Constructivism Conference
Friday, November 28, 2003
About this HUMlab course
In this course we will give you a little bit of background to the theory of constructivist learning. We will compare constructivist methods with more traditional approaches and discuss both advantages and disadvantages. We will then show you a few examples of resources and projects. Throughout this course we would like you to interact through this blog: type in your comments, or go searching for information on the web that you might want to share. In the final part of the course you will get to create your own blog.
About the instructors:
Stephanie Nilsson is researching the uses of visualization in the field of humanities with Jon Svensson in HUMlab. She is also teaching a variety of classes at both the department of English at Umeå University, as well as drama at Östra Gymnasium. This term, she has completed her senior essay in sociolinguistics and blogging culture in cooperation with the English department and HUMlab.
Therese Örnberg is a doctoral student at HUMlab and the Department of modern languages/English. She could have been working as a upper secondary teacher of English and German at the moment (she finished her studies in June), but has chosen to go into the field of research instead. She wrote her degree assignment for the teachers' education program on Constructivist language learning on the Internet, and is now planning a dissertation on online communication.
