It was my 14th class the bilingual course “Essentials of the Learning Sciences”, and the topic was about “Knowledge Building and Knowledge Creation: Theory, Pedagogy, and Technology”
Before the class, I spent a lot of time searching for some related works in order to understand some definitions of the chapter’s especially these words “mtadiscourse, rise above, and promisingness” Also, to make it understandable for my classmates.
After I finished reading part and I assumed that they would go through Chapter 20 of the CHLSv2, so that was what actually happened. Initially, the instructor was LEI Yuan, she started our class by provided a quick view of the class’s objectives. Then, LU Xiaoqi presented the definition of knowledge building. In fact, …show more content…
How can we use Knowledge Building, how this software works, and when we should use it?
2. What are the feature, tools, and scaffolds in the Knowledge Building?
3. What are the research directions for Knowledge Building?
4. What are the challenges for using Knowledge Building for different subjects?
5. What are the risks on the students’ practical skills when we use this innovation?
What have I learned?
I have gained a lot of knowledge from this class mainly from the literature I have read before the class; I can summarize some new aspects I have learned from this class as follows:
1. The definition of some new terms, such as mtadiscourse, rise above, and promisingness, community knowledge, social network analysis, learning analytics, authoritative information, organizational science, 21st-century skills, design thinking, higher order thinking, knowledge building, knowledge creation …etc.
2. The definition of the Knowledge Building, so we found that is the process of creating new cognitive, artificial processes through collective discussion, synthesis of multiple ideas for a common …show more content…
The authors’ contributions in this field, so we learn more about the authors, also before the class I have read many if their works to understand this topic.
4. The nature of CSILE (Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments) that is it “an environment to support the kinds of inquiry, information search, and creative work with ideas that go on in knowledge-building organizations of all kinds” (Scardamalia, M, 2004, p. 2).
5. How to apply knowledge building pedagogy in the classroom? How and when the teachers can use knowledge building pedagogy to carry out learning?
We found this depends on the situations, learning community, learning objectives, and learners’ characteristics.
6. The twelve principles in Knowledge Building that are: real idea, authentic problem, idea improvement, idea diversity, rise above, epistemic agency, community knowledge, collective, responsibility, democratizing knowledge, symmetric knowledge advance, pervasive knowledge building, constructive uses of authority, knowledge building discourse, embedded and transformative assessment.
7. The challenges that the teachers or learners might face when they using this tutorial system.
8. Understanding the current situation and future research direction of Knowledge Building tutorial
Before the class, I spent a lot of time searching for some related works in order to understand some definitions of the chapter’s especially these words “mtadiscourse, rise above, and promisingness” Also, to make it understandable for my classmates.
After I finished reading part and I assumed that they would go through Chapter 20 of the CHLSv2, so that was what actually happened. Initially, the instructor was LEI Yuan, she started our class by provided a quick view of the class’s objectives. Then, LU Xiaoqi presented the definition of knowledge building. In fact, …show more content…
How can we use Knowledge Building, how this software works, and when we should use it?
2. What are the feature, tools, and scaffolds in the Knowledge Building?
3. What are the research directions for Knowledge Building?
4. What are the challenges for using Knowledge Building for different subjects?
5. What are the risks on the students’ practical skills when we use this innovation?
What have I learned?
I have gained a lot of knowledge from this class mainly from the literature I have read before the class; I can summarize some new aspects I have learned from this class as follows:
1. The definition of some new terms, such as mtadiscourse, rise above, and promisingness, community knowledge, social network analysis, learning analytics, authoritative information, organizational science, 21st-century skills, design thinking, higher order thinking, knowledge building, knowledge creation …etc.
2. The definition of the Knowledge Building, so we found that is the process of creating new cognitive, artificial processes through collective discussion, synthesis of multiple ideas for a common …show more content…
The authors’ contributions in this field, so we learn more about the authors, also before the class I have read many if their works to understand this topic.
4. The nature of CSILE (Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments) that is it “an environment to support the kinds of inquiry, information search, and creative work with ideas that go on in knowledge-building organizations of all kinds” (Scardamalia, M, 2004, p. 2).
5. How to apply knowledge building pedagogy in the classroom? How and when the teachers can use knowledge building pedagogy to carry out learning?
We found this depends on the situations, learning community, learning objectives, and learners’ characteristics.
6. The twelve principles in Knowledge Building that are: real idea, authentic problem, idea improvement, idea diversity, rise above, epistemic agency, community knowledge, collective, responsibility, democratizing knowledge, symmetric knowledge advance, pervasive knowledge building, constructive uses of authority, knowledge building discourse, embedded and transformative assessment.
7. The challenges that the teachers or learners might face when they using this tutorial system.
8. Understanding the current situation and future research direction of Knowledge Building tutorial