Forum K - 12 Schools Forum: Re: Secondary Schools

By: Mark Burgess

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thanks all, hopefully the level of discussion I’ve generated will help my assessment mark!!! (just kidding).

With the LAMS sequences I am trying to replicate what happens in the classroom such that the sequence can run either online or offline or a combination. Being able to run the lesson entirely online (obviously except for the hands on practical) would be useful when a class may be made up of some students who are being taught in the classroom and some who are completing the course in distance mode or online. I recently visited a school that is using Moodle (and maybe linking to LAMS in the future) to run online and face to face classes for the same subject – essentially they are the one class.

However the main reason for trying to facilitate the “conversation” which occurs in the classroom is that in the usual classroom a demonstration or PowerPoint presentation will generate questions from students. Those questions often give insight into how the students are trying to construct their understanding, or may even provide some helpful context which a teacher may not have thought of leading to discussion which helps to engage other students. I was just wondering how a LAMS sequence could make that happen, within the LAMS environment. I’m not trying to replace any face to face interaction in the classroom, but to augment it.

I’m going to try the chat window suggestion, and once I think I have a sequence which will work, I’ll upload it onto the lams community.

Posted by Mark Burgess