Learning from watching others learn. -> Learning from Watching Others Learn -> Re: Learning from Watching Others Learn

Thank you Judith.
I struggled through the article but when I thought about the key phrase of this discussion forum, "Learning from Watching Others Learn", I decided to do just that and read through what everyone else had written. You highlighted a point from Mayer that made me realize that Mayer is coming from an Inquirers' perspective. Being that I am in an IBO school, this is something that I can relate to.

To go a little further I googled the term 'Vicarious Learning Online' and found the following:

As many of you know, when surfing the Internet it can lead you to the most interesting corners. One click led to another and I found myself at this blog http://eduspaces.net/csessums/weblog/138352.html
where my attention was held by this picture capture which is at the bottom of this post.

What caught my eye was the two students with raised hands and it made me reflect that in this course the discussion forums that get the most response are those with questions.

Oh oh, am I getting off the track here? What do you think about students asking further questions as a way of engaging response and provoking 'Learning from watching others learn'?


Jane

BTW Here is the Jim Waters link if you want to check it out:

Waters, J (2008) The iSchool at Drexel http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~jw65/jimwaters.htm Accessed on 1/9/08