TRENDS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
| Current educational research on the use of on-line technologies supports the development of on-line tools, which give learners numerous opportunities in autonomous, creative, and collaborative ways. In The Emerging Contribution of On-Line Resources and Tools to Classroom Learning and Teaching report, submitted to SchoolNet December 1998, as an update to the 1996 study, the researchers report the following emerging on-line trends with respect to the K/12-13 sector: |
|
TOP 5 RESOURCES |
|
|
| Trend 1 |
Higher levels of control by learners are called for as classrooms are getting more on-line. |
| Trend 2 |
Learning situations become more realistic and authentic as classrooms are getting on-line. |
| Trend 3 |
On-line resources boost student interest and motivation in the classroom through a greater diversity of learning goals, projects, and outcomes. |
| Trend 4 |
The successful on-line classroom combines information technology with appropriate pedagogy. |
| Trend 5 |
The classroom is extended to on-line learning communities with the potential to support or even challenge the locally-established curriculum. |
| Trend 6 |
The education of educators is broadened to include just-in-time and/or collaborative learning. |
| Trend 7 |
Educators use on-line technology as a driving element of educational reform. |
With respect to the post-secondary classroom, the following trends related to on-line learning were identified:
| Trend 1 |
The emergence of a new mixed mode of learning: face-to-face and on-line learning activities. |
| Trend 2 |
Information access is more direct, interactive, and flexible. |
| Trend 3 |
Social interaction recovers its importance in the learning process. |
| Trend 4 |
The learning community, supported by networked technologies, is a new collaborative learning arrangement being tested in a great number of ways. |
| Trend 5 |
Computer resources are used to enlarge the notion of performance as regards teaching and learning on university campuses. |
| Trend 6 |
The university as an institution is invited to adapt its activity to new higher education needs. |
|
