Instructional Technology
In our Information Age, technology plays a role in nearly every aspect of life. To assist adult education programs in preparing students to become full participants in this 21st century environment, the instructional technology initiatives offer resources for integrating technology into the classroom. These resources build on foundation theories of literacy instruction, active learning strategies, and principles of learning.
In our Information Age, technology plays a role in nearly every aspect of life. To assist adult education programs in preparing students to become full participants in this 21st century environment, the instructional technology initiatives offer resources for integrating technology into the classroom. These resources build on foundation theories of literacy instruction, active learning strategies, and principles of learning.
Project-Based Learning and TechnologyUsing the Internet in InstructionBlogs, Podcasts, and WikisMedia LiteracyComputer Basics for Literacy InstructorsInstructional Technology & Media Literacy Links
Project-Based Learning and Technology
Our approach to instructional technology is founded on project-based learning (PBL), an instructional method that makes students active participants in their own education. Focusing on problem solving and product development, PBL helps students see how the skills and content they learned in the classroom can apply to real-life.
Guiding Documents on Using PBL in the Classroom
An Overview of Project-Based Learning
Project-Based Learning Worksheet (PDF)
Research on PBL
Evaluation of Project Based Learning.
Examples of Successful Projects
Civic Participation and Community Action Sourcebook
MUJER, Mothers United for Jobs, Education and Results
World Education’s Project Leaders
Grand Street Settlement Girls’ and Young Women’s Initiative
Using the Internet in Instruction
The Internet can provide access to information, promote active participation, and connect students to the world outside the classroom. However, it can also be overwhelming to new readers and English language learners. The following resources can help instructors make productive use of the Internet with their students.
Evaluating and Selecting Websites
Surfing for Substance A Professional Development Guide to Integrating the World Wide Web into Adult Literacy Instruction
Blogs, Podcasts, and Wikis
Use a blog to post your thoughts, ideas, and learning.
Use a podcast to connect directly to learning activities or create your own.
Use a wiki to collaborate and share your learning.
Blogs
Blog is short for weblog: a frequently updated online journal intended for general public consumption. Blogs’ content and quality vary greatly depending on the authors’ purpose. Many bloggers view their writing as an online diary (in reverse chronological order) with an audience. Weblogs began in mid-1990s with the advent of free web publishing tools.
A compilation of blogs
Technology and Literacy in Deaf Education
New Ways of Thinking about Literacy and Learning
Adult Literacy and Technology Blog
Podcasts
Podcasting makes audio files, usually in MP3 format, available online in a way that allows software to automatically download the files for listening at the user’s convenience.
Podcasts for learning English
A podcast site by Steve Quann
Podblaze site for ESL students
Wikis
A wiki is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. The term also refers to the software used to create such a website. The name is based on the Hawaiian term wiki wiki, meaning quick or informal.
Writing Together wiki
Adult Literacy Education wiki
Grassroots Literacy Coalition wiki
Wikipedia, the groundbreaking collaborative encyclopedia, is one of the best-known examples of wiki technology.
Media Literacy
In today’s media-saturated society, adult learners need to develop the skills to deconstruct and analyze messages designed to influence their opinions and decisions. At the same time, as media tools (such as video, digital, audio, and text-based instruments) become increasingly accessible, adult students have an opportunity to become not just critical consumers but also media producers. The LAC has developed its approach to media literacy instruction with both of these objectives in mind.
Introducing Media Literacy into the Classroom
Video Projects in the Classroom
Basic Camera Functions (PDF)
Tips for Making Digital Videos
Other Resources on Media and Video in the Classroom
Media Education: Eighteen Basic Principles
The Digital Documentary Project
Now Playing in Schools: Digital Video
Computer Basics for Literacy Instructors
If you’re new to integrating computer use in the classroom, you can start with these tools:
Evaluating and Selecting Software
Strengthening Your Technology Skills
Innovations in Pedagogy and Technology
I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.
—Ancient Chinese Proverb
THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
Marshall Smith, chair of the workshop-planning group (and an officer of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation), opened the workshop by inviting participants “to look deeply at the issues of improving teaching and learning.” Smith’s emphasis on pedagogy was reflected in the workshop presentations and discussions. Although workshop participants believed that information technology (IT) has great potential to support improved science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SME&T) education, most agreed that there was nothing inherent in new technologies, by themselves that would determine improvement. The participants noted that when IT is used for administrative purposes (for example, an instructor posts the course syllabus on the Internet), it is unlikely to help students understand and master scientific and technical subjects. Presenters and discussants focused instead on using IT to enable innovations in pedagogy that can increase learning. Although such innovations are possible without technology, the capabilities of IT make them easier and more practical. The new approaches to teaching and learning discussed at the workshop reflect developments in SME&T education, cognitive science, and educational research.
Traditionally, SME&T courses at U.S. colleges and universities have been comprised of lectures and laboratory sessions. However, a growing body of research indicates that this traditional approach is not effective for all undergraduates. Cognitive scientists have found that students have different ways of learning and benefit from different educational approaches.
Project-Based Learning and Technology
Our approach to instructional technology is founded on project-based learning (PBL), an instructional method that makes students active participants in their own education. Focusing on problem solving and product development, PBL helps students see how the skills and content they learned in the classroom can apply to real-life.
Guiding Documents on Using PBL in the Classroom
An Overview of Project-Based Learning
Project-Based Learning Worksheet (PDF)
Research on PBL
Evaluation of Project Based Learning.
Examples of Successful Projects
Civic Participation and Community Action Sourcebook
MUJER, Mothers United for Jobs, Education and Results
World Education’s Project Leaders
Grand Street Settlement Girls’ and Young Women’s Initiative
Using the Internet in Instruction
The Internet can provide access to information, promote active participation, and connect students to the world outside the classroom. However, it can also be overwhelming to new readers and English language learners. The following resources can help instructors make productive use of the Internet with their students.
Evaluating and Selecting Websites
Surfing for Substance A Professional Development Guide to Integrating the World Wide Web into Adult Literacy Instruction
Blogs, Podcasts, and Wikis
Use a blog to post your thoughts, ideas, and learning.
Use a podcast to connect directly to learning activities or create your own.
Use a wiki to collaborate and share your learning.
Blogs
Blog is short for weblog: a frequently updated online journal intended for general public consumption. Blogs’ content and quality vary greatly depending on the authors’ purpose. Many bloggers view their writing as an online diary (in reverse chronological order) with an audience. Weblogs began in mid-1990s with the advent of free web publishing tools.
A compilation of blogs
Technology and Literacy in Deaf Education
New Ways of Thinking about Literacy and Learning
Adult Literacy and Technology Blog
Podcasts
Podcasting makes audio files, usually in MP3 format, available online in a way that allows software to automatically download the files for listening at the user’s convenience.
Podcasts for learning English
A podcast site by Steve Quann
Podblaze site for ESL students
Wikis
A wiki is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. The term also refers to the software used to create such a website. The name is based on the Hawaiian term wiki wiki, meaning quick or informal.
Writing Together wiki
Adult Literacy Education wiki
Grassroots Literacy Coalition wiki
Wikipedia, the groundbreaking collaborative encyclopedia, is one of the best-known examples of wiki technology.
Media Literacy
In today’s media-saturated society, adult learners need to develop the skills to deconstruct and analyze messages designed to influence their opinions and decisions. At the same time, as media tools (such as video, digital, audio, and text-based instruments) become increasingly accessible, adult students have an opportunity to become not just critical consumers but also media producers. The LAC has developed its approach to media literacy instruction with both of these objectives in mind.
Introducing Media Literacy into the Classroom
Video Projects in the Classroom
Basic Camera Functions (PDF)
Tips for Making Digital Videos
Other Resources on Media and Video in the Classroom
Media Education: Eighteen Basic Principles
The Digital Documentary Project
Now Playing in Schools: Digital Video
Computer Basics for Literacy Instructors
If you’re new to integrating computer use in the classroom, you can start with these tools:
Evaluating and Selecting Software
Strengthening Your Technology Skills
Innovations in Pedagogy and Technology
I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.
—Ancient Chinese Proverb
THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
Marshall Smith, chair of the workshop-planning group (and an officer of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation), opened the workshop by inviting participants “to look deeply at the issues of improving teaching and learning.” Smith’s emphasis on pedagogy was reflected in the workshop presentations and discussions. Although workshop participants believed that information technology (IT) has great potential to support improved science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SME&T) education, most agreed that there was nothing inherent in new technologies, by themselves that would determine improvement. The participants noted that when IT is used for administrative purposes (for example, an instructor posts the course syllabus on the Internet), it is unlikely to help students understand and master scientific and technical subjects. Presenters and discussants focused instead on using IT to enable innovations in pedagogy that can increase learning. Although such innovations are possible without technology, the capabilities of IT make them easier and more practical. The new approaches to teaching and learning discussed at the workshop reflect developments in SME&T education, cognitive science, and educational research.
Traditionally, SME&T courses at U.S. colleges and universities have been comprised of lectures and laboratory sessions. However, a growing body of research indicates that this traditional approach is not effective for all undergraduates. Cognitive scientists have found that students have different ways of learning and benefit from different educational approaches.
1 comment:
The marerial used in the blog was taken from the M.A education study guide of Allama Iqbal Open University.
Post a Comment