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The Virtual Philosopher: Designing Socratic Method Learning Objects for Online Philosophy Courses
This case study describes the Virtual Philosopher, a series of digital learning objects which were created as a Socratic method activity for online ethics courses. Each Virtual Philosopher is a scenario-based, active learning exercise designed to foster students' reflective analysis and application of previously introduced course concepts. The pedagogical aims of these learner-centered objects are increased student metacognition, development of students' logical abilities, and formative self-assessment of students' moral reasoning. After reviewing students' evaluation of the Virtual Philosopher exercises, suggestions for improvement of these learning objects will be discussed.
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- Material Type:
- Open (Access) Journal-Article
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- July 7, 2014
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- April 12, 2019
- Authors:
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Karen L. Hornsby,
North Carolina A&T State University
Wade M. Maki, University of North Carolina Greensboro - Submitter:
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Barbra Bied Sperling
- Primary Audience:
- College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
- Mobile Compatibility:
- Not specified at this time
- Technical Requirements:
- Adobe Reader (for pdf) or Web Browser (for html)
- Language:
- English
- Cost Involved:
- No
- Source Code Available:
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
