Constructivist learning: understanding and experience in IT tertiary education Gao, Shang, Coldwell-Neilson, Jo and Goscinski, Andrzej 2013, Constructivist learning: understanding and experience in IT tertiary education, Journal of curriculum and teaching, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 140-146, doi: 10.5430/jct.v2n2p140. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads gao-constructivistlearning-2013.pdf Published version application/pdf 628.48KB 44 Title Constructivist learning: understanding and experience in IT tertiary education Author(s) Gao, Shang Coldwell-Neilson, Jo Goscinski, Andrzej Journal name Journal of curriculum and teaching Volume number 2 Issue number 2 Start page 140 End page 146 Total pages 7 Publisher Sciedu Press Place of publication Toronto, Ont. Publication date 2013 ISSN 1927-2685 1927-2677 Summary This paper firstly introduces the concept of constructivist learning which advocates that students actively construct knowledge themselves with teachers’ assistance. Based on the six important elements of constructivist learning and teaching planning approach, detailed examples of designing the six constructivist elements of situation, groupings, bridge, questions, exhibit, and reflections for two units offered at school of Information Technology, Deakin University are provided. A conclusion emphasizing the learners' difference to be paid attention to while educators designing curriculum on CloudDeakin platform is made at the end of this paper. Language eng DOI 10.5430/jct.v2n2p140 Field of Research 080399 Computer Software not elsewhere classified 130103 Higher Education 130306 Educational Technology and Computing Socio Economic Objective 930203 Teaching and Instruction Technologies HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article HERDC collection year 2013 Copyright notice ©2013, Sciedu Press Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30060806 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Information Technology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 21 Feb 2014, 08:14:31 EST Tue, 25 Feb 2014, 07:20:26 EST Tue, 25 Feb 2014, 07:41:39 EST Mon, 24 Mar 2014, 10:09:47 EST Thu, 10 Apr 2014, 17:37:40 EST Fri, 11 Apr 2014, 08:33:28 EST Fri, 11 Apr 2014, 15:53:26 EST Thu, 12 Mar 2015, 10:27:02 EST Wed, 18 Nov 2015, 07:21:50 EST Fri, 26 Aug 2016, 15:12:13 EST Mon, 05 Sep 2016, 15:59:28 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 23:00:55 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 127 Abstract Views, 44 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 21 Feb 2014, 08:14:31 EST

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