NLII May Focus Session Meeting Notes
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Author(s): Colleen Carmean
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Presentation(s): ELI Meetings
Abstract
The NLII held a focus session in Vancouver on May 31, 2002, co-sponsored by WebCT, Industry Canada, and University of British Columbia. Focus session attendees worked together to find a useful path through the dense learning theories and models that characterize the scholarly work in the field. They attempted to identify key principles that have been, or could and should be used in order to create and support a truly learner center perspective (without getting bogged down in theories and methodologies and pedagogical "camps"). Attendees applied what is known about learning and cognition to defining the conditions that support meaningful learning and those in which people learn best. Using these principles, we explored learning environments, some of the teaching and learning strategies that can be used to support them, and how technology can contribute.