http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/10/11/the-learner/ Technology is neither the problem nor the solution. Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:37:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/10/11/the-learner/#comment-11234 Amy Howard Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:18:12 +0000 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/10/11/the-learner/#comment-11234 The statement about the roles of the teacher and learner are simple. In my posts I over thought the role and started listing characteristics. Teachers are there to fill in those gaps for students to succeed and the student must want to recieve that informantion. This is everything we have been talking about. The statement about the roles of the teacher and learner are simple. In my posts I over thought the role and started listing characteristics. Teachers are there to fill in those gaps for students to succeed and the student must want to recieve that informantion. This is everything we have been talking about.

]]> http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/10/11/the-learner/#comment-11227 phaedrus » Blog Archive » The Learner Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:32:21 +0000 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/10/11/the-learner/#comment-11227 [...] I wrote this piece about the relative roles of teacher and learner a couple years ago and I think it still holds true: If the role of the teacher is to provide the bridge, the the role of the learner must be to identify those bridges which are useful in some way and use them. On the face of it, this seems like a no-brainer. But trying to dig into the idea becomes a frustrating exercise in teasing out the skills from the roles. This is particularly true when we start talking about oxymorons like “online learning.” phaedrus » Blog Archive » The Learner. [...] [...] I wrote this piece about the relative roles of teacher and learner a couple years ago and I think it still holds true: If the role of the teacher is to provide the bridge, the the role of the learner must be to identify those bridges which are useful in some way and use them. On the face of it, this seems like a no-brainer. But trying to dig into the idea becomes a frustrating exercise in teasing out the skills from the roles. This is particularly true when we start talking about oxymorons like “online learning.” phaedrus » Blog Archive » The Learner. [...]

]]> http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/10/11/the-learner/#comment-6565 phaedrus » Blog Archive » The Learner Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:03:44 +0000 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/10/11/the-learner/#comment-6565 [...] Last week we talked about the role of teacher. This week we need to talk about the role of learner. A year ago today, I wrote: The Learner [A]ny discussion of environment, time management, or communications technology goes into the Learner-Skill pile, but what does that leave us? [...] [...] Last week we talked about the role of teacher. This week we need to talk about the role of learner. A year ago today, I wrote: The Learner [A]ny discussion of environment, time management, or communications technology goes into the Learner-Skill pile, but what does that leave us? [...]

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