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In today’s age of technology and the immediate access to all types of information, Connected Learning is learning with consideration of one’s personal interests and social environment. It allows the individual learner the opportunity to experience information and learning in a way that is relevant to them. It also ties the educational world and the social world in a way that inspires learning and creates participatory learning, not just a passive student. “To “learn from experience” is to make a backward and forward connection between what we do to things and what we enjoy or suffer from things in consequence. Under such conditions, doing becomes trying; an experiment with the world to find out what it is like; the undergoing becomes instruction— the discovery of the connection of things” (M Ito et al.) As it relates to digital media, Connected learning allows the learner to “connected” to the material in a meaningful way through the use of technology. This technology connects student...

Here are my notes from reading and researching Active Learning classrooms. David Brodosi In the case of active learning tasks, the pupils are often asked to express their thinking explicitly, which means that the trainers can also assess the pupils' learning.  Although most of the literature on active learning has focused on STEM disciplines, research suggests that active learning can benefit students in all areas, especially students with fewer educational opportunities or encounters with active learning in high school.  Several studies have shown that students in classrooms with active learning have a lower error rate and perform better in assessments than students in a traditional lecture.  Students indicated that this knowledge would be helpful in understanding how to approach active learning.  Since the success of active learning depends crucially on the motivation and commitment of the students, it is of the utmost importance that students appreciate...