Roundtable: DELT-Beyond Constructivism: Understanding and Utilizing Connectivist Principles in the Post-Covid Teaching and Learning Era

• In Event: Gallery Walk Showcase
  In Showcase Session: Gallery 16 - Research and Practice in Learner Engagement

Short Description

Although developed in the 1970's, constructivism as a learning theory didn’t catch hold in American education until the later part of the 1990's. While constructivist principles are absolutely valid for helping students to learn on a deep level and transferring their knowledge, in these Post-Covid times of a massive shift to online and hybrid learning, students need more. This session will focus on utilizing connectivism to better engage students with technology, instructors, and each other

Authors

• Presenter: Laura E Gray, College of Western Idaho

• Presenter: Casey E Herko, St. Leo University