Ok, last DTL Conference post. There are fundamental and meaningful differences between high and low achievers in our classes. According to this presenter, high achievers are able to prepare their study environment and better organize materials. If this is the case, instructors can provide suggestions or explicit instructions for the rest of us on how to organize and prepare ourselves for learning.
There were several take-aways from this session.
- Over-confidence is a barrier I had not previously considered.
- Moving ALL course communication to public discussions makes entirely too much sense.
- Due dates as part of the assignment name (eg "8_14 Descriptive Essay") - clever but a little ugly.
- Have students explain what they will do to prepare for some major task - give feedback on their plan.
Here are my visual notes:
