Transcript The Importance of Technology within Education

The Importance of Technology
within Education
Elsa-Sofia Morote, Ed.D.
Dowling College
2009
Remember the good old days?
The Way It Was...
1973
2009
scientific calculators,
graphing calculators,
laptops,
PDAs
tablet PCs,
gigabytes and gigahertz,
ubiquitous computing
Computation and Calculation
The Way It Was...
1973
2009
e-mail,
voice-mail,
chatrooms,
FAX,
cell phones,
text messaging,
instant messaging,
blogging,
wireless connectivity
Communication and Collaboration
The Way It Was...
1973
2009
Online Information:
web catalogs,
networked databases,
Britannica Online,
online newspapers,
course websites,
CMS and LMS,
podcasting,
wikis,
YouTube
Facebook
Collections and Connections
An important question:
Given the amazing advances in
technology
and the dramatic change in the
environment of our students,
Can we afford to continue
teaching the way we were
taught?
Internet Users by World
Regions
Take a look at
North America
Integrating
Information Technology
in Our Classrooms
Active Learning Objectives
Courses should:
1. Be student-centered and encourage students to “learn
to learn.”
2. Provide opportunities to think critically and to analyze
and solve problems.
3. Assist students in developing skills in gathering and
evaluating information.
4. Provide experience working cooperatively in teams
and small groups.
5. Help students acquire versatile and effective
communication skills.
6. Offer a variety of learning experiences.
7. Apply technology effectively where it will enhance
learning.
Information Technology Objectives
Students should:
1. engage in electronic collaboration.
2. use and create structured electronic documents.
3. do technology-enhanced presentations.
4. use appropriate electronic tools for research and
evaluation.
5. use spreadsheets and databases to manage
information.
6. use electronic tools for analyzing quantitative and
qualitative data.
7. identify major legal, ethical, and security issues in
information technology.
8. have a working knowledge of IT platforms.
Adapted from Technology Across the Curriculum, George Mason U.
IT6
analyzing
data
AL2
critical thinking
problem solving
IT5
managing
information
IT4
research &
evaluation
AL1
gathering &
evaluating info
student-centered
learning to learn
AL3
IT1 collaboration
AL5
cooperative
groups
communication
skills
AL4
IT2
structured
documents
IT3
enhanced
presentations
varied learning
experiences
AL6
Overlap of Active-Learning Objectives and Instructional Technology
Objectives
IT6
analyzing
data
AL2
critical thinking
problem solving
IT5
managing
information
IT4
research &
evaluation
AL1
gathering &
evaluating info
student-centered
learning to learn
AL3
IT1 collaboration
AL5
cooperative
groups
communication
skills
AL4
IT2
structured
documents
IT3
enhanced
presentations
varied learning
experiences
AL6
Overlap of Active-Learning Objectives and Instructional Technology
Objectives
IT6
analyzing
data
AL2
critical thinking
problem solving
IT5
managing
information
IT4
research &
evaluation
AL1
gathering &
evaluating info
student-centered
learning to learn
AL3
IT1 collaboration
AL5
cooperative
groups
communication
skills
AL4
IT2
structured
documents
IT3
enhanced
presentations
varied learning
experiences
AL6
Overlap of Active-Learning Objectives and Instructional Technology
Objectives
The modern world demands different skills
Leitch Review:
‘Demographic, technological and global changes present enormous
challenges and brilliant opportunities. Developed nations are relying more
and more on their capacity to innovate and drive economic growth. The
ability to do this depends upon the skills and knowledge of their people’
A new style of teaching?
Students need to acquire the ability to communicate complex ideas,
solve complex problems, identify order, find direction in an ambiguous
and uncertain environment and to think and reason abstractly
(Cohen 1987)
Dowling College’s example
• Advanced Certificate in Instructional
Technology Specialist
• http://www.dowling.edu/academics/secert.
shtml