When I first began working at the Alison SALC in early January of 2010, I wasn't even sure what SALC stood for. I thought it meant Student Access Learning Center - after all, students were coming there to use the lab, right?
After a few corrections, I managed to remember that the S in SALC stands for Self. That means students are supposed to use the tools in the lab to learn on their own. But how does a student learn on their own if they aren't sure what they need to study or where their weak points are? Don't they need a teacher to tell them what to do? Shouldn't there be grades or attendance involved? What's the motivation?
These are hard questions to answer, but ones that I hope to explore and address through the use of this blog. We'll look at programs that are available in the lab, talk to students who have used the programs, and see what a learner needs in order to be able to really assess what they need to learn.
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