(2017-07-06) Daring To Learn How To Learn

Sandra Mulligan: Daring to learn how to learn

*I’ve analysed the data from over 100,000 learners on the University of Melbourne’s various MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) - every click, tap, swipe they make, every document they consult, and every word they write in chat forums and exercises.

What emerged was a remarkably consistent pattern of what learning behaviours work and which don’t.*

Expert learners, by contrast, are likely to scan different sources of information, seeking out a range of potential sources of learning in the environment. They regard valuable knowledge as somewhat volatile, context dependent, widely distributed, and including tacit understandings, as well as generalisable understandings.

I found that an individual’s position on the Learning skill progression was a good predictor of grade outcomes in the MOOC.