Saturday, May 8, 2010

Is the 80/20 rule appropriate for all courses

I am still unable to understand how the 80/20 rule could be applied on a course that is highly intensive on theory. My programme is a practical based theory course. It is taught over three full days and half a day daily is spent on practicals only.The rest of the day is spent on theory lessons, Quantities and weekly tests.

I do understand and appreciate using technology to encourage students to develop their learning but I am far from being convinced that the 80/20 learning is the way to go in the future. A 60/40 balanced approach would be acceptable. I personally believe that for some students who have not tasted success in their life yet, this method would send them further in the path of failure.

I have added pages  with my reflections on the sessions that were part of this course. Also below is a blog that I set up for my students. I have yet to finish it.

http://team4b2010.blogspot.com/

Also below is a link to the shared class blog.


http://boardandchalkmeetsnumber.blogspot.com

Here is another link where we can share our views of how useful electronic media is and its importance and value in very modern times.


http://e-learninganduseofe-resources.blogspot.com/
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 9, 2010 at 2:22 PM

    Hello Nick,
    I might agree on your 60/40 model or approach, it would be more appropriate for my students :-)

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  2. NickMay 10, 2010 at 2:08 AM

    Hello Dana. Thanks for your reflections and maybe we could discuss in detail later on our various courses and look at similar issues that we both can address together.

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  3. TigerMay 18, 2010 at 1:00 PM

    Hi Dana

    Your comments are worth talking about. Perhaps we need to clarify what the 80/20 principle is really. Here is an interesting application of the principle follow this link
    http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/01/paretos-principle-in-classroom.html

    I would like to hear what you think and how this could be applied to your classroom and your students' learning.

    Nuddy Pillay

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  4. NickAugust 8, 2010 at 1:36 AM

    It is interesting to see our colleagues at Unitec have already started to teach their course online using Gmail and blogs. I have a alink for anyone who is interested to have a look and post a few comments.
    http://teamcame.blogspot.com

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  5. NickOctober 19, 2010 at 5:13 PM

    Hi

    My class blog is http://team4b2010.blogspot.com/
    please visit and comment.

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