Assessment Task 1
ICT within the classroom is a fast evolving technology which when used in an innovative way, can underpin lifelong learning within the learning environment of the global society of the 21st century. The framework of Oliver’s Learning Design framework is quite old within the context of ICT. This framework was devised before online resources and tools such as blogs and wiki’s were even thought of. Changes to the framework, as with any technology and information, needs to evolve and with the speed of changes within the ICT community, these need to evolve quickly and often in order to keep pace.
ICT can enhance the pedagogical process by providing a resource or tool for the student to explore and create within a learning manager’s design process, whereby the student will come out with a solid product. Teaching is enhanced by using technology, in a meaningful manner, to build knowledge construction of content. Learning tasks within the classroom can have meaning to real life situations and are thus authentic learning tasks. ICT can go across all subjects from reading, art, HPE, maths, geography and the many other subjects within the education system by embedding learning experiences that are multi-modal. No longer is the learning manager restricted to chalk and talk learning experiences for their students. For example, there is room for students to encompass the use of the mobile phone, with its many functions attached to it, within the maths curriculum. The world is our oyster and all we need is an imaginative mind to bring learning to life with ICT.
The tools will be explored within the senior art context. This information has been presented in a table and attached as a link to my wiki. The areas covered for each tool are as follows....
Tool investigated
What value the tool is as a resource?
Key learning task for the tool
Possible scaffolds of the tool
http://suziepurple.wikispaces.com/
References:
Oliver, R. (1999), Exploring strategies for online teaching and learning. Distance Education 20 (2), p.240-254
Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia viewed 10th August, 2009
