... an online teaching or meeting tool to mitigate distance and travel time for participants and students. Today I have been exploring the use of Adobe Connect - in the hands of the students -to record student presentations, to link an expert guest speaker with a class, to record practical demonstrations and student job interviews and role plays .
Good teaching practice, that is already learner-centred, can be readily enhanced by the use of technology tools. The challenge is in transforming teaching strategies that are less learner-centred to enable more student choice and control. What are the pedagogies, pathways and choices that technology can afford to learners? How can we identify these and encourage teachers to adopt them without feeling threatened or overburdened?
Introducing technologies that are used to enhance the traditional teacher-centred model, will not necessarily transform or improve the learning experience for the student. Redesign of assessment and learning activities are required concurrently with technology application.
Some thoughts to pursue ...
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