How is Learning and Knowledge Changing?
This set of readings focuses on how we're changing learning, knowledge, and our uses of time through technology.
For the Writing Arts/Elementary Education students, what do you think of transforming learning in the ways described by Brown and Duguid? Since technology will be an important part of your teaching experience under NJCCS (NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards), how do you see this discussion affecting you in the future?
For everyone: What do you think about the ideas proposed that universities in their present brick and mortar state have about 30 more years to go?
Is learning changing? How have you seen the process change in the short time you have been using technology for information gathering/knowledge dissemination?
For the Writing Arts/Elementary Education students, what do you think of transforming learning in the ways described by Brown and Duguid? Since technology will be an important part of your teaching experience under NJCCS (NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards), how do you see this discussion affecting you in the future?
For everyone: What do you think about the ideas proposed that universities in their present brick and mortar state have about 30 more years to go?
Is learning changing? How have you seen the process change in the short time you have been using technology for information gathering/knowledge dissemination?
posted by Diane Penrod at 3/05/2005
4 Comments:
It seems to me that some teachers are reluctant to change after they have been teaching for some time. In my case study I interveiwed Rowan professors about their internet usage and they seemed reluctant to try new online classrooms. They were not in favor of a class completely online and a few would only teach one if they had to. I think that as teacher candidates we will bring the current technology into the classroom that we know now but I feel that we will also lag behind after a few years. I can't see Rowan changing into an online community even if we give then 30 years to do it.
I don't believe that learning is changing, it's just becoming more advanced. The internet supplies so many more ways to find information and for students to learn. We have to learn how to embrace technology and its advances. Students are still going to the library to look up information, they are just going about it in a different way. Technology doesn't hinder reading it just puts it into a different aspect. Instead of reading books, students are able to read online books. If you go into a library, reading is very much encouraged any way you go about it. Teachers need to adapt to the changes and accommodate to the advances in technology.
I can't say that I really can grasp the idea that colleges will not be around in 30 years. I believe that maybe one day this will be possible, however I just don't really see it happening. I know that many people would be okay with doing online courses or whatever other form of courses they plan to offer, however I just don't see the major population of upcoming students to want to not have a actual building to go to for classes. Personally, I think that getting rid of colleges and classrooms would be a bad thing to do. I myself enjoy having a teacher to guide me and inform me. Not only do I learn about the subject that my class is based around, but I also learn things from the life experiences of my teachers and fellow classmates. I also do see that elementary and highschools are changing, but I also think that they need to stay within the realms of which they have been. I know that some people can't concentrate in a highschool classroom, however I think that is an experience that every person needs to go through. If someone can't control themselves in a classroom, then maybe they need to have a tutor session where they can leave the classroom, etc. Basically, I strongly believe that the classrooms should not be drastically changed because of technology. I think it should be taught in the classroom, but not become such a major thing that it extincts the classroom.
Kelly Batten said...
The teaching environment is constantly changing, and today at a much faster pace then ever before. Teachers are using computer labs, projectors, digital cameras, and many other new technologies each day without a thought. Keeping up with these advances is imperative; if the teachers do not learn about these new advances they will be behind the rest of the country. Ways to research and gather information has changed which indirectly changes the way we learn and the way we gather the knowledge we will forever keep. Children no longer need to go to the library to look up information. The library has become a place for study, and computer labs have become the main place to gather information and find answers to questions.
The book talks about how people learn by responding to what they want. Our needs have changed, thus what we are learning is changing. Because of the internet we can have libraries from around the world at our fingertips. Since we have such a great deal of information at our fingertips our learning is not simply memorization like it has been in the past. We are learning more broad concepts instead of specific facts. Since so many changes are happening everyday in education teachers need to stay in tune to these changes and adapt to them. Without this adaptation the students will be effected.
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