Expert jigsaw strategy.
I have experienced the advantages of an "expert jigsaw" since reading all other student's wiki's and blogs on this weeks readings. It is an efficient way to collaboratively read large amounts of texts. Having more than one person read or view the same theories allows different points of views to be expressed and different levels of understanding. These understandings have also been documented in the wikis at different levels of depth allowing all students to gain new knowledge.
All learners have different learning styles and different speeds at which they work to complete activities. This form of reading and presenting back (via wiki) has proven to be enjoyable and effective by myself who has very little ICT confidence. However, I believe face to face presenting in the classroom has many advantages, especially for more hands on learners, visual learners and especially verbal learners who understand new information best through written and spoken words.
Finally the PMI (plus, minus and interesting) strategy used during the readings was found to be useful to help summarise the facts into thought columns. To way up advantages and disadvantages of particular theories. The PMI provoked discussion and deeper thinking and understanding when in point form with my wiki partner.
I believe greater coverage of all topics using wiki as a "expert jigsaw" was gained.
This activity included a combination of behaviourist, constructivist and connectivist learning theories.
A quote to think about "Constructivism assumes that learners are not empty vessels to be filled with knowledge. Instead, learners are actively attempting to create meaning". Full article.
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