order / disorder

It’s long been recognised that the tell me, show me, let me, division in learning effectiveness holds true. Often students are asked to do stuff that their lecturers don’t do - or at least not in ways that are visible to the students. The students are just told what to do and are passive consumers of information.

This video is of a group of education lecturers from the Uni of Hertfordshire who wanted their students to learn how to blog. That’s the ‘Let me’ bit. The lecturers also started blogging too so they participated in the learning experience at the same time and could authentically do the ‘Show me’ bit as well. Here, the lecturers reflect on the process of blogging and using it with their students. I would have liked a little more on the student experiences although the real benefit to their learning may be intangible in this timeframe and may come through attitudinal adjustments to learning.