Online instruction means we are no longer confined to a place, which is usually the classroom. Students are located anywhere and everywhere, and we can use this to our advantage.
Ask them to snap and upload pictures that represent topics you are currently covering in class. For example, if some form of exercise or recreation, leadership development, or workplace safety is the subject, they can take a photo of, and describe in detail, something that illustrates this. By place, we are not referring only to location, but to environment, culture and context, and there are ways to capture that as well.
The students in my program are working professionals who are in some way involved with adult learning and they see the field of adult education through their particular lens. If they are teaching students preparing to take the GED, they do not necessarily identify a trainer in business and industry or a community health educator as an educator of adults. They are typically not aware of all the career options open to them.
For one assignment students upload photos of themselves in their workplace to the Blog. They explain in detail what the experience of working there is like and then participate in a discussion with their classmates.
Guided discussion and reflection questions are helpful when students are thinking about how they relate to and identify with what others have posted. This is one way to broaden their understanding of the field, especially when the subject matter is related to their current or intended career path.
How To
Example of a Power of Place Assignment
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