Learning+and+Cognition+VideoCast



 * = [[image:Suit_waving.jpg width="119" height="257"]] || I originally chose this option because I figured it would be easy to find something on one of the sites that would be easy to find fault with. Now, it's not that I am a negative person, I just tend to learn more from non-examples (just ask my parents about my teenage years!) by thinking through the mistakes and errors in the presentation. I went to [|teachertube] to see what I could find. While I was expecting to find some to find fault with, I ran across a video from an Associate Professor at Memorial University in Newfoundland. The title of her video is "Perturbations and possibilities in the virtual classroom". I was not certain what to expect because I was not certain what Professor Murphy meant. I watched the video and I was surprised. The presentation is a straight-forward discussion of what Dr. Murphy sees as the critical elements in establishing a successful online class. Her focus is not on content, rather she is far more concerned with establishing a community of learners and ensuring that her students feel empowered in this learning environment. After watching the video (which is posted below) I read her description of her video (I included it below the video - it is the blue text ). I realized that this was an interesting topic to use as the focal point of my summarization of what I have learned. So, with further ado, here is . . . . ||

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 Here is a copy of Dr. Murphy's description of her video (and a [|link] to it as well): "Moving as a teacher from the face-to-face, physical classroom to an online distance classroom results in perturbations as well as possibilities. The perturbations arise because of contradictions between what teachers are used to doing in the face to face classroom on one hand and what they can do in the online classroom on the other. Yet from these contradictions and out of these possibilities emerge transformations. Those transformations represent germs of new practice-a practice that moves the teachers to a more learner-centered form of their practice." 

I have posted my video response here. I created a PowerPoint with narration and then had Jing capture the presentation. This did result in audio that is not ideal, but it was the only way I could satisfactorily get the narration the way I wanted it. I embedded the video from Camtasia and it seems to have it saved in full size (so I hope you have a wide screen!). In the video, I explain what I feel are Dr. Murphy's key points. I then discuss how those key points match up with the theories and principles that we have covered this semester. Enjoy!

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