Anne
Woodlief, Virginia Commonwealth University
Pedagogical Goals
- More active participation with students better
empowered as readers by learning how to generate
and articulate their own informed interpretations
in writing.
- Generation of multiple interpretations in a
collaborative "class hypertext" which
can be compared and negotiated.
Reader-oriented
theory in action.... needs:
More effective presentation of useful information about
texts and contexts
More challenging of superficial interpretations
More consciousness of reading strategies
More fluent, articulate and honest student writing
More learning from each other
More personal connections with texts
Best learning comes
from maximum personal engagement
Thinking through problems and open questions
Engaging visual as well as aural senses
Absorbing information at individual paces
Having sense of choices and control of learning
Expressing ideas and getting feedback
Comparing ideas/writing with other students
Being able to communicate easily with the teacher
Drawbacks of
traditional teaching
Learning is often too passive
Students learn little from other students
Some students may be "silenced"
Rigid pace doesn’t match different learning styles
Limits of time and materials available
Computers to the
Rescue!
Teaching With
Hypertext: Re-reading Texts From "Inside"
Modeling of Reading Strategies
Interrogative
Informational
Interactive
Kinds of Hypertexts
Class Hypertext
Study Hypertexts
Interpretive Hypertexts:
Student-generated, Teacher-generated, Dialogic,
Collaborative
Interdisciplinary Hypertext
The Web as Hypertext
Electronic
Discussions
Why Talk Electronically?
To have a record of class discussion for review
To verbalize thinking on issues and open questions
To compare ideas/writing among all students
To communicate easily with the teacher and each other
To improve persuasive and critical thinking skills with
peer audience
To work together in groups, in and outside of classroom
Collaborative
Classroom
Pro
Full participation of all students
Learn from each other
Build on other class discussions
Teacher is coach, respondant
Personalizes course and learning
It's cool!
Con
Time consuming
Student and teacher effort is great
Must teach computer basics
Teacher has less control
Modes Of Discussion
CONNECT: Post and Respond
DAEDALUS: "Real-Time" Discussion
WEB/INTERNET: Plug into a Virtual Community
(lists, web-based discussions) E-mail, Newsgroups, Forums
Messages Of The
Medium
Active Discovery
Sense of Choice
Free Expression of Thinking
Focus on the Text
Develop and Debate Interpretations
Results:
Drawbacks:
Computer phobia lives!
Procrastination
Constant "new" learning
Access and help problems
Time and effort
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