Learning in Many Colors

Learning in Many Colors

1. is based on

   • Exploring multiple ways of Representation (What Students will learn), Learning styles, perception channels , and What is Action research?
     • Is interpreted by:
       • Researching in the pedagogical practice:
         • Quantitative: Educators or researchers collect factors and study the relationship between one factor and another through numerical data, statistics and structures in order to analyze and draw conclusions
         • Qualitative: Seeks to understand individual human perception, behavior, interaction, through a context of dialogue and observation.
         • Some styles of research:
           • Action research
           • Case study
           • The experimental style
           • The ground theory
         • Pre-research checklist:
           • Understand the main approaches to research
           • Understand the diference between qualitative and quantitative
           • Focous on specific methods you feel interested
     • Is interpreted by:
       • Universal Design for learning (UDL)
         • Uses a variety of teaching methods to remove learning barriers
         • Helps you think about the teaching and learning that all students need in order to succeed in their learning progress.
         • UDL provide a teacher can effectively instruct a diverse group learner, the teachers building in flexibility in the ways learns can access information and in the ways students can demonstrate their knowledge
         • Main principles of UDL
           • Representation: Offers format recommendations for changes in teaching materials to make them accessible to students for learning, such as texts, audios, videos, among others.
           • Action and Expression: Suggests giving more interactivity with the material and showing the students what they can learn.
           • Engagement: Seeks to encourage multiple ways to motivate teachers to create new dynamic and didactic strategies to enhance learning around the classroom.
         • By means of:
           • guidelines 1: Perceptions
             • To provide clear and comprehensible information to students, teachers should consider reducing barriers to learning by:
               • The importance of information for their learning
               • Offer the same information through different methodologies
               • Ensure that the information can activate the sensors and skills to access a good understanding of the learning process
           • guidelines 2: Language and Symbols
             • uses both linguistic and non-linguistic methods
             • Seeks for teachers to share clear vocabulary and concepts to understand the difficulties of the students
             • The importance of creating strategies to be didactic, creative, and comprehensive for the learners
           • Guidelines 2: Building Knowledge
             • The orientation of education helps learners to transform information into knowledge to generate new learning ideas and theory e
             • knowledge is built to be accessible for future decision making
             • The collaborative environment helps to enhance knowledge through experiences, opinions and teamwork within the classroom
     • Is questioned through:
       • What is Action research?
         • Educators use the term “research” to produce changes, methods and behaviors to improve or innovate their educational process in a classroom through the analysis of techniques, observation of problems and models that they implement at the teaching levels.
           • Reasons why action research method is preferred in education
             • It´s very effective way to get feedback from teacher and students about what´s working and what needs imprevent
             • Effect positive social change
             • The opportunity to be in control of asking their own questions and searching for additional knowledge
             • working with others through participation
         • Focuses on many variables such as interactivity and the influence of research in order to provide the education students need
         • Is a process, not a product
         • Styles learning
           • Uses 4 types of processes to identify needs, problems, and questions within the learning/teaching process such as:
             • Planing
               • Identifies the problem and then plans how it could be solved through research
             • Action
               • Represents behavior and teaching changes through research.
             • Reflection
               • Analyzes the data and observations obtained to continue advancing, improving and even repeating the plan cycle.
             • Observation
               • Collects data to analyze its impact and to determine the objectives
           • To record the learning and teaching process action research recommends using portfolios to assess strengths and areas for improvement.
           • Another recommendation for learning and teaching styles are formative assessment tests that help teachers adjust their strategies based on students' needs.
     • Is interpreted by:
       • Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles: Didactics for Technology-Measured Courses.
         • There has been an evolution in learning in all fields and the virtual modality has led to break the rules of providing education through autonomy and academic guidance.
         • Contributes to social development, methodological innovation, regional and international projections, research to promote knowledge and human and sustainable development.
         • Technological means influence the learning processes of students in the educational act, since it is integrating faster and faster in the development of the human being.