Lesson 5: Preferences of the Technology Generation

Texts vs.  Visuals

- The technology or digital generation has greater affinity to visuals compared with text.

- The new generation follows a personal random access to hyperlinked digital information.

Linear vs. Hypermedia

- The new generation follows a personal random access to hyperlinked digital information.

Independent vs.  Social Learner

- New generation are already acquainted with digital tools adapt to both personal and participative work.

Learning to do vs. Learning to pass the test

- The digital learners simply wish to acquire skills, knowledge and habits.

Delayed rewards vs. Instant gratification

- The digital learners experience more gratification through immediate scores from games, enjoyable conversation from webcam calls, excitement from email and inviting comments from their facebook friends

Rote memory vs. Fun learning

- Digital learners fun learning

Lesson 4: Bridging the Generation Gap

Generation X

- birthyears ranging from the early to mid-1960's and ending birthyears ranging from the late 1970's to the early 1980's.

Generation Y

- also known as millenials

- 1980's as starting birthyears and ending birthyears ranging from the mid 1990's to early 2000's

Generation Z

- birthyears ranging from the mid- 1990's to early 2000's.

- widespread usage of the internet from a young age.

Older generation vs. Younger generation

- manner of dressing

- socializing

- friendship

Difficult to overcome

- caste system in India

- pre-arranged marriage in China

- female circumcision in Africa

In the Field of Education

- Developed countries vs. Third world countries

- Traditional vs. Modern

- Public vs. Private

Future Shock is a book written by the futurist Alvin Toffler in 1970's. In the book, Toffler defines the term future shock as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies. His shortest definition for the term is a personal perception of "too much change in too short period of time"

To bridge the digital gap

• The need to understand potentials of ICT.
• Technology supported skills need to be taught in school.

If the school fails to respond to emergent changes and needs

• The new learners may lose appreciation of the educational system.
• The increase of drop-out rate every year. 

Lesson 3: Understanding Technology Learners

Twitter - online news and social networking site

YouTube - Video sharing website

Facebook - Social networking site

Linked In - Business and employment oriented social networking site

Instagram - Online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking site

Pinterest - Content sharing site

Flickr - Image hosting and video hosting site

Share - Share a resource is to make joint use of it

Feed - Provide users with frequently updated content

Skype - Provide video chat and voice call services

Technology / Digital Learners

• Spend much time talking with friends on their call phones
• Send text message
• Interact through media
• Play video games
• Search the world wide web

 Jean Piaget,  1896-1980

Jean Piaget's Traditional Chart

• First two years - Susceptible minds
• Six years - Acquiring communication skills
• Teenage years - Transcition concrete thinking
• Adult years - Abstract thinking and reasoning

Multi-tasking

- performing tasks simultaneously

- watching video

- chatting online

- downloading pictures and music

- surfing the web

Research shows that multitasking can be detrimental. This prevents concentration and the completion of specific tasks.

Lesson 2: An overview of Educational Technology 2

Educational Technology 2

- concerned with "Integrating Technology into teaching and learning"

For Learners :

To introduce, reinforce, supplement and extend skills so that they can become exemplary users of educational technology.

For student teachers and professional teachers :

To update their knowledge of educational technology.

Educational Technology 2

- involved a deeper understanding of the computer as well as hands-on application of computer skills.

- aims to infuse technology in the student-teachers training, helping them to adapt and meet rapid and continuing technological changes, particularly in the global ICT environment.

- used information technology to improve not only instruction but the school management program and curriculum.

Learning Objectives of Educational Technology 2

• To provide education in the use of technology in instruction.
• To impart learning experiences in instructional planning.
• To acquaint students on IT related  theories with the computer as a tutor.
• To learn to use and evaluate computer based resources.
• To engage learners on practical technology integration issues.
• To inculcate higher level thinking and creativity among students while providing them knowledge of IT related theories.

Lesson 1: Review of Educational Technology 1

Educational Technology

- is the application of technology in the educative process that takes place in education institutions.

Four phases of application of educational technology in teaching and learning;

1. Setting of learning objectives

3 domains of learning

1. Affective

2. Cognitive

3. Psychomotor

3 H's of learning

1. Heart

2. Head

3. Hand

 

2. Designing specific learning experiences

3. Evaluating the effectiveness of the learning experience

4. Revising teaching -leaning process for improving future instructional activities.

 

Technology in Education

- is the application of technology in the operation of education institution.

Instructional Technology

- is refers to aspects of educational technology that are concerned with instructions.

Technology Integration

- is using learning technologies to introduce, supplement, and extend skills.

Rules of technology in learning

• Technology as tools to support knowledge construction.
• Technology as information vehicles for exploring knowledge.
• Technology as intellectual partner to support learning by reflecting.
• Technology as social medium to support learning by conversing.
• Technology as context to support learning by doing.

 Learning Objectives of Educational Technology 1

• To orient the learner of educational technology in society.
• To lend familiarization on how educational technology can be utilized as media for teaching - learning process.
• To uplift the learner to human learning through the use of learning technology.
• To impart skills in planning, designing, assigning, using and evaluating the technology enriched teaching - learning process.
• To acquaint learners on basic aspects of community education.
• To introduce learner to what is recognized as the third revolution in education, the computer.