Critical Thinking through a Reflexive Platform
2018 17th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)(2018)
摘要
Massive numbers of online learners have opted to enrol in MOOC platforms such as Coursera, EdX and Udacity, where a plethora of topical courses are offered. However, a limitation of all those platforms is that they cannot effectively support teaching higher order thinking, such as critical thinking, due to logistical issues in assessing such skills. This paper discusses a pedagogically designed online system that employs a set of purposely devised techniques based on a reflexive ideology, whereby complex reasoning skills such as critical and creative thinking form part of the process. Additionally, peer- and self-reviewing together with feedback upon feedback enables scalable assessment of complex critical thinking assignments. We investigate the effect of such processes as we analyse assessment data collected from a pilot project in a single online course with just 150 students that made full use of our system, providing over 3.5 million essential data points. A pre- and post- survey also provided additional quantitative and qualitative data as we close the paper with a series of conclusions and recommendations.
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critical thinking,creative thinking,reflexive pedagogy,e-learning,affordances
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