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Why Technology Is NOT Changing Education

Why Technology Is NOT Changing Education. Presented by Mike Barker Educational Media Creation Center, MIT 10/20/2000. Today’s Agenda. What do we mean by education? What do we mean by technology? Let’s take a look at some!. What Do You Mean by Education?. A Definition of Education.

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Why Technology Is NOT Changing Education

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  1. Why Technology Is NOT Changing Education Presented by Mike Barker Educational Media Creation Center, MIT 10/20/2000 Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  2. Today’s Agenda • What do we mean by education? • What do we mean by technology? • Let’s take a look at some! Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  3. What Do You Mean by Education? Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  4. A Definition of Education “Systematic training and instruction designed to impart knowledge and develop skill.” (OAD) Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  5. What Do I Mean By Education? “The best education starts with a great teacher at one end of a log and a student who wants to learn at the other end.” Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  6. Rethinking University Teachinga framework for the effective use of educational technologyby Diana Laurillard Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  7. Teaching Persuades “teaching is essentially a rhetorical activity, seeking to persuade students to change the way they experience the world. It has to create the environment that will enable students to learn the descriptions of the world devised by others.” Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  8. Teaching is Mediated Learning “… [teaching] is mediated learning, allowing students to acquire knowledge of someone else’s way of experiencing the world.” Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  9. Generating a teaching strategy • there must be a continuing dialogue between teacher and student • The dialogue must reveal both participants’ conceptions • The teacher must analyze the relationship between the student’s and the target conception to determine the focus for the continuation of the dialogue • The dialogue must be conducted so that it addresses all aspects of the learning process Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  10. Rethinking University Teaching Education is a dialogue! Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  11. What People Need to Learn • Learner-Centered Environments • Knowledge-Centered Environments • Assessment to Support Learning • Community-Centered Environments Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  12. Learner-Centered Environments • Effective instruction begins with what learners bring to the setting; this includes cultural practices and beliefs, as well as knowledge of academic content. • Learner-centered environments help students make connections between their previous knowledge and their current academic tasks. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  13. Learner-Centered Environments What you already know shapes what you can and will learn. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  14. Knowledge-Centered Environments • The ability to think and solve problems requires knowledge that is accessible and applied appropriately. • Concepts must be presented in ways that link learning to current understanding, so that students learn connected knowledge. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  15. Knowledge-Centered Environments We need to build knowledge and understanding, not just a catalog of disconnected facts. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  16. Assessment to Support Learning Feedback is fundamental to learning, but feedback opportunities are often scarce in classrooms. Summative assessments occur at the end of projects. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  17. Assessment to Support Learning What are needed are formative assessments, which provide students with opportunities to revise and improve the quality of their thinking and understanding. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  18. Assessment to Support Learning Assessments must reflect the learning goals that define various environments. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  19. Assessment to Support Learning I.e., we need to test our students in ways that focus on whether they are developing understanding and applying knowledge, and we need to test in ways that encourage them to improve afterwards. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  20. Community-Centered Environments • Students, teachers, and everyone else in the community needs to value learning and hold high standards. These values and standards increase people’s opportunities and motivation to interact, receive feedback, and learn. • Activities in homes, community centers, and after- school clubs can have important effects on students’ academic achievement. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  21. Community-Centered Environments I.e., when the people around you value learning, you will too. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  22. Four Areas for Learning Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  23. Four Areas for Learning • Learner-Centered: what you already know shapes what you can and will learn • Knowledge-Centered: build knowledge and understanding, not just a catalog of disconnected facts • Assessment: test for understanding and knowledge, and encourage improvement • Community-Centered: when the people around you value learning, you will too. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  24. What Do You Mean By Technology? Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  25. What Do I Mean By Technology? • Web-based presentation and interaction • Videostreaming • Instructional Tutors • “Courseware” • Etc. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  26. What Do New Technologies Offer? Because many new technologies are interactive, it is now easier to create environments in which students can learn by: • doing, • receive feedback, • continually refine their understanding and • build new knowledge. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  27. What Do New Technologies Offer? Technologies can help people visualize difficult-to-understand concepts. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  28. What Do New Technologies Offer? New technologies provide access to a vast array of information, including: • digital libraries, • real-world data for analysis, and • connections to other people. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  29. What Can We Do With New Technologies? • Bring exciting curricula based on real-world problems into the classroom • Provides scaffolds and tools to enhance learning • Give students and teachers more opportunities for feedback, reflection, and revision • Build local and global communities • Expand opportunities for teacher learning Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  30. Education: Interaction The roots of education lie in a great teacher at one end of a log and a student who wants to learn at the other end. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  31. Returning to Our Roots Technology is helping us return to those roots.  The log may be made out of glass fiber, the connectivity complex, but technology is returning interactivity to the center stage of the educational enterprise. Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  32. Some of Our Products • Physics Interactive Video Tutor (PIVoT) • Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) • Public Broadcasting System (PBS) • MITWorld Mike Barker 10/20/2000

  33. References • Rethinking University Teachinga framework for the effective use of educational technologyby Diana Laurillard, ISBN 0-415-09289-2, 1993 • How People LearnNational Research Council, 1999 Mike Barker 10/20/2000

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