Spectrum Structures

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Teaching/learning structures

Small set of externally defined content structures, transferred intactBT: Atomistic; parts prior to wholeBeginning to get a sense of role whole plays in defining partsBT: Holistic; whole prior to partsIntegral relationship between whole and parts, in some sense they “make each other up”Time and learning held constant, assumed to be the sameBT: Time held constant, recognition that learning variesGradual shift to recognition that time necessary for learning varies with specific learnerBT/MH: Learning outcome defined and held constant, time varies as necessaryTime structures become dynamic element of collaboration in learning BT: 50-minutes lecture, 3-unit courseExperimentation with multiple units of time for courses, including evening and weekendBT: Learning environments spread across time and space via digital techLearning no longer confined to institutional environments, but deliberately and consciously shaped across whole of contextAll classes have same structure, dictated by external authorityBT: Classes start/end at same time BT: Environment ready when student is, in distributed venuesDistinctions between “class” and “outside” break down as learning becomes continual, project-based and shared amongst multiple constituencies BT: One teacher, one classroom BT: Whatever learning experience works Strict dogmatic approach to content, outlined by outside church authoritiesBT/MH: Independent disciplines, departments based on higher ed more generally, classical disciplines in silosSome interdisciplinary work begun, students have some say in elective developmentBT/MH: Frequent cross discipline/department collaboration, students full partners in course/degree guidelinesAcademic disciplines serve only as touchpoints for research funding and peer review, course content shaped by ongoing collaboration between multiple partners, all teaching is team-teaching with student/self directed learning goals taken seriously in course contentsStrict “catechism” of contentBT: Covering material BT/MH: Specified learning goalsShared definition of appropriate learning goalsNo assessment structuresBT/MH: End-of-course assessment used only in summative evaluationBT: Pre/during/post assessments, used occasionally for formative as well as summative evaluationCI reports, some student generation of assessment, portfolios engaged, primary emphasis on formative evaluationContinual assessment by all participants, full portfolio for lifelong learningIf there is teacher assessment of students, it is frequently overridden by outside church authoritiesBT: Grading within classes by instructors BT: External evaluations of learningPublicly engaged development of shared resources, continually being developedNo assessmentBT: Private assessmentSome degree of student participation in assessmentBT: Public assessmentAssessment shared in dynamic, socially-connected processesDegree unnecessary, only ecclesiastical licensing/approval “counts”BT: Degree equals accumulated credit hoursDegree includes some amount of contextualized field practiceBT: Degree equals demonstrated knowledge and skillsDegree equals demonstrated learning outcomes, as assessed through shared judgments by calling community

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