Seeing Through New Eyes

After listening to a recent conversation and reflecting back on my educational path, I have realized I need to find a way to help students (and some teachers) realize that education is personal. Yes, a lot of educational opportunities occur in groups; but the group cannot function as a whole without individual efforts. What a student really takes away from a class really depends on what they personally connect with and remember. Problem based learning looks at motivation in students, and I believe that motivation is a form of taking personal control of your education. Personal doesn't necessarily mean that the content relates to some experience you as a student have had, but rather that you own your education and take responsibility for what you do and do not learn.

This is of particular interest to me since I recently did a literature review on Wikipedia. The online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica is moving towards wiki style contributions. Check it out here where I first learned about it.