Interesting post on teaching with Drupal
Hello, all,
I came across this post today: http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2008/12/11/validation-of-my-crac...
It has a great quote from a student that highlights the strength of Drupal when used as a teaching tool:
I’ve been using Drupal for my classes as its flexibility supports my more constructivist approach to teaching. As one of my students wrote:
Comparing Blackboard and Drupal, I thought that the opinions and thoughts of the students are treated with respect by using the Drupal system. In other words, by using this system, students are like the main actors and actresses in movies. I thought that the features of Drupal were built around blogs and focused on connections and communication among teachers and students. On the other hand, Blackboard focuses on announcements and instructions from teachers to students.
Well put, Toshu! The focus isn’t on me imparting my wisdom to my students (thought hopefully my lectures were worth something!); it’s on their impressions and reflections about what they’re learning and the conversations that come from sharing those reflections.
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Wow
That really is pretty cool, and it confirms what I've been thinking. Now I want to try it in my own class!
As a college going student
As a college going student this has motivated me a lot. I had an idea to convert my college notes to drupal so that juniors could benefit with them,but I am too lazy to do it. Now I am putting myself on right track.
Fantastic perspective
Fantastic perspective Bill.
I've worked with WebCT and Blackboard and I will never inflict that sort of environment on students again. In order to make a web environment work best the viewers need to become members of a community: Drupal enables community to form in ways that surpass the standard applications offered to educators.
My commercial business has relied on Drupal as a solution for the past five years. While I'm new to teaching, after looking at what resources are normally offered to instructors I see no choice other than Drupal if I want to provide a strong platform for my students to build their community.