Utilitarian

Personal

Self-Directed

Role of Instructor

Authority; knowledge expert, evaluator

Resource guide, mentor

Expert

Role of Student

Assignment completion, adjust to rule, meet objectives, obtain high grades

Co-learner; learn from and mentor others; reciprocal sharing of  resources and experiences

Goal-Directed; Cognitive apprentice

Interaction

Limited to functional feedback as required; limited peer to peer dialogue

Shared conversation with instructor (as one guide of several); peers, guests, external experts

Primarily with expert; will make use of ideas from other experts,  

Positionality

Student – Instructor

Student – Students + Instructor+ Experts +Guests

Apprentice-Expert (+ other experts including peers)

Typical Instructional Activities

Self-talk: captures personal process of drafting and revising ideas;

Resource capture: collect and organize personal set of resources;

Reporting on article summaries; conference recording;

Epistolary narratives (self-talk as personal narrative);

Sharing questions and insights/confusions about content with other learners;

Recounting experiences (reflections-on-practice) with other learners; Story-telling

Self-talk; sense-making process-capture

Resource capture and reporting

Creation and sharing of learning objects;

Dialogues with other student bloggers and external knowledge experts outside cohort (course or program)

Assessment

Frequency of posts and comments, observable metrics; Design schemas; rubrics; checklists;

Self-assessments (ie. summary reflections);

e-portfolio report of how learning objects created match expected competencies;

learning objects: Tag Clouds, podcasts, conversations, annotated bookmarks

Frequency of Use

Variable

Variable

Rare

Perceived Effectiveness

High

Variable

Variable