Clifford Vaught

I like the ION list of succerssfull learner characteristics because it describes behaviors - not labeling people with styles.  Styles are restrictive.  People have more than one style.  Behaviors are a more appropriate way to determine how to interface with people - leadership, teaching, etc.

I find this emphasis on TC a little disheartening.  The authors of this course have decided that this is the model that we need to know for online teaching.  We have little to no visual cues of the students who we teach yet we'll be able to classify them based on dealing with them a handful of hours/week.  I think if I was working a job in a company with a manager and numerous peers/colleagues, I can see this being applied. 

Pretty fascinating stuff - demonstrating again that human beings like to catalog people into slots they can relate to, giving people labels. Of the 4 models, I've only heard of MTBI.

I am a proponent of the PBL approach and actually use that in my classrooms.

I don't know - what I'm reading is a lot of chaotic change that both students and instructors resist.  What am I missing?

I believe that institutions can be stuck in the middle of achieving and maintaing their credentials/certifications while incorporating new techniques.  Technology is a big limitation as well.  I've had students try to take more course primarily on a tablet or mobile phone and it just doesn't work.  School libraries are shut down due to COVID.  I've had others in Africa going to internet cafes with lousy connections.  It all deters from the best of intentions.

It's interesting to me that I incorporated a lot of active learning in my classroom environment back in the day but can't make it translate to the online. 

I feel there is an emphasis on teaching student to be great bloggers - and not learn the course material.

I don't see an application of microblogging in my courses.  We use Moodle and Zoom - and perhaps we're doing that without realizing it. 

I must not have an open mind.  What I read in much of this section was assessing students on their use of these tools - not on the content of the course (unless, of course, the course content is about using the tools).