Roles of educational technology
in learning
Technology can play a traditional
role, i.e. as delivery vehicles for instructional lessons or in a constructivist way as partners in
the learning process.
In a constructivist way, technology helps the learner
build more personal interpretations of life in her/his world. Technology is a
learning tool to learn with not from. It makes the
learner gather, think, analyze, synthesize information and construct meaning
with what technology presents
•
Technology as tools to support knowledge
construction
1. For
presenting learners’ ideas, understandings and beliefs
2. For
producing organized, multimedia knowledge bases for learners
·
Technology as information vehicles for
exploring knowledge to support learning-by-constructing:
1. For
accessing needed information
2. For
comparing perspectives, beliefs and world views
•
Technology as context to support learning by
doing
1. for representing and simulating meaningful
real-world problems, situations and contexts
2. for
representing beliefs, perspectives, arguments, and stories of others
3. For
defining safe, controllable problem space for student thinking
·
Technology as a social medium to support
learning by conversing
1. For
collaborating with others
2. For
discussing, arguing, and building consensus among members of the community
3. For
supporting discourse among knowledge building communities
•
Technology as intellectual partner
1. For
helping learners to articulate and represent what they know
2. For
reflecting on what they have learned and how they come to know it
3. For
supporting learners’ internal negotiations and meaning making
4. For
constructing personal representations of meaning for supporting mindful
thinking
• Whether
used from the traditional or constructivist point of view, when used
effectively, research indicates that technology not only “increases students’ learning, understanding,
and achievement but also augments, motivation to learn, encourages
collaborative learning and supports the development of critical thinking and
problem-solving skills” (Shacter and Fagnano, 1999)
• Proper
implementation of technology in the classroom gives students more “control of
their own learning and … tends to move classrooms from teacher-dominated
environments to ones that are more
learner-centered (Russel and Sorge, 1999)
• Educational
technology plays various roles. Form the traditional point of view, it serves
as presenter of knowledge just like teachers. It also serves as productivity
tool. With the internet, technology has facilitated communication among people.
From the constructivist’s perspective, educational technology is a meaningful
learning tools by serving as a learning partner.
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