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Deep Learning
How do you know that you’ve actually done it, that you’ve actually gone beyond regurgitation to in-depth learning? Follow the links to find out.
Evaluate
Your Sources Includes questions designed to help users evaluate
on-line information. Includes excellent links to other sites for
evaluation tips.
Widener
University Library Already a classic site, Widener University
Library's "criteria for web pages" explains how to apply their standards:
accuracy, authority, bias, currency, and coverage. Specifically,
this site provides materials to assist in teaching how to evaluate the
informational content of Web resources and a bibliography of materials
on applying critical thinking techniques to Web resources.
Favorite
Handouts from University of Texas A linked list to a variety
of topics that will help make you a "deep learner". These handouts are
well written and get directly to the point of delving deeper into course
material.
Problem-Based Learning
This University of Delaware site is probably the most comprehensive web
page on problem based learning (PBL). According to one of the site developers
and PBL researcher, Barbara Duch, "Problem based learning (PBL) is an instructional
method that challenges you to 'learn to learn,' working cooperatively in
groups to seek solutions to real world problems."
McMaster
University's PBL Page More than just problem-based-learning,
this site goes "deeper." A model program on teaching students problem solving
using problem-based learning (PBL) combined with cooperative learning.
Includes examples of problems and the deepest way to get at the correct
answers.
Constructivist
Learning Design Constructivist Learning Design by George W. Gagnon,
Jr. and Michelle Collay. This paper represents a collaborative effort
of two teacher educators to articulate a constructivist approach to "designing
for learning" rather than planning for teaching.
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