Key Aspects
Of The Learning Process |
What
Happens Typically |
How It Happens at Learning
Catalyst |
Planning |
| A detailed plan helps the learner to budget time during
the program. |
Details of what would be covered exactly, what preparation
is required, time commitment required, etc..is rarely givem. |
Every participant would have his individual learning
plan at the very outset of the program. |
Course Content |
| Different people learn differently : some by reading text,
some by audio-visual methods, some by actually doing , some
by teaching others !! |
Not flexible for various styles |
We have looked at the best "how-to videos" ;
read through group discussions, browsed interviews of veterans,
etc..so that we can reference great content online and accomodate
various learning styles. Innovative ways like learning
from news. Plans to have more interactive forms
of learning imbibed |
Document Sharing |
| Learners should be able to share good documents with each
other and have access to all needed documents in a systematic
manner |
Even if implemented, it is piece-meal in nature |
All good documents, white papers, etc…available
in a structured format online. Additions to these can be
made by students also. Ever-evolving repository. |
Interaction Time
with Faculty |
| The time with the faculty needs to be 'maxed' |
Some level of reading up greatly helps everyone in the
system. But this is not always followed |
We have a pre-session reading mandatory.
Without this, a lot of things in the interaction would be
difficult to comprehend.
Learners can comment on the courseware so expectation
during the interaction time can be made explicit |
Revision |
| Revision is important for long-term assimilation |
Once done, the learner typically brings it up when he
is 'forced' to do so for some assessment |
We suggest a more scientific spacing of the revision lessons.
Allow learners to make own notes online |
| We need to bring back the mind of the learner to the concepts
covered |
Very few systematic efforts taken |
A variety of things can be done to 'tease' the learners
minds.Our system allows faculty to link the questions easily
to any part of the course material. Variety of questions
- Match the column, Fill-in-the-blanks, Reading comprehension,
etc.. is possible. |
Assignments |
| As real-life as possible |
|
Designed in discussion with the faculty, these are meant
to give be as real-life as possible. |
| Peer review and feedback |
Generally not followed |
Collaborative tool used for viewing and
submission of assignments. Instant Messaging features in
a secure environment |
Informal Learning |
| Try to mirror the real world as this is how a lot of learning
happens |
Scant attention given |
Peer-to-peer discussion enabled on general
topics and assignment related topics. Access to all previous
discussions |
