Technologies for Learning Chapter Two Lonnie Redning

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Technologies for Learning Chapter Two
Lonnie Redning
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Objectives

• State different types of learning technologies
• Describe advantages and disadvantages to each
• Common features of effective instruction.

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Effective Instruction

• Active Participation Interaction
• Practice
• Individualized Instruction
• Reinforcement or feedback
• Realistic context
• Cooperative Groups.

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Cooperative Learning

• Interdependent Groups
• Social Interaction
• Job Market needs
• Advantages
• Active interaction and use of social skills to
  solve problems.
• Disadvantages
• Students getting along and dependency

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Types of Cooperative Learning
Learning Together Model Team-Assisted
Individualization (TAI) Computer-Based
Cooperative Learning
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Games

• Activity where prescribed rules are followed
• Goals of game should be achievable
• Advantages
• Attractive to students
• Time on task
• Disadvantages
• Fail to focus on learning objective
• Poor design, students wasting time.

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Simulations

• Simplification of real world problem or process
• Advantages
• Realistic
• Safe
• Disadvantages
• Time Consuming
• False Understanding

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Types of Simulations

• Role Plays
• Simulation Games
• Cooperative Simulation Games

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Learning Centers

• Self-contained environment around one task
• Advantages
• Self-pacing
• Active Learning
• Less Teacher Centered
• Disadvantages
• Cost
• Management by Teacher

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Types of Learning Centers

• Skill Centers
• Interest Centers
• Remedial Centers
• Enrichment Centers

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Others

• Programmed Instruction
• Programmed Tutoring
• Programmed Teaching
• Personalized System of Instruction
• Lower use of technologies in these three types

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Conclusion

• Technology integration into the field of
  education is a welcome site.
• The use of technology in the classroom will be
  effective if it catches the attention of the
  students, provides for cooperation, the building
  of skills and feedback for the student.
• To incorporate technology teachers must be
  trained and the administration must be willing to
  change the environment in which to use it.