Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i2UJW8m05082; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:32:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:32:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <001301c4168d$7e315aa0$0b00a8c0@DDQPYT21> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Art LaChance" <arthur@ellijay.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1258] Re: listservs and learning X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2831 Lines: 65 Jackie, I think Professional Development - and wonder exactly what does it mean. Improve my ability to deliver services ? That's where I go. Then what is involved with that. What process can get me there. It reminds me of a statement that I heard one time from somewhere that it doesn't matter what you deliver as much as how you deliver it. So training in curriculum delivery or how to fill out paperwork or how to do research or replication of the processes that obviously didn't work for these now adult students confounds our whole process. What I see is a desperate need for cross training from other fields - medical - psychological - rehabilitation - etc into the makeup of an adult who is economically and emotionally depressed due primarily to their lack of education, and how to make effective contact with them to a degree that would enable us to actually propel them into their future. That's what I'd like to see happen. Cross discipline. Intense awareness activities. Within our capability of understanding the associated jargon. art ----- Original Message ----- From: "jataylor" <jataylor@utk.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 11:36 AM Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1248] listservs and learning Hello everyone ~ Some of us mentioned experiences with discussion lists and professional development. Art, you mentioned that you became involved in NIFL discussion lists primarily "mainly as a means of acquiring validation for issues that we were experiencing in the classroom." Jean, you noted that you participate in listservs as a means of keeping on the "leading edge" and for your own professional development. I understand both of you to convey a PD need for learning and/or discovery over time, is this correct? Can this need for informal PD be met in any other way? Eileen, I understand you to say that not only has participation with discussion lists been an ongoing, informal learning experience for you, but one that can transcend the online interaction and has potential for lasting change - can you tell us more about what you mean? What needs do discussion lists meet that cannot be met by participation in other types of interactive, synchronous or asynchronous forums? If for example, one of the national lists were converted to a different format - like a bulletin board instead of a discussion list, how might our experiences be similar or different? What new needs would be met, and what needs would no longer be addressed? Lastly, how do our experiences with different types of listservs compare? In other words, are the experiences of subscribers to fully-moderated lists similar or different than open lists? How might these two formats impact the learning experiences in different ways? Your thoughts? Jackie
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