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The Steep "Unlearning Curve"

Teachers who are getting ready to plan learning activities with Drupal may need some basic "re-education" about the teaching and learning process. Though conference presenters can be strident, there are few better than Will Richardson on this topic:

So much of our traditional thinking about personal learning and classroom practice is being challenged by our ability to publish and connect and collaborate primarily because of the opportunities afforded by the Read/Write Web.

For instance, in a world where literally any place can be a classroom, we have to unlearn the comforts of four walls that we’ve become accustomed to. When we can share our work with wide audiences, we need to unlearn the idea that student writing and projects are simply ways to assess what they know.

This ancient post (July 2007) is from Will's blog "On My Mind" (subscribe at http://weblogg-ed.com/feed/) and entitled The Steep “Unlearning Curve”.

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