A Case Study of Paradigm Shift Among Teachers

1. PXGT 6104 A Case Study of Paradigm Shift Among Teachers Group 5 Chun Mee Lee Marsyita Lim Hong Koon

2. Learners Background • Education Level: • degree holders • experienced teachers • Prior Knowledge: • text editing • spread sheets • PowerPoint/Multimedia Presentation • Needs in Profession: • To align with living style of younger generation which are digital native • ( to engage students ) • To complete syllabus accordingly within a specific period of time • To deliver content as much as possible

3. The Scenario • Target Audience: Teachers who are digital immigrant with limited IT knowledge • Topic: Internet Application ( Wikispaces ) • Number of Learner: 40 • Number of Facilitator: 3 • Time: 90 minutes

4. Learning Objective: • Experience a collaborative internet application in teaching and learning. • Able to utilize Wikispaces as a T & L platform. • Learning Outcome: • sign up a Wikispaces account • design a wiki website for subject teaching/society in charge of. • create at least 2 pages with minimum content • text editing • upload image to website • Lesson Plan: • Briefing on what Wikispaces is. (10 minutes) • Demonstration on how to sign in and manage Wikispaces. (20 minutes) • Hands on time (60minutes)

5. Problems faced • Infrastructure/Technical Facilities (poor Wifi coverage) • During Process of Teaching • During Process of Learning • Learning Outcome

6. 2 During Process of Teaching • vague on how to be an online role model, online motivator and an online resource provider at the same time. • having problem in trouble shooting/no alternative solution to technical problem • busy entertaining all kinds of questions asking at the same time.

7. 3 During Process of Learning • don't know how to sign up email account. • do not know what wiki is/ not understanding the concept of Collaboration. • do not know what pages to create. • no patient. • browsing other websites other than Wikispaces.

8. 4 Learning Outcome • not achieve fully. • created a website without any pages other than the default home page. • no input in pages created. • no application in teaching. • no access to website created (forgotten about user name, pass word or web address)

9. The Issue • Inadequate knowledge and skill in ICT. • Insufficient usage of digital technology in teaching and learning. • Traditional, teacher-centered pedagogy still dominate. • Although several computer courses have been conducted through out the years, but the outcome is not encouraging. Very minimum T & L activities are conducted with digital technology. • Although course wares are ready made for Science and Mathematics, but many teachers are still reluctant to use them.

10. Identified Phenomenon (based on The Model of TPCK+L) T • TECHNOLOGYInfrastructure and facilities • PEDAGOGY Inadequacy in instruction • CONTENT Ineffectiveness of materials • LEARNERfrom observation/feedback P C L

11. Infrastructure and facilities • slow in accessing due to limited band width • inaccessibility of internet application, e.g. yahoo, Google T

12. Inadequacy in instruction P • briefing on Wikispaces is too short and do not give enough exposure to learners who has limited idea about internet • not manage to guide learners to learn step by step but every one is at their own pace • problems in transfers of learning

13. Ineffectiveness of materials C • content of demonstration does not suite the level of learners ( "wiki" is such an alien concept to those who had not experiences internet surfing) • language used is not fully comprehensive by learners (e.g. learners would have no idea about what "collaborating learning" and "forum" mean in the internet world) • guideline for hands-on project is not comprehensive

14. Learners - from observation/feedback L • Ignoring: traditional teaching method to collaborative learning style via internet application. • utilize technology (computer) as typing machine or tools for managing paper works only. • do not think that technology really helps in teaching and learning. • assume that traditional ways of teaching which is teacher centered is more effective (syllabus completed faster, less discipline problems) • new technologies are too difficult to handle. • time is constraint, no time for learning new knowledge. • digital technology is meant for younger generation. • lack of foundation

15. Potential Causes of Problem ignorance Learner T fear Learner P C Learner not comfortable

16. Identified Root Causes of Problems (1)The Major Root Cause : (mindset of the digital immigrant) • technology is not a must in teaching and learning • technology is not meant for me, it is for someone else (2)The Subsequent Root Cause: non-motivating pedagogy • pedagogical practices are not motivating or inspiring to paradigm shift

17. Proposed Solutions • Mindset Transforming Exposure/Campaign • Pedagogical Support conduct practical e-Courses follow-up activities trouble shooting • Administrative Support long term encouragement and follow-up reports and news-update conducting administration practices using similar technology careful planning of training program (from basic to higher level)

18. Resources • Creative Teaching with Internet Technologyhttp://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/presentation/loyola.html • (2) Implementing The Seven principles • http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html • (3) Revised Bloom's Taxonomy • http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Bloom/blooms.htm • http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/bloomrev/index.htm • http://www.apa.org/ed/new_blooms.html • http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy • http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/451/revisedbloom.html