Changes in Pedagogy
A personal device with tools and applications available can equip the learner with a ‘digital pencil case’. They can record video and audio clips, take notes, create animations, read and comment on e-books, collaborate on projects and publish to their peers. Combine this with mobile broadband and the freedom to learn anytime becomes a reality where learning is extended beyond the classroom and becomes a part of everyday life.
20th Century Pedagogy | 21st Century Pedagogy |
Examples are taken from text-books, fixed at date of publication. | Live real-world examples are watched, listened to, or read. |
The teacher defines and controls the learning environment | The teacher enables students to access various learning environments, physical and online, both in and out of school. Learners personalise their user spaces. |
Teacher-created and supervised work dominates. | Teacher-guided and pupil-initiated work is balanced. Autonomous group work features strongly and is self regulating, though guided by the teacher. |
Individual work at a single desk dominates. | Collaborative work dominates. Students use handheld devices to work in small groups, with thumbnail images on the interactive whiteboard providing an overview. The teacher can pause the lesson and devices to discuss learners' work. |
Immediately this ubiquitous access diminishes barriers between home and school, crossing the ‘digital divide’ and opening new conversations with friends and family as learners can literally ‘show and tell’ what they did today.
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