Teaching and Learning in Technology Empowered Classrooms—Issues, Contexts and Practices
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Ajitha Nayar K
Dr Ajitha Nayar K has over twenty five years experience in Education having worked as Teacher Educator, Principal, Visiting senior lecturer and currently holds official position of Executive Academic Administration of Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala. Her professional engagements include Science Education Curriculum Consultant, Research project Director at National as well as International level, Workshop Coordinator on mapping of SDG in colloboration with UNU-RCE ,Thiruvannathapuram . Her recent publications include Teachers Resource Manual published by Living Lab/CDT, UN RCE Borderlands Mxico-USA and Universidad Autnoma de Chihuahua, Mexico, Rice, paddy and agriculture - tracing its influences in Malayalam literature in VOL II of History of Agriculture in Kerala in Press , Paddy fields and Birds - A thriving ecosystem of flora and fauna in VOL II of History of Agriculture in Kerala in Press Technology mediated Pedagogies for Skill Acquisition towards Sustainability Education accepted for Book title Pedagogy Volume 2, ISBN 978-953-51-5650-5. Enhancing Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK) towards effective technology integration/infusion in science education Best practices in Mathematics and Science Education ,Pearson-Malaysia Pvt Ltd ISBN 978-967-349-192-6 She also holds position of Director of Living labs, Kerala a branch of Living Lab/CDT, UN RCE Borderlands Mxico-USA and Universidad Autnoma de Chihuahua, Mexico and attempts to initiate, colloborate and undertake resaerch towards sustainability consiousness and developing Eco labs in educational instituions.
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Teaching and Learning in Technology Empowered Classrooms—Issues, Contexts and Practices - Ajitha Nayar K
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List of Figures
Figure 1.1 Chronology of Evolution of Educational technology (1900s- 2020s)
Figure 1.2 Computer lab based learning environments
Figure 1.3 Smart classrooms
Figure 1.4 Layout of High Tech Classrooms
Figure 1.5 Teacher roles in the blended classrooms
Figure 3.1 Experiments of curriculum – How and where?
Figure 3.2 Phases of Curricular experiments and IT innovations with respect to Education in India
Figure 3.3 Levels of Technology familiarity of teachers Courtesy: Miranda net
Fig 3.4 Wordpress based learning platform for Medical Education (Showcased a innovative practice https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/2017/03/developing-a-learning-environment-in-wordpress/) ALT-C Blog, https://vimeo.com/144376073
Figure 3.5 Facebook Pedagogy (Ed). Howard Scott https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/2016/08/facebook-pedagogy- and-education-in-apprenticeships/#gref
Fig 3.6 Open learning Resource Networks. Source: National Institute for Life Long Learning (NILE)
Figure 4.1 Emerging technologies Adapted and modified from Source: http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/10-global-trends-in-ict-and-education 10 Global Trends in ICT and Education
Fig 5.1 Profile of Best practices- Levels, contexts and details
Fig 5.2 Best Practices- Information collection and retrieval
Fig 5.3 Best Practice- Learning strategies
Fig 5.4 Best practices- Teacher Education
Fig 5.5 Best practices- Teacher Education
List of Tables
Table 1.1 Categorization of Learning environment
Table 1.2 Changes in Student and Teacher Roles in Learner-Centered Environments (Newby et al., 2000).
List of Boxes
Box 3.2 Source https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/?s=brainstorming+bubbles
Box 5.1 Best practices – Steps and strategies – Teacher training
List of Contents
Chapter 1 Tracing the history of technology - based education
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Categorization of Technology enhanced classroom environments
1.2 Changing Classroom layouts and designs
1.3 Types of teachers
1.4 Teaching skills
1.4.1 Skills – teaching and learning
1.5 Teacher –learner roles
1.5.1 Traditional roles of the teacher
1.5.2 Emerging roles of the teacher
1.6 Emerging roles of the learner
1.7 Some early teacher based ICT initiatives in Teacher education
1.8 Integrating Technology in Teacher Education
1.9 Conclusion
Chapter 2 Global ICT policies in the Educational Context-Impact on Teacher Education
2. 0 The introduction of Technology to education
2.1 ICT in Education in India
2.2 National policy on ICT in education in India
2.3 Information and Communication Technologies in school education in India
2.3.1 Policy initiatives
2.3.2 ICT Literacy and Competency Enhancement Policy
2.4 ICT for Children with Special Needs
2.5 ICT for Open and Distance Learning
2.6 ICT for School Management
2.7 ICT Infrastructure - There will be two types of Infrastructure: Core ICT Infrastructure and Enabling Infrastructure
2.8 Network and Connectivity
2.9 Enabling Infrastructure
2.10 Strengthening Infrastructure
2.11 Digital Resources - Digital Content and Resources.
2.12 Development of Content
2.13 Sharing and Dissemination of Digital Content
2.14 Role of School Library
2.15 Capacity building of School Heads
2.16 Capacity building of State / District Education Department Personnel
2.17 Implementing and Managing the Policy
2.18 Inter-ministerial Group
2.18.1 National and State level Agencies
2.18.2 Role of the States
2.18.3 Advisory Group –
2.18.4 Norms, Standards and Procedures -
2.19 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Technology based Curricular experiments
3.0 Curricular experiments
3.1 Case study of a Government initiated ICT based curricular intervention
3.2 Institutional and organizational level
3.3 Teacher initiated technology mediated strategies
3.4 Some Innovative Curricular Practices
3.4.1 Using Technology in the Classroom – a mini case study
Learning in groups using technology
3.4.2 Gaming and gamification as an educative tool in the classrooms
3.4.3 WordPress as a Learning Environment for medical education
3.4.4 Evernote as a Portfolio: changing the way we document, share and manage the learning happening in all aspects of a student’s life
3.4.5 Effective learning through harmonious Integration, Combination and incorporation Technology Pedagogy and Content
3.4.6 Introducing Twitter into the classroom: a multimodal analysis
3.4.7 Facebook Pedagogy and Education in Apprenticeships
3.4.8 The Strategic Use of ILT in Land Based Education (event review)
3.4.9 Open Learning as Lifelong Learning: Conduit for education in South Korea
3.4.10 Teaching and learning through START UPS
3.5 Conclusion
Chapter 4 Opportunities and Possibilities: Technology interventions in the classroom
4.0 Introduction
4.1 Technology education in Kerala
4.2 Digital technologies
4.3 Overall class managers
4.4 Resource identifiers
4.5 Personal academic coaches
4.6 Technopedagogists
4.7 Virtual instructor
4.8 Constraints on the use of ICTs
4.9 Conclusion
Chapter 5 Best practices of technology enabled learning
5.0 Introduction
5.1 Best practices Learning environment
5.2 Best Practices- Information collection and retrieval
5.3 Best practices Teacher Training
5.4 Best practices Techno Pedagogies
5.4.1 Classroom
5.5 Conclusion
FIRST CHAPTER
Tracing the history of technology - based education
Abstract: A brief introduction to various issues related to technology education outlining its history and exploring other issues related to technology education. The impact of technology on education, teaching and teachers, learning and learner, schools and centers of higher education is elaborated with specific reference to skills and practices. The shifts in teacher and learner roles are discussed. This chapter narrates the path of ICT based education and the roles of teachers and teaching practices which were modeled and remodeled to suit technology presence in the classroom.
Key words- History of Technology, Integrating Technology, Teacher Education,
1.0 Introduction
The field of education has found itself changing with respect to needs of society and social changes around. These changes in effect impact roles of schools, teachers, practitioners, learning environments and ultimately educational practices. Educational practices refers to instructional practices and it is in the area of classroom practices that changes have often been reflected and effected.
Books will soon be obsolete in schools
so said Thomas Edison remarking the invention of television, its entry to schools and its undoubtedly impact in education. However we find that books continue to be essential sources of information and learning in school education. Even e-books, are not very popular among school going kids for learning.
The story of education is in a way the story of technology. Technology has its many influences and intervention in schooling and leaning practices.
Rapid developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) in recent years have resulted in significant changes in the way the world operates and communicates. This in turn has had an impact on educational needs, both in terms of the content and the delivery of educational services. This has contributed to pressure on decision-makers to acquire new technologies. At the same time, forms of ICT are multiplying, with an increasing array of ICT options for decision-makers to choose from when integrating ICT into education Programmed Instruction and other software packages are making rapid changes in the educational field. It provides ample opportunities for millions of children to come out of the dark rooms of ignorance.
Educationists have begun to recognize that technology which were teaching tools have now become as commonplace and familiar as personal textbooks, exercise books and pencils. Modern day tablets have multimedia capabilities and the ability to link up with the books and notepads of other users, or indeed with whole libraries. In short, the computer is evolving into a tool to facilitate learning that appears to have most of the educational properties of older technologies (books, radio, film strips, television) with at least equal if not greater convenience of use plus communication capabilities in addition.
The history of education in a way reflects the history of technology too. "Educational Technology is the application of scientific knowledge about learning, and the conditions of learning, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of teaching and training. In the absence of scientifically established principles, educational technology implements techniques of empirical testing to improve learning situation (National centre of programmed learning, UK). Educational technology is supposed to be one such magic wand to hold out some of this kind of a bold promise. Carefully planned use of mass media as an educational tool might pave way for an effective educational pedagogy which can solve most of the problems related to education. Educational technology can improve the quality of education through educational satellite communication and networked programmes. The scope of educational technology is very vast. Educational technology not only includes the use of media and digital technologies in education but also includes the designing of the process of teaching