Integting IT in Education.pptVIP

Integrating IT in Education How IT Helps Education Web Resources Instruction – Teacher-centred Learning – Student-centred Computer-assisted Learning Stand-alone computers Web-based Integrated WWW – Webquest Mindtools Web Resources Sharing of teaching materials Authentic data Learning Systems Using PowerPoint Multimedia Computer-assisted Learning (CAL) – e.g. Authorware projects Student-centred activites Individual differences taken care to a certain extent Learning sequence still rigid Delivering of information – not much different from lecturing method For training of specific skills ITS Intelligent Tutoring System AI techniques to simulate human teachers Not comparable to human teachers Training of specific skills Example: Electronic Homework .hk/ehomework Inquiry-based Training of Subject-specific knowledge High-order skills like searching, evaluating, synthesizing, problem-solving Examples: Situated Learning Learning occurs when a learner explores in an authentic situation through social interaction and collaboration Anchored Learning similar to situated learning but with learning/teaching around an anchor (a situation or a scenario) Example 小珍的抉擇 (Video) Jasper Virtual Labs and Field Trips Deductive powers, inferential reasoning, testing assumptions, decision making research project: problem-based learning. Texts, images, WWW searching /virtualteaching/module1/collaborative.html Examples: The Farmers Bones 小珍的故事 WebQuest Inquiry-based Training of high-order abilities besides subject-specific knowledge Mindtools mental and/or technological devices which support, guide and extend the thinking processes of their users simplifies, rather than complicates the users tasks aid the construction of knowledge by compensating for three major constraints of the human cognitive system: the limited capacity of human short-term and working memory, the organisation of knowledge in long-term memory, and the learners use of cognitive strategies. Examples: Concept Map