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Dialogs on Teaching #2: transformational and transactional learning

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Estimated Reading Time: 15 minutes The Story So Far :   Welcome! This blog post is part 2 in an ongoing conversation between myself and  Stacey M. Johnson on her blog . Since we met a few months ago, we’ve been in an ongoing dialog about some of our favorite issues in teaching and educational technology. We decided to take the dialog public on our blogs.  Stacey's first post Lance's first post Stacey's second post I thoroughly enjoy these conversations. So, thank you for continuing this. I appreciate your guiding frame: "Does a policy or practice increase our internal capacity and build on the professionalism of our faculty and staff, or does it outsource key functions and fail to consult experts already on campus, devaluing and demoralizing the experience for all of those left behind?"  Applying this to a technology is a thoughtful practice given that many in the ed-tech space push tools that replace community experiences with individual experiences. Wresting T...