Diana Laurillard - A Conversational Framework

During the video tutorial for Laurillard's Conversaational Framework we were asked to think about the following questions:




Laurillard's Conversationsl Framework

 Is this useful to me?

Does it enhance my understanding of interactivity?

Does it help me think of ways I might apply it to my own practice?

I hope to answer these questions in a sincere, exploratory, inquisitive, immediate, discursive and informal way as per our discussions on 8/10/11 about what makes a good blog.



Professor Diana Laurillard



According to Robinson (2011) the pace of change in technology is quickening everyday and that as little as ten years ago the Internet was still a novelty for most people and no one really knew what a social networking site was. Knowing this very fact, it makes sense that since its first publication in 2002, Larillard’s Conversational Framework has had many extensive updates. The result is, in my opinion, a valuable resource that all teachers should refer to when creating any kind of interactive multi-media resource. Who agrees with me?

The latest update of this conversational framework sees how conversations occur and can be controlled using the latest up-to-date web 2.0 technologies. In the five media types demonstrated, Narrative, Interactive, Communicative, Adaptive and Productive all have details of these technologies such as social networking sites to video conferencing. The framework demonstrates that not all of these technologies have immediate teacher/student response and therefore could not according to Yacci (2000) be interactive. The post I wrote on Monday 10^th October gives further insight into Yacci’s theory. One area where it demonstrates this lack of interactivity is in the media of Narrative where Self Assessing Questions do not allow for immediate teacher response. Does anyone out there agree with Yacci on this? 

Robinson (2011) wrote that there are 7 billion people on this planet and 2 billion are Internet users.  This is the world that students today are competing in and given this very fact, Prensky (2010) makes a valid point when he says that what teachers do need to know is just how interactive technologies can and should be used by students to enhance their own learning. On a personal note than, if this is the case then, all teachers should use only those technologies that embody Laurillards Conversational Framework


Conclusion
At the beginning of this post I listed the 3 questions that we were asked to think about while studying Laurillard's Conversational Framework.  The first question
Is this useful to me? was answered in the first paragraph.  The second question Does it enhance my understanding of interactivity? was answered in the second paragraph and the third and last question (Feuerstein’s killer question) Where can I use it? will be answered throughout an online course I am conducting with some gifted and talented students. What I have learned from the framework will add great depth to this course.