One
thing that remains constant in this world of ours is change. Hand in hand with
this truth of humankind is that when it comes to change, we always struggle against
it. We go long stretches of time and we get comfortable and complacent with how
we live, work, or worship. Then something big comes along, like a world-wide
pandemic, and we all must learn to approach our lives work differently to
survive.
In the past, we have been known to take a very one-dimensional approach to learning
‘from’ technological sources. We cannot simply read excerpts or watch video clips
and answer multiple-choice questions to demonstrate authentic learning. This ‘learning’
is only in our short-term memory long enough to pass the quiz. Learning ‘with’
technology perpetrates a much different outcome. One where people can use technology
as a cognitive tool and complete authentic tasks with the learned skills and
solve problems that occur in real-world scenarios. (Carr-Chellman &
Rowland, 2017)
Nigel
Paine reminded us this week in our video content, that no matter where we work it
is far better to establish a learning culture within our workplace, rather than
to take that one-dimensional approach of the read/watch + multiple-choice quiz
to demonstrate learning or knowledge. This approach might be appropriate for
formative assessments to inform instruction, but not summative assessments
where we need to see knowledge and skills demonstrated authentically. Paine describes
learning culture as managing change and transformation, that can take insight
from an outside source and quickly incorporate it into policy, and quickly acting
on it. This produces workers who feel confident in their growing skill sets,
and therefore, more competent. Paine implies that having confidence in your
ability to execute your duties then creates an ongoing culture of competency as
your working skills improve and increase. (Paine, 2019)
Resources
Carr-Chellman,
A. A., & Rowland, G. (2017). Issues in Technology, Learning, and Instructional
Design. Routledge.
Paine, N.
(2019). What is a Learning Culture?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn9AAw3vcXs.
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