The A, B, & C’s of motivation and social learning theory - what do you think are the positive real world applications of the various components of Social Learning Theory for the 21st century teacher? Where are the connections to motivation?
I think the most positive real world application of the various components of Social Learning Theory for the 21st century teacher is that literally now the sky is the limit! The internet makes the entire world available to us and our net gen learners. This is their time! While the nature of the teaching we do now is radically changed from how it’s been, from how we were taught, we are able to give our students so much more, so much more meaningful learning experiences than we ever could have before. For example instead of just telling my students about Noh theatre, they can access videos of Noh performances, Noh theaters and actors. They can actually be in the orient of old taking part in a traditional Noh evening. They can research the answer to questions they’ve developed in their learning. They can share their learning experience with peers in real time. Ya Noh what I mean? Hehe. I also think that given that net gen learners seek to learn via hands on and through discovery, that we are now able to facilitate learning experiences that really cater to the nature of our leaners perhaps moreso than ever before. Instead of lecturing to them, or assigning reading from a tired old text book, we can send them to the internet and ask them to visually represent a concept, or perform something in a given style that interests them or create design choices for a show and actually create a design! It’s really very exciting when you think about it and how perfect for net gen students! In terms of motivating them, really the process in and of itself can be a significant motivating factor. Net gen learners aren’t missing the tired old text books, learning is becoming more dynamic and engaging AND they are more in control of their own learning than has ever happened before. That alone is a motivating factor, but when you combine that with being able to learn in cohorts, with their friends, even better! Net gen learners have a level up mentality. They need to understand where they are so they want feedback and they also know where they want to be and they’re motivated to get there. I loved when Dr. Brown spoke about his neighbor and his cohort of surfers. How they’d access the internet to look at new moves, then run down to the water to try them out! They get and give feedback from the other members of the cohort, then run down and try it again! What a great example of how 21st Century learning can work and how effective it can be!
I think the most positive real world application of the various components of Social Learning Theory for the 21st century teacher is that literally now the sky is the limit! The internet makes the entire world available to us and our net gen learners. This is their time! While the nature of the teaching we do now is radically changed from how it’s been, from how we were taught, we are able to give our students so much more, so much more meaningful learning experiences than we ever could have before. For example instead of just telling my students about Noh theatre, they can access videos of Noh performances, Noh theaters and actors. They can actually be in the orient of old taking part in a traditional Noh evening. They can research the answer to questions they’ve developed in their learning. They can share their learning experience with peers in real time. Ya Noh what I mean? Hehe. I also think that given that net gen learners seek to learn via hands on and through discovery, that we are now able to facilitate learning experiences that really cater to the nature of our leaners perhaps moreso than ever before. Instead of lecturing to them, or assigning reading from a tired old text book, we can send them to the internet and ask them to visually represent a concept, or perform something in a given style that interests them or create design choices for a show and actually create a design! It’s really very exciting when you think about it and how perfect for net gen students! In terms of motivating them, really the process in and of itself can be a significant motivating factor. Net gen learners aren’t missing the tired old text books, learning is becoming more dynamic and engaging AND they are more in control of their own learning than has ever happened before. That alone is a motivating factor, but when you combine that with being able to learn in cohorts, with their friends, even better! Net gen learners have a level up mentality. They need to understand where they are so they want feedback and they also know where they want to be and they’re motivated to get there. I loved when Dr. Brown spoke about his neighbor and his cohort of surfers. How they’d access the internet to look at new moves, then run down to the water to try them out! They get and give feedback from the other members of the cohort, then run down and try it again! What a great example of how 21st Century learning can work and how effective it can be!
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