Most students go through their entire academic career without learning how to learn! I, myself, did not learn about metacognition until my first year in a graduate program in Education. That's why I created "How 2 Lrn w ur Mobile Device" (also known as "How 2 Lrn w ur iPod, iPhone, iPad, Android, etc.").
I have shared self-awareness and metacognition strategies with middle school and high school students through after-school workshops, and with college students in an online, semester-long, General Education class. At all levels, students learn how they affect their own learning, how to improve their learning with metacognitive strategies, and how to use technology to support different parts of the learning process. Students today are media producers as much as consumers, so we also look at how those skills fit in the learning context.
On the flip side, we as teachers and teacher educators can use technology to foster students' self-awareness, increase their motivation to learn, provide avenues for students to improve their learning, and promote the development of digital literacy skills. Even if we cannot devote much class time to these activities, we can get students started on the path.
In this interactive MiTE2017 session we will:
