M. David Merrill @ EdMedia 062009

REAL WORLD TASKS.

“Show me!” 1,2,3x.
Students do not care what professor thinks but they do care what their fellow students think. Quality of work increased dramatically when invoking peer-to-peer review. MDMerrill #edmedia
ISD Instructional systems development
Who what how …
Who are your students?
What do you want to teach?
How do you want to teach it?

Get me the content first.
Reviewed details and generalities – used a letter to the kids as an example. Mom writes who/when news. Dad writes specific story of picture of the moose. Funny.
We teach formulas so they can plug and crank, but they don’t know what they’re doing. We need to show them an unusual result and have them find out why.
Course online – courses – suggestions by students: product / service/retail/restaurant/own
Based on reality but not all true.
Peer work more productive than competitive work.
When is the last time you wrote an essay? Why are you having your students write essays? M. D. Merrill #edmedia
On the fence . . . Merrill doesn’t believe students learn differently. @Downes says neural studies have shown . . .