– that is the question!
I am honestly not a fan of giving homework even prior to pandemic. I would just see to it that all learning tasks are accomplished within our class time. Perhaps, it’s because most of the time there is a low turn-in of accomplished homework tasks, which will just disappoint me a lot.
After, reading the articles assigned to us in our Flex2Educate course, I had so many realizations about giving homework! First, perhaps the low turn-in of assignments was caused by giving a boring, unengaging, and repetitive instructions for tasks that just forced them to accomplish those for scores. I could have prepared more relevant tasks that have definite purpose, doable, appropriate for their learning style and cognitive level, and with visual aesthetics appeal.
We must get down to the nitty gritty of the nature and aspects of the homework we would like to give to our learners. Remember, that we are in this situation wherein we should look everything in different angles. Ask ourselves, if the task we will give them will hone the enduring learning competencies they really need to acquire for your subject? Is it really worthy of their time away from their family and on to the screen again? If this homework will just add “breadth” and not “depth” in their understanding about the most essential learning competencies, just don’t give it! Let the learners just enjoy their free time with their family and other hobbies they could work on instead while staying at home.
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