students will be inspired and motivated when they realize how much easier it will be for them in the future to complete their python studies. Likewise, we provide introductory videos to compare python and other programming languages. In this way, other programming voice users can also have a clear understanding of python.
And another barrier would be the final test. It is difficult to request a student finished a real python program. So our pod find some websites that provide python practice in different progress. And practice is always the best way to learn a language.
Reference
1.https://data-flair.training/blogs/why-should-i-learn-python/
First I want to introduce the definition of INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING; inquiry-based learning is an approach to learning that emphasizes the student’s role in the learning process. Rather than the teacher telling students what they need to know, students are encouraged to explore the material, ask questions, and share ideas.[1] Then this blog post will come up with whether inquiry-based learning is good for my interactive learning resource.
Just like experiential learning, inquiry-based learning makes students more enthusiastic about the learning progress. Students are not only exposed to what they are learning, but students have the opportunity to explore topics of interest to them in greater depth and, from their own understanding, can learn according to their own plans.
Inquiry-based learning helps enhance the student’s learning experience， Just taking notes isn’t always the most effective way to learn. Inquiry-based learning allows students not to memorize knowledge from the teacher but to allow students to discover topics on their own to enhance the learning process and assimilate. Teaching the most effective learning methods in the field of study Critical thinking and communication skills are important for students as they explore a topic. In addition, students develop their own cognitive skills that can be used to improve their understanding of each subject. Students’ curiosity is an important criterion to guide students’ learning Allowing students to explore and present areas related to the subject can foster more curiosity about the subject, allowing students to focus on what interests them the most. The sense of achievement brought by learning their strengths can make them fall in love with learning faster. Let students master their own learning steps, when to be nervous and when to relax. When students explore a topic, they feel more ownership of their own learning process. Different from the teacher instructing them how to learn, students who use their own learning methods will be more interested in learning, so that the learning efficiency will be higher.
Reference
1.https://gradepowerlearning.com/what-is-inquiry-based-learning/#:~:text=Inquiry%2Dbased%20learning%20is%20an,ask%20questions%2C%20and%20share%20ideas.
Thank you for writing such a great blog and introducing the cognitive learning theory approach to us. And I understand how do you build your mindset. But I think you can find a little picture to increase the persuasiveness of your theory, for some people who don’t go to school may not be able to understand you.
Also, you should explain the process of cognitivism well and how you combine your own experience with cognitivism and develop your own theories.
[PROMT] SHARE A STORY ABOUT YOUR BEST LEARNING EXPERIENCE (COULD BE A FORMAL COURSE OR SOMETHING MORE PERSONAL). WHY DID YOU ENJOY IT?
The best learning experience happened when I took Psychology for the first time. I am a Computer science and Statistics combined student and taking a course with massive reading would be a challenge for me. Writing essays and memorizing terms is always my weak side. However, for these three learning strategies, I choose Cognitivism to help my learning progress. For Cognitivism, I believe that learning is what students perceive through feeling and perception and is realized by the subjective organization of the main body of the human brain. So learning is not about forming stimulus-response connections but relying on subjective constructs.[1]
Therefore I find out that find the structure of this course is important. While mastering the basic structure of the subject, students should also master the basic method of learning the subject, among which the method of discovery and the attitude of discovery is the most important. Then I read the syllabus of Psychology carefully and made a plan for weekly quizzes and journals to be written. However, I failed the first few quizzes because I confused several terms that I had learned in class. And I always try to remember those definitions instead of understanding them. Then I realized that the process of learning is more important than the result of learning.
Finally, I used the progress of the Cognitivism study, like the image[2], to improve my grade. And I feel grateful for this experience. This mindset can be applied to all courses of study. As with any other course, I would first understand its teaching structure before making a reasonable arrangement of my study plan. Practice and creativity are essential. I think the most efficient point of Cognitivism is forming. After enough practice and reading, I developed a psychology learning method, looking for keywords to learn it and information about it. This makes my later study more efficient, and I get good grades.
Reference
2.https://thepeakperformancecenter.com/educational-learning/learning/theories/cognitive-learning-theory/
This blog is giving feedback on “Chinese Language Basics.”Thank you for your effort in introducing Chinese culture to us. As a native Chinese speaker, I can still learn something from your work. And I think more pictures can make the reader more interested in the theme.
Over view:
I think breaking Chinese learning into three parts is an effective way to help readers understand the language. And pod8 use students’ point of view to explain why Chinese is hard to learn; for instance, they mention that Chinese culture and history could help students understand the language. However, Chinese culture and history could be complex for a beginner to this language, and the reader is not familiar with the language at first. So I suggest you use some stories that are easy to read to make students understand how Chinese grammar works.
A description and rationale for the learning theory:
This is my favourite part of your pod’s work; I think you guys analyze the interactive learning resources and form the learner’s point of view to design the learning theory. However, I believe one learning theory can be mainstream; for example, if the whole essay can use constructivist learning theory, students can easily choose the suitable method to learn and know which part is their disadvantage.
The learning context:
The title of this part is wrong, but I trust your guys can make it right. And I believe your teaching method would be perfect for beginners because speaking, writing and listening are essential to learning no matter what language. And I suggest that group discussion and competition would be helpful for the student to memorize the tone and grammar.
A description of your learning context
I can quickly know which group is your pod designed for, and students can choose your lesson wisely.
Learning outcomes
I think the first outcome is not necessary, but the rest outcomes are clear. However, if your pod introduces the essential part of the cultural background of Chinese, it would be great to add “Know some culture and history of China” into this part.
Brief commentary and one interactive activity for each learning topic:
For topic 1, I don’t think introducing ancient Chinese is a good idea. Because there are huge differences between ancient Chinese and modern Chinese which is mandarin. Furthermore, four tones are the most crucial part of PinYing, and your pod can introduce it. It would be great if your group introduce similarities and differences between phonetic symbols and pinyin. Topic 3 is excellent; teaching Chinese grammar start from the difference between English and Chinese. For topic 4, I suggest numbers and names of animals would be helpful for students and easy to learn.
Assessment
Communication is important in learning a language. So I suggest that your group let the students comprehensively judge how well they know, such as giving a speech in groups. This allows students to practice speaking and writing.
An overview of your plans to design for the inclusion of diverse learners.
I think your pod miss the important part of this topic, and you guys should invent two different methods to teach children and adult. For example, writing is more important to children, so letting the children write the short story would be great.
Overall, I enjoy reading the work of your pod. And it is clear and interesting in interactive learning resources. But there is still something that needs to be improved.
Reference:
1.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-dgmADh7S9fGJuLm-OP2w_r8ybyar7WKB-xAY4f8EoA/edit
Hello guys, my name is Chenhao Fu, and I am a year2 student majoring in computer science. Furthermore, the reason why I chose this course is that I want to try something new and find a new interest maybe.
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