Student Reflection and Evaluation
On Looking Back
Cranton (2006) and Mezirow (2003) believe that critical self-reflection is a crucial component of transformative learning and that, in fact, transformative learning cannot occur without it. It is not about how I learn or what I am learning about technology; it is instead about who I am as a person. Has that perception of myself changed as I have participated in an online course? --Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2007). Building Online Learning Communities: Effective Strategies for the Virtual Classroom. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
The Value of Self-Reflection
In this Ted Talk video speaker James Schmidt discusses how self-reflection can break you from rote habit and wake you up to what's going on in your life.
This article by the University of Missouri-St. Louis Center for Teaching and Learning lists a variety of ways students can look back on their learning.
This blog post looks at using technology as a tool for helping students reflect.
Encouraging Student Reflection to Support Deeper Learning
Note from the website:
"In this video, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Associate Professor of Education and Neuroscience at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education, discusses the importance of building in class time for students to reflect. She explains how reflection can help students connect what they are learning in the classroom with their future goals and the world around them."
It's interesting how this video is talking about younger students, making a point that reflection should be a part of the education process every step of the way.
This Faculty Focus post looks at how to incorporate reflection into a course's design.
EJournaling Achieving Interactive Education Online.pdfArticle on E-Journaling
This piece by a computer support assistant at the University of Akron-Wayne College looks at technology and also interactive journaling to bring another dimension to the reflection process.
Reflection is important, but how do you get students to do it? This eLearning Industry post offers some tips.