The Importance Of Fostering Innovation

“I hear and I forget. I see and I believe. I do and I understand.” - Confucius

In today’s era, information and knowledge stands out as very significant and important input for growth and survival.

Fostering innovation should be the focus of education. According to Herbert E. Philips (1981), education innovations is “a practice which is worthy of emulation and has not yet been put into use by a significant number of colleges.” Curiosity, critical thinking, deep understanding, the rules and tools of inquiry and creative brainstorming should be at the center of curriculum.

Educators opt mostly for the “chalk-and-talk” method in terms of the delivery medium. This is a popular technique and has been used as an educational strategy in all institutions

A digital storytelling on production of ice-cream can be used to show the different steps in production process. The use of images, along with words, reduces the overwhelming nature of text and facilitates the student to cope the cognitive load, which enhances retention. Furthermore, activation of prior knowledge is engaged promptly with visual analog, and mental models are produced without difficulty as diagrams can develop understanding of how a concept works. However, students who are not as proficient with technology may have to spend more time learning computer skills to access information than focusing on course materials.

By creating multimedia projects in the classroom setting is that when students create multimedia projects, they tend to do this in a group environment. By working in a group, the students would have to learn to work cooperatively and collaboratively, using their group skills and a variety of activities to accomplish the project’s overall

Students become more efficient problem-solvers and self-directed learners. Nevertheless, many students are not competent of this sort of thinking on their own. For this reason, the teacher has a significant role in helping students become self-directed learners and must construct a classroom setting in which students “receive systematic instruction in conceptual, strategic and reflective reasoning in the context of a discipline that will ultimately make them more successful in later investigations” (Gallagher, 1997, p. 337).

With problem-based learning, students will make strong connections between concepts when they learn facts and skills by enthusiastically working with information rather than by passively receiving information (Gallagher, 1997; Resnick & Klopfer, 1989). It also provide a more challenging, motivating and enjoyable approach to education.

However, there are some drawbacks as students need to assign more time and takes away study time from other subjects. Occasionally, group dynamics issues compromise problem-based learning efficiency. Furthermore, for teachers, creating appropriate problem scenarios is complex as it requires more preparation