CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS’ BACKGROUND Introduction In recent studies, it has been acknowledged that the Internet has changed the direction, time, and location of learning (Moore, 1993; Nachmias et al., 1999).The growth of various technologies had rapidly increased and many changes/ phenomena occur in the development of new tools and materials in the virtual world. In the late 1990’s educational associations had witnessed the emergence of the software products labeled Virtual Learning Environment which aims to provide support for teaching and learning activity. Technology integration has long been a key area of concern in education, the intersection of technology with our rapidly transforming educational
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They tackled that virtual learning environment is a designed information space which is not restricted to distance education; it is a social space which integrates multiple tools where the space is explicitly represented and it also overlaps physical environment where the students are not only active users, but also actors. Also, there studies stated that this innovative learning environment can enhance enjoyment and engagement of learning which enable users to pay attention for a long time without feeling bored. In addition, Virtual Learning Environment provides an integrated set of Internet tools, which enable easy upload of materials and offer a consistent look and feel that can be customized by the user. In their studies, the commonly perceived advantages of Virtual Learning Environment are easy to access on and off campus for learning materials and resources. It also offers flexible support for educators who do not need to be in a fixed time or place to support and communicate with students and has the potential for new ways of learning and teaching such as active and independent learning which make use of online communication, online assessment and collaborative
The Learning Collaborative (TLC) is a community of students within the larger community of Drake High School. Within the Learning Collaborative, there are four even smaller separate communities, labeled TLC North, TLC South, TLC East and TLC West. Having smaller groups of students ensures a true sense of community and friendliness, which makes it easier to get know people and collaborate with them on schoolwork! Each student in the learning collaborative uses some sort of a digital device (usually either a laptop computer or a tablet), and takes part in project based learning. Projects are completed in a social and collaborative group environment and then presented to the class.
In the article "Virtual Students, Digital Classroom,” by Neil Postman he presents his thoughts about technology in class. Postman comes to the conclusion that high-technology in the classroom won’t solve any of the schools’ issues and will also take over his and other teachers teaching jobs. Computers in the classroom will not help children learn any more than they already know in school, if teachers were replaced computers, students will lose the face to face interaction that can only be with another human, and teachers go to school to learn to teach a specific subject and how to teach that subject to the students. Postman portrays himself to be an intelligence, descriptive and opinionated man. Postman knows a lot when it comes to the subject of technology use in classrooms and he proves it in his in his words.
Over the last few years we have seen many advances in technology. None are more evident than the changes we have seen in the classroom. For many years, classroom technology consisted of tools to help with teacher led instruction.
Looking into Professional Learning Communities within Indigenous groups Indigenous populations face multiple challenges when develop their literacy practices. Most of the time the indigenous languages spoken by these population compete in an unfair arena with a powerful language. Some of the indigenous languages have not developed a writing tradition by their own, and some other are endanger languages which need revitalization practices that avoid the loss of a language spoken for a particular community. The movements to promote multicultural and multilingual practices does not reflect the indigenous practices and beliefs (Reese, 2010). More over intercultural practices are promoted exclusively within indigenous communities; but, these practices
Technology has taken on a considerable amount of roles in education. Teaching a class substituting laptops and tablets for paper and books. Most people extol the ability of using technology while in school. However, the widespread use of information technologies force students’ lives to move too quickly and forces them into isolation. Technology has the world living longer and thinking shorter.
Throughout this unit, there have been many reasons addressed as to how and why students learn at a different pace according to their personal interests, life experiences, skills and current knowledge. This is the basis of Thompson’s ‘virtual schoolbag’ concept. Although the curriculum is created to teach all students the same lessons inside the classroom, it is imperative that educators understand the diversity of student learning, and how it will progress at different rates, depending on their past experiences in learning, both within and outside of the classroom. This can be involving friends, parents, doctors, shopkeepers –anyone who has been involved in the child’s life in some way.
Conclusion Online education can be efficient for some students, but not for the others. It is growing and more people are more attracted to attend this method of learning. While it may be true that this type of education still has a lot to improve in terms of its technological development to the effectiveness of its teaching and learning method, many people believe that online education is an impressive method of
Integrating technology in education can be extremely beneficial. It can be a useful method for the students and their teachers, which improves both their skills. In addition, being active on the Internet when learning can make students and teachers’ academic journey easier. There is a lot of evidence that proves how useful technology is for both students and their instructors. This paper attempts to show that using the Internet allows
This essay will explore the controversial topic of whether online education is better than traditional education. Online education currently has many advantages, and these are very attractive to most students. One of the most important factor to why so many students in the world is taking online courses is because of its flexibility. It is apparent that student can listen to the lectures or use the course materials anytime and anywhere, as long as they have internet connection.
Virtual Reality its use in education, culture and the Impact on Society Abstract The aims and objectives, of this paper, are to discuss Virtual reality (VR), and its profound usage within educational systems. It will be supported by different research evidence which speak to the application of such. It is underscored by literature reviews and intends to enumerate the potential advantages of implementation within the Caribbean.
classroom setting or learning setting? I feel like classroom setting would be the best because u can ask question while your there and you get more concentered in doing your work. I feel like online classes are good but there to boring and hard because if you have a question about you work no one would be able to help you and you have to sit there and watch the boring videos and you don't really lord nothing because there no one that would be there to push you to do your work and u have no one to as questions there's good and bad things about both classes. the good thing about online classes is that u can do it at home and u can work on it wherever and whenever you want.
• Instructional Pacing: Online learning environments provide flexibility and offer students personalized learning opportunities. Students learning online have the opportunity to express their thoughts without judgment or interruptions. Online learning experiences can be developed to provide advanced educational opportunities for the learning needs of individual students. • Real time communication: Synchronous learning allows students to obtain real time feedback on their ideas, clarification of their facts, doubts, collaboration with their classmates using small group discussion room (chat room).
It is very helpful for the distance education, students and teachers themselves and they also seen the advantages of educational technology. Educational technology was growing day by day in the classroom system and students of new generation were ready to work on latest technology which play important role in learning and acquiring cognitive knowledge. Educational technology improved the student’s hidden skills, cognitive characteristics and receiving new information but we must find the best strategy to apply technologies in teaching
Theme: Education Narrow : The cause and effect of online learning Lai Che Hui (1001541419) Loo Yee Qi (1001541775) Now a days, a lot of people of the frequently to use technology or electronic products in any way or any time and of course most important is the Internet. A lot of schools started to use online learning to replace traditional paper based teaching method and submit the assignment. Basically, online learning had been widely accepted and practiced throughout the world. There’s tones of online learning student around the world, but did they ever think about what are the benefits they actually enjoyed on online learning?
1-Introduction Today, technology has developed a lot and invaded every field of our life. One of the fields affected by this progress in technology is education. Now online learning is one of the aims that is achieved in education sectors all over the world. This is a way of learning by which learning is done through the internet. There is no need for students to go to school or university in order to learn something new.