L4C for students

[Peter]

Here is a good paper on why it is important for students to be the
content developers. Should we have the students work through the L4C
workshops and have a similar course to help educators to facilitate
the creation of student generated content?
http://www.e-mentor.edu.pl/_xml/wydania/21/467.pdf

This is what I see as the highlights from the paper;
- Student-generated content has also long been an integral part of the
educational process.
- the role of student-generated content is highly marginalized in
contemporary educational practice.
- “student engagement” has become an indicator of educational quality.
- there is a need and interest for learning strategies which promote
student engagement.
- student products can contribute value as a lasting product in
several ways - to future students (e.g. by creating learning
resources).
- apparently is that there are relatively few examples to be found. If
student-generated content engages students, improves learning, creates
products of lasting value, and produces other positive educational
outcomes, why is this the case?
- One likely reason is that the expanded use of student-generated
content runs counter to traditional educational practice.
- Nevertheless, expanding the use of student-generated content in
online education (and all education) may be an idea whose time has
finally come.

Cheers,

[Wayne]

Hi Peter,

Not too mention the educational value of community service. I have children in both elementary and high school here in BC and at both levels there are community service hours built into the curriculum.  Linking student-generated content with community service is a great way to combine academic components of the curriculum with learning how to give. Wouldn't it be amazing if schools recognised free content generation as "official" community service hours?

This is a great idea -- lets see how the community responds and lets start  work on developing a dedicated node in WE for student-content initiatives. Perhaps we can include a few example approaches or a toolkit to help teachers get started in building this capability.

Great suggestion!

Cheers
Wayne 

[NELLIE DEUTSCH]

Hi Peter,
I totally agree. I will be encouraging grade 11 and 12 high school students at Ort Gutman to be adding content on WE. I hope other WE members can join in and give a hand.

Thank you.
Nellie

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[NELLIE DEUTSCH]

Wayne,
Count me in!

Nellie