Supporting Student Learning Online in Science and Engineering

Presented by: J.B. Wiskell, Bonita Bray, University of Alberta & Dr. Curtiss Hanson, Jason Vetter, University of Northern Iowa

The other day I attended this presentation and J.B. Wiskell from the University of Alberta had a interesting analogy for learning - that there are two types.

The first is described as a teflon learner where after the semester is over nothing really sticks. And the second type is described as a velcro learner where after the stuff learned does stick. And this was all tied back to using eportfolios as a way to make students more velcro type learners.