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Contemplative Interaction: A Key to Transformative Learning Online

Contemplative Interaction: A Key to Transformative Learning Online
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Author(s): David Sable (Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 22
Source title: Transformative Learning and Online Education: Aesthetics, Dimensions and Concepts
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): T. Volkan Yuzer (Anadolu University, Turkey)and Gulsun Kurubacak (Anadolu University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-985-9.ch017

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Abstract

This chapter deals with an online course using innovative pedagogy and innovative technology to enable transformative learning. It concerns the application of reflective practices including mindfulness, guided contemplation, and journal writing as the groundwork for active listening, inquiry, and dialogue that builds new meaning for individuals and groups. Positive student feedback and preliminary research indicate individual and interactive contemplation exercises strengthen characteristics of transformative learning.

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