Compare two key pedagogical strategies—shaping and scaffolding learner behavior.
As an online instructor, you need to be creative—continuously pulling from your cache of innovative tools. Knowing which tool or technique to use when is what makes a good instructor great. In this assignment, you compare two key pedagogical strategies—shaping and scaffolding learner behavior.
Your supervisor has asked you to support the professional development of your online instructor colleagues. She would you like you to create a presentation that will help the online instructors better understand shaping learner behavior and scaffolding students’ learning. Complete the following two parts:
Part A: Calling on the Learning Resources and other outside research you conduct, construct a 500-word analysis of shaping and scaffolding students’ learning. Take a comparative approach, and identify the benefits and limitations of each.
Part B: Create a presentation with a minimum of six slides that illustrates the key similarities and differences of shaping and scaffolding. Include specific examples of how each approach can be used effectively with online learners.
Submit both parts as a document entitled “Shaping vs. Scaffolding.”
Paper Format: APA
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