A PowerPoint based game about E-Learning
arget group: B.Ed(Hons) CIE students
Magdaleen Kotzé
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Use the questions presented in this PowerPoint to be the drive for how to move on the board with your piece. Players: Play this game in pairs to see who knows more about elearning. • Each player sits at his own computer and answers the same questions. Follow the instruction on the feedback screen to see if (and how many moves) you can make with your piece on the board or if you should stay where you are. Select the correct answer by clicking on the blue block with the number of the distracter. The player who reaches the end of the board first, wins the game. Good luck and enjoy this challenge! > Continue
Question 1 You are a Grade 7 Geography teacher. You expect the learners to use the Internet to find resources on volcanoes. What skills will the learners use to complete this task?
A
Analysis and synthesis
B
Searching and selecting
C
Understanding and application
D
Collaboration with peers
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The correct answer is: B) Searching and selecting
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Question 2 How can you engage learners in a “testing hypothesis” activity?
A
Computer simulations
B
Writing an essay
C
Classroom discussions
D
Internet searches
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The correct answer is: A) Simulations
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Question 3 You give a written passage to learners to read and expect them to make a summary of the text. What skill does the learner use to deconstruct the information in the passage?
A
Searching
B
Selecting
C
Analysis
D
Synthesis
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The correct answer is: C) Analysis
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Question 4 Your learners need to prepare a presentation that needs to be done in the classroom. What skill does a learner use to rebuild the knowledge he has studied to be able to do the presentation?
A
Testing
B
Exploring
C
Understanding
D
Synthesis
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The correct answer is: D) Synthesis
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Question 5 Your learners have an online chat on the adaptability of the American food pyramid to the South African context. What is the main skill that the learners use in this activity?
A
Analysis
B
Discussion
C
Exploration
D
Promotion
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Question 6 Susan is reading a magazine while waiting in a doctor's rooms. Her eye catches an article about blogging (which she is interested in for her e- learning course). What skill does Susan use to assimilate the information? A
Synthesis
B
Searching
C
Selecting
D
Exploring
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The correct answer is: D) Exploring
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Question 7 According to Jonassen learners improve their internal models of concepts when they externalise it with model building activities. With which of the skills Gardner and Holmes identified does model building correlate? A
Exploring
B
Discussing
C
Creating
D
Applying
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Question 8 State whether the following statement is true or false. According to Holmes and Gardner, students will use only one skill (eg. Searching, applying etc.) to master an activity in e-learning.
A
True
B
False
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Question 9 State whether the following statement is true or false. Bloom’s Taxonomy represents a sequential list of skills a learner need to achieve.
A
True
B
False
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Question 10
State whether the following statement is true or false. When a learner uses knowledge in context, he is applying knowledge.
A
True
B
False
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The correct answer is: A) True
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Question 11 What skill (according to Holmes and Gardner) was left out of Bloom’s taxonomy due to technology that were not present?
A
Googling
B
Collaboration
C
Exploration
D
Cognitive change
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Question 12 According to Holmes and Gardner, what is their preferred definition of elearning?
A
“online resources such as games and simulations”
B
“everything electronic about learning”
C
“Learning that takes place online and in the classroom with a computer”
D
“online access to learning resources, anywhere and anytime”
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Question 13 You want your students to discuss their understanding of momentum and the formula of it. What is the appropriate way to facilitate this in an e-learning environment?
A
Use a VLE with a bulletin board or Discussion tool
B
Send emails to all students
C
Use podcasts
D
Students should create HTML pages
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Question 14 Why would one make use of a Virtual Learning Environment?
A
Because it is new technology.
B
Because it can support teaching and learning activities.
C
Because students will remember better than in a face-to-face classroom.
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The correct answer is: B) Because it can support teaching and learning activities.
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Question 15 The skill that learners need to distinguish between good, relevant resources and inaccurate resources is:
A
Searching
B
Testing
C
Selecting
D
Exploring
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The correct answer is: C) Selecting
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Question 16 Which skills, due to the Internet, are now more important than in the past?
A
Accessing, storing and retrieving information
B
Analysing and synthesising information
C
Comprehending, evaluating and reproducing information
D
Communicating and demonstrating information
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