Coding as a Literacy and Improving Digital Literacy

               

Coding as a Literacy and Improving Digital Literacy

The question is, “How early is too early to teach students about technology?” Is it important to teach coding as a literacy or how can we improve digital literacy when it comes the education system? For my weekly reading, I decided to read the article entitled, “Horizon Report 2017 k-12 Edition”. The two topics I wanted to learn more about was coding as a literacy and improving digital literacy. I found those two topics interesting because they are important in the education system when it comes to student learning.  I really want to learn and grow my knowledge in technology so I can be able to share and provide feedback to the students or even my co-workers when I go back to the educational field.

Coding as a Literacy

 “Coding as a Literacy, Coding refers to a list of rules, written in one of numerous programming languages, that instruct a computer to do what a user wants it to do: perform a sequence of instructions, repeat a sequence of instructions a prescribed number of times, and test whether a sequence was performed correctly” (Freeman, A., Adams Becker, S. & Cummins, M. (2017). 

What I took from my readings was that coding is curial to teach students as a literacy from an early age. It is important to embed this at an early age so student can get familiar with coding. It can increase their knowledge when it comes to technology. Not only would it help the students with technology, but it will help with collaboration and problem solving. If students start early it can help them with the basic concepts of coding and will help them grow. According to the article called NMC/CoSN Horizon Report 2017k-12 Edition “Developing the future workforce is important, but coding literacy at its base level can also help students build transferable skills. Using tools such as the programming language Scratch, students have an avenue for innovation, invention, and creative expression”. I believe if schools incorporate coding into the curriculum, students will benefit from the start by building a foundation to their success in the future. I strongly believe computers are not going away and technology is going to advance even more, and it is our job to have a voice for the students so they can be prepared in a digital world we are living in.

“Computer science remains one of the fastest growing industries across the world and preparing the future workforce is critical for economic success. Coding literacy is becoming increasingly necessary across all industries as fields including data analysis, marketing, web development, and more require some form of coding proficiency, they predict that between 2015 and 2020, there will be a total gain of 2 million jobs in STEM-related fields” (Freeman, A., Adams Becker, S. & Cummins, M. (2017.

Improving digital literacy

Moving on to improving digital literacy, in order to use technology, it is so important to know how to use it first and be able to teach digital literacy. Once we learn how to be digital literate, we can improve digital literacy. I also believe with digital literacy we must start from an early age. Let face it, we have many digital natives that are not digital literate. This pandemic taught many of the importance of computers usage. According to (Freeman, A., Adams Becker, S. & Cummins, M. (2017) “Student technology skills must be developed so that students can shift from consumers to creators in the digital world. As education policy encourages the uptake of digital technology in schools, there is a need for dedicated and sustained support to keep digital learning environments safe and secure. Netsafe advocates principles to underpin how schools develop digital citizens who fluently combine skills, knowledge, and attitudes. Schools are charged with developing students’ digital citizenship, ensuring mastery of responsible and appropriate technology use, including online etiquette and digital rights and responsibilities in blended and online learning settings. Due to the multitude of elements comprising digital literacy, it is a challenge for schools to implement a comprehensive and cohesive approach to embedding it in curricula. Frameworks are helping schools identify areas in which students need support to build their confidence, autonomy, and capacity to contribute to an evolving digital landscape”. 

 Reference

 

Freeman, A., Adams Becker, S. & Cummins, M. (2017). NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2017 K-12 Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium. Retrieved February 26, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/182003/.

 

 coding video 

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Barriers to Ed Tech

           

    When it comes to barriers in education, there always going to be in everyone’s daily life. It could be from the simplest to the most difficult of things. The good thing is there always a solution to anything.  Some of the barriers that I have encountered in my journey of the EdTech as a student are small little thing like citing, blogging, and most important being digital literate.

My Personal Barriers

In the beginning, I thought I knew a decent amount about technology, but I came to the conclusion that I only knew the basics. Being digital literate is so important to me because when I’m done with my studies, I want to be able to teach all my knowledge that I have learned to the students. The small challenges that I have faced were citing, which I don’t know why I find it difficult, and blogging, which can be difficult at times not knowing how work a voice thread. Those were challenges for me. Now imagine an educator, parents, or student facing these situations when dealing with technological barriers. 

Some of this issue I have faced have had a simple solution, to have an open commutation with my professors. I am so blessed to have two professors that were so easy to communicate with from day one. Some of the qualities my professor had were being understanding, approachable, motivational, and positive and professional communication. These were amazing feelings that I felt, and it was done through completely online. Now image how wonderful they are in persons. The positive environment they provide for their students is exceptional. Dr. Miller and Dr. Wallace provided me a great example of what a technology professor is and how they any teacher should be. 

If there are any barrier you or anyone are facing, my advice is to talk to your leaders on how to overcome those barriers of technology. If it has to do with integrating technology in learning environment, discuss the issue and find solution with your leaders. Having communication with your leaders is very crucial to your success.

Barriers in Education

Moving on, some barriers I think is very important to overcome from the beginning is to be digitally literate and have digital skills. Digital literacy is important for students to understand. The importance of knowing how to read digital information is curial. “Digital Literacy is when someone has the skills to read and write and the ability to be fluent in the world of digital information” (SREB,2018).

 Also, I believe it is important to figure out if you’re a digital immigrant or a digital native, just to see where you stand. That could help by helping you overcome personal obstacles when it comes to technology. “Digital immigrants are people born before technology was born. Digital Natives are people born after the digital age but wanted increase their repertoire of technology – enhancing learning” (Hughes, E. S., Bradford, J., & Likens, C. 2018). When you have veteran teachers that are digital immigrants and afraid of technology, that is a barrier. “Teachers who are anxious about learning how to incorporate new technology into instruction may let their fears get in the way of its effective use, and they may not be motivated to improve their current practices” (Kalonde, G. (2017). On the other hand, you can be digital natives, but it doesn’t mean that you know everything about technology. The good thing is they are willing to learn about technology. The only thing is that you need someone who has digital skills to teach you to become digitally literate. 

Other barriers include professional development, attitude, skills, lacking resources, bandwidth, and technique support. “Lack of appropriate professional development by school districts of technology integration. In interviews with hundreds of teachers and administrators, found that one of the key barriers to technology making a bigger impact on teacher pedagogy is the lack of ongoing professional development that encourages teachers to collaborate, so they do not feel they have to work in isolation to decipher how best to incorporate new technology” (Kalonde, G. (2017). “The teachers involved in the study indicated that they were reluctant to use technology in their classrooms because they felt deficient in their technology skills. Teachers’ lack of proficiency could explain why educators are not yet integrating technology into their instruction” (Carver, L. B. 2016). 

  When it comes to bandwidth and lack of support, technical challenges might include the need to carefully plan the logistics of syncing and managing mobile devices as well as making sure the school’s infrastructure and bandwidth are robust enough to support so many devices at once (Kalonde, G. (2017). Lack of support in many schools is the lack of adequate technical support and infrastructure to ensure success with technology (Kalonde, G. 2017). 

My advice that I would suggest to my leaders on how to address this issue is doing fun, hands-on, professional development training for teachers. I strongly believe if a teacher gets comfortable with technology, they will be better in performing the lessons online. It’s like anything else, when a student is in a comfortable learning environment, they are more ready to learn. It’s the same with the teacher. If teachers are not comfortable, how do we expect for them to do a great lesson when it comes to teaching online. Having communication with your administrator and co-workers is crucial. Being an advocate for something you believe in is very important. Teachers have to be a voice for their work because at end of the day, it is the teacher teaching the students. There are parents out there that don’t know what to do due to lack of education and/or being digitally illiterate. Student themselves don’t know what to say or do. As a teacher you have to be a voice for them and guide them to being digitally literate and successful in technology.

Reference:

 

Carver, L. B. (2016). Teacher perception of barriers and benefits in K-12 technology usage. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology-TOJET, 15(1), 110-116.

 

Hughes, E. S., Bradford, J., & Likens, C. (2018). Facilitating collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills in physical therapy education through technologyenhanced instruction: A case study. TechTrends, 62(3), 296-302

 

Kalonde, G. (2017). Technology Use in Rural Schools: A Study of a Rural High School Trying to Use iPads in the Classroom. Rural Educator, 38(3), 27-38. Harrell, S., & Bynum, Y. (2018). 

SREB, (2018). 10 Issue in Educational Technology,2018. Retrieved December 7,2019 from

http://www.sreb.org/sites/main/files/file-attachemtn/10issue _v8-web_version _accessible .pdf?1521568731

 

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The education system is still learning how to apply technology into classrooms and online learning. Figuring out and experiencing what works for each student is needed to figure out the best outcome when it comes to learning. There are many learning practices that are being discovered right now. The hard part is choosing one that would help each student with their different learning needs. One learning practices is called, “Adaptive learning technologies”, and is very important when it come to education, but how can adapting learning be organized, trained or be understood when it comes to the use of adaptive learning. 

What are Adaptive learning technologies? According er.educause.edu, the article entitled “Adaptive learning Partnership “states, “personalizes instruction, using digital courseware to customize content, assessment procedures, and student preferences for acquiring information” As claimed by, 2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Teaching and learning Edition, “The first consists of digital platforms and applications that one can buy or build”. Personalized learning is a general teaching and learning practice that seeks to more finely tune the course experience to the individual needs of the learners. In my opinion, I see it is a pretty neat idea. Having a personalized learning plan that uses technology to help with the students’ learning style and being able interact with the system to adjust different learning needs for students to reach their goal. From my standpoint it helps students to be efficient and effective, and it customize a learning walkway to engage students to their learning.  As stated by 2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Teaching and Learning Edition, “In many cases, students’ course success has improved, and student satisfaction with their experiences is generally high”.  I really believe in this adaptive learning practice. If students work from their experiences and make connections to the new knowledge and continue working on their own pace, I believe student will reach their goal. But how do we help, as teachers, to be organized or trained when it comes to adaptive learning.

As claim by, (Johnson, Zone, 2016), “Well-planned training is critical to a positive faculty culture regarding adaptive learning. We have learned that training offerings have to be meaningful and work for both new and mature users. The cornerstone to this approach is having a variety of offerings to meet the needs of various users”. I strongly believe teachers need to be organized  and familiar with adaptive learning so they can provide the proper course work to each student.  Some of the benefits for the teacher are “shift roles move a teacher to an tutor, provides individualized support to students, utilize data from the platform to plan future lesson and differentiate instruction base on student needs” (Wielechowski & Cobo). I believe in this approach that teachers can enhance their roles by having positive communication with students. It is important so that students won’t be shy to share their questions or responses when working with technology. 

Yet, their always some type of barriers with anything that is new. When it come to this adaptive learning practices the barriers it has, according to the ( 2020, EDUCAUSE) There are “the “costs” of faculty involvement, instructional designer staff, the preparation of content, technology, and the program of evaluation to measure the impact to inform the next rounds of redesign. In addition, concerns arise about privacy and the ethical use of student data, as well as about ensuring that the technology is designed to be equitable, inclusive, and free from implicit bias”.

Beside the cost I still believe this learning design is good for our future students. Helping student be successful in the world of technology won’t hurt anyone.  This learning practice is beneficial for students in this digital world that we are living in.

Work Cited

 

Connie Johnson and Emma Zone Sep 23,2016 Want Adaptive Learning To Work? Encourage Adaptive Teaching. Here’s How https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-09-23-want-adaptive-learning-to-work-encourage-adaptive-teaching-here-s-how

 

Dziuban, C., Howlin, C., Johnson, C., & Moska, P. (n.d.). An Adaptive Learning Partnership. Retrieved from https://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/12/an-adaptive-learning-partnership

https://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/12/an-adaptive-learning-partnership

 

Hartman, A. (2016, September 30). Adapting to learn, learning to adapt. Retrieved February 20, 2021, from https://library.educause.edu/resources/2016/9/adapting-to-learn-learning-to-adapt

 

Malcolm Brown, Mark McCormack, Jamie Reeves, D. Christopher Brooks, and Susan Grajek, with Bryan Alexander, Maha Bali, Stephanie Bulger, Shawna Dark, Nicole Engelbert, Kevin Gannon, Adrienne Gauthier, David Gibson, Rob Gibson, Brigitte Lundin, George Veletsianos, and Nicole Weber, 2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report, Teaching and Learning Edition (Louisville, CO: EDUCAUSE, 2020).

 

Wilichowishi, C., & Cobo,C. (n.d) Considering an adaptive learning system? A  road map for policy makers.Retrieve February 20,202, from 

http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/considering -adaptive- learning-system-roadmap-policymakers

 

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Professional Development, Professional Learning Communities & Digital Accessibility

Professional Development, Professional Learning Communities & Digital Accessibility

I strongly believe that educators should get the proper and professional development training when it comes to educational technology integration. Being a student teacher 2 years ago, I was able to view what happen behind doors in the education system. In my opinion, what I saw was that technology wasn’t the priority that teachers or administrators focused on. Then the pandemic hit, and students didn’t return back to school and teachers had to do online teaching.  Few of my colleagues mention to me that they didn’t get the proper training with technology. The only training they received was a simple one-hour course on how to work with the computer which was the very basics. I firmly believe in the professional development training. I am absolutely certain teachers will benefit from it and even after I read the article about professional development, I am profoundly convinced that professional development will be good for educators. “Professional development opportunities are essential to better train educators in the effective use of technology as an instructional tool. One major challenge for districts is preparing teachers who are well practiced in “traditional” classroom delivery methods to integrate educational technology into curricula.4 Moreover, some teachers and schools may lack the infrastructure or knowledge base to effectively integrate technology into instruction.5 Professional development provides educators the opportunity to understand new advancements and adapt their teaching styles and pedagogy to make effective use of available educational enhancements. Successful professional development programs provide ongoing support through coaching, professional learning communities, and information repositories. Teacher PD should be highly customized, delivering immediately usable solutions to the daily challenges that teachers will face when making major curricular changes in their subject areas” (Hanover Research, 2014). 

Professional Learning Communities

When it comes to professional learning communities, I believe every teacher can benefit from it in one way or another. Working as a team and learning from your co-workers can make you grow in experience and knowledge in your profession. Whether you are a novice or veteran teacher, you will take some kind knowledge from each other. Of course, there is going to be challenges along the way that educator will face. Support is one way teachers can receive from the education community that could provide some type of help when it comes to the education field. “PLCs unite their members through a shared vision for improving education through the integration of instructional technology. Members come together to share ideas, problems, and solutions. This helps to reduce teacher isolation and provide the intellectual support and confidence that many teachers need to make significant changes” (Hanover Research ,2014).

Digital Accessibility

Another important thing is Digital Accessibility “…is ensuring and being ready with availability and usability of content, websites and processes on computers and electronic devices for all users, including those with hearing, visual, motor or cognitive impairment. Additionally, I learn from the article is there is a recent legislation has placed emphasis on the need for all students to have greater access to digital resources. This new emphasis has led to a call for all new digital content to follow Universal Design for Learning or UDL. The guiding principle for UDL is that all online content, from its conception, be developed to meet the needs of all students. A valid framework for guiding educational practice that — (a.) provides flexibility in the ways information is presented, in the ways students respond or demonstrate knowledge and skills, and in the ways, students are engaged; and (b.) reduces barriers in instruction, provides appropriate accommodations, supports and challenges, and maintains high achievement expectations for all students, including students with disabilities and students who are limited English-proficient” (SREB,2014).

I still need to learn more about these three topics so I can be knowledgeable and be able to discuss it with confidence. I would like to focus on the Disabilities Act so one day, I could help student who need help in the education system.

Work Cited

Hanover Research (2014). Professional Development for Technology Integration. https://www.hanoverresearch.com/insights-blog/professional-development-for-technology-integration/

Southern Regional Education Board (2018) 10 issues in educational technology. https://www.sreb.org/10issues

Southern Regional Education Board (2017) Expanding Accessibility to Digital Spaces through Improved Practice and Policy. Policy Brief. https://www.sreb.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/2017_edtech_polbrief_final_5-3.pdf?1493823503

 

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Why Hasn’t Good Technology Integration Occurred in Education?

There can be many factors why technology hasn’t occurred in education. Not having the digital skills or digital literacy are just a few examples. Fear of not knowing how to implement technology into the curriculum. Once the world got hit with this pandemic, many including schools have discovered how important technology is.

Barriers

Technology has not been a huge focus on the education system. The barriers that the school system has, for example (Aiyegbayo et al.2018) educators seem reluctant to embrace or even to adopting technology in their classroom. Barriers include reduced amount of face-to-face interaction with family and students, lack of faculty support and privacy concerns. Could this be the only reasons technology has not been integration into schools, it has to be more to this. I believe that sometimes we get stuck in a same pattern and don’t want to change. This is because the fear of not knowing if it will work, but how will we know if it works or not if we don’t try to learn it the correct way. I Believe that if educators don’t have the proper training, they are not going to feel 100 percent when it comes to teaching technology. If educators don’t know how to use the tools of technology and the lack of understanding the proper use of technology, how they can teach our students. (Aiyegbayo et al.2018) Faculty who are not comfortable with technology in the classroom may experience confusion, intimidation and frustration, while in turn frustration and confusing the learner. 

 (Okojie,Olinzock,&Okojie -Boulder,2006) Bosch & Cardinale (1993) maintain that while it is important for teachers to be provided with technological skill, it is also important to educate them on how to use that skill to support learning. 

    I strongly believe that teachers need to get the proper training to teach our future digital learners, there are many ways a teacher can incorporate technology but first teacher need to understand the pedagogy principles (Okojie,Olinzock,&Okojie -Boulder,2006) most educators have not address the pedagogy principals that will guide their use of technology for teaching and learning.  Having a strong communication, positive environment, engaging with students, variety of visual materials and support from school and families can go a long way to success for the learner when it comes to working with technology.

 

References

 

Okojie, M. C. P. O., Olinzock, A. A., & Okojie-Boulder, T. C. (2006). The Pedagogy of Technology Integration.Journal of Technology Studies,32(2), 66–71.

Lawless, K. A., & Pellegrino, J. W. (2007). Professional development in integrating technology into teaching and learning: Knowns, unknowns, and ways to pursue better questions and answers. Review of educational research, 77(4), 575-614.

 

Hughes, E. S., Bradford, J., & Likens, C. (2018). Facilitating collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills in physical therapy education through technology-enhanced instruction: A case study. TechTrends, 62(3), 296-302.

 

Obara, S., Nie, B., & Simmons, J. (2018). Teachers’ Conceptions of Technology, School Policy and Teachers’ Roles When Using Technology in Instruction.

 

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Digital Literacy is so important right now for student know. The importance of knowing to how to read digital information is curial. “Digital Literacy is when someone has the skills to read and write and the ability to be fluent in the world of digital information” (SREB,2018). But that doesn’t happen overnight, it takes time for student to be digital literacy This is why it is so important for school to teach the student from a very early age to learn how to be digital literacy. According to the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB,2018) digital literacy competencies must become an everyday part of the learning experience of school children; these skills should be integrated into instruction at all levels. I strongly believe that the school system should prepare our student when it comes to technology and add it the curriculum. I believe it’s not enough for the student to just have cool math or play kahoot. I believe if the school starts to introduce a computer class in elementary student will learn the computer concept, keyboard and learn internet safety. I think that is a pretty neat idea because that way by the time students go to middle school student are prepare and won’t be afraid even, they see yellow screen in their Microsoft word saying enable. If students are prepared with digital skills and digital literacy, they won’t struggle to much in the digital world. 

When it comes to technology security, technology is something that everyone uses for example the education system business, company ect. Technology security it is so crucial for one to have when using computers. I strongly believe anyone who has accesses to important information should be train to protect the data from begin expose and student as well should also be train when it comes to use of technology.  According to the Southern Regional Education Board “more than 72 percent of IOT (internet of things) devices are hackable and expose risk for unauthorized access to large systems”. This is why it is recommended to use “strong password and change them often, keep a password or pin in all your devices, keep accurate and update data inventories, have a healthy data diet, have safeguards, develop security protocols ect” (SREB,2018).  

I would still love to learn more about digital literacy, technology security so that one day I would be able to show student the importance and the value it would have for them as student and as an adult. Some reference that will help me in the future is provide below .

 

Reference:

SREB, (2018). 10 Issue in Educational Technology,2018. Retrieved December 7,2019 from

http://www.sreb.org/sites/main/files/file-attachemtn/10issue _v8-web_version _accessible .pdf?1521568731

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/content/importance-network-security-schools

https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/10-digital-skills-students-need-for-

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https://www.thetechedvocate.org/digital-literacy-important-lifelong-learning-tool/

https://www.ecpi.edu/blog/importance-of-network-security-safety-in-the-digital-world

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Many new learning models are being use today for student education. No one was expecting education being the way it is now. Using digital technology is the best way figure out what is the best model for students to use. Is digital learning going to stay or how can we help the students when it comes to learning in the 21^st-century? 

When it comes to learning through digital technology (SREB,2018) state agencies have recognized their responsibility to ensure that students at all levels learn to comprehend and communicate digital information at varying levels throughout their education. (SREB,2018) Digital literacy competencies must become an everyday part of the learning experience of school children; these skills should be integrated into instruction at all levels. (SREB, 2018) States should adopt PK-20 digital literacy standards and incorporate the required skills into the curriculum so that students graduate with the digital skills they need to enter the workforce. As we know, students are around technology most of day. It is very important for students to learn how to use technology so it can be beneficial for them in various different ways. 

When it come to a new learning model for our future students and teachers, we must think how we can move from a traditional classroom setting to more of a student-centered learning environment. When move to a student -centered learning environment a student can actually see where their weakness and strength are. This is where Competency, base education, comes in. (SREB,2018) In competency-based education, students move through a course at their own pace as they master pre-determined competencies. Course length is not defined by a calendar and is not measured by Carnegie units. Technology tools provide timely assessment to students on where they stand on competencies and what they need to complete. (SREB,2018) With modern teaching tools — computer diagnostic exams, formative assessments, and adaptive content to meet individual students’ needs — teachers can foster more individualized approaches to teaching that can result in deeper learning and better student engagement. Engaged students are more likely to persist in educational tasks until they reach their goal. 

Although this is a new learning model, the fact is that it organizes the learning experience around the students interests and desires to reach a goal. Advancement is made when a mastery of a subject is competed. When it comes to the assessment, it provides a meaningful and authentic assessment that demonstrate student mastery of the subject. Competency base learning offers the students, teachers, and parents a clear objective, and parents are always informed in the process. Personalized Learning Plan: Students, teachers, parents, and school administrative staff should have real-time access to information about which competencies a student has attained, and which competencies are yet to be mastered within a personalized learning plan. The competencies should include explicit, measurable, transferable learning objectives. It doesn’t have only a personalized learning plan. It also has choice. Teachers and students should be able to select from high-quality curricular resources, strategies, and assessments aligned to the objective level of the competencies and be able to use these in a variety of digital and non-digital settings. With the use of Data educators should have easy access to formative and summative performance data on their students, as well as data on the usage and rating of the materials and content (Glowa, 2013 pg. 11). 

The Personalized plan is very helpful for student, teacher, parents, and the school. It provides an insight of where the student is at. Parents can view the process from the starting point to end and figuring out where the student needs intervention. With the choices the students and teachers have when choosing curricular resources, students will be motivated and engaged on their learning. With the use of the data, teachers will be able to view and figure out what measures they can take to help the students. The learning plan is like a framework for student to follow and be successful. I still need to learn more about the new learning models and discover more information on it so I can be more knowledgeable on the subject, and how to use it. I will provide a link for reference future.

 

 

Reference:

Glowa, L. (2013). Re-engineering information technology design considerations for competency education. A Competency works Issue Brief, International Association for K–12 Online Learning.

 

Southern Regional Education Board (2018) 10 issues in educational technology. https://www.sreb.org/10issues

 

Link https://www.teachthought.com/podcast/

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Learning environment 

A Collaborative learning environment is where learning occurs. Learning environment refers to students working together as a group, finding solutions to the activity, connecting to their understanding, creating ideas, building new relationship, collection and respecting knowledge. (Lin, Mills & Ifenthaler, 2016) Collaborative learning is defined as an instructional method that allows pairs or small groups of students to work together towards a common goal; it has been advocated as having the potential to enhance active exchange, critical thinking, and achievement.

 How does the learning environment facilitate cognitive presence?

The facilitator can be the one that has comprehensive and knowledge in a particular area. When it comes to cognitive presence, it is essential for the learner to construct the meaning with their own metacognition. The learner can connect their knowledge with the new knowledge, once the connection is made. Students with the understanding of the material are able to retain the information and apply it to their learning. The facilitator can help with cognitive in the learning environment by designing an environment where students can work together, create activities and establish connections with prior knowledge, challenging students and making a community of learners.(Lin,2008) Collaborative inquiry helps learners not only teach themselves, but also teach, challenge, and co-create knowledge with their peers. 

How does the learning environment facilitate teacher presence?

The instruction method begins with the framework of her course. The educator is there to model respectful behavior and make pedagogical option for her lesson content and activities. The facilitator is there to help and guide students and correct them if the student is mis-interpreting their learning. Working with students as a team helps creates ideas and discussion to reach the desire outcome. (Lin, 2008) A good facilitator helps reflect and re-phrase the participants’ thoughts and helps set the appropriate dwell time to pace the conversation so as not to leave a point before it has been appropriately investigated, as well as not to dwell on the unimportant or trivial. It is very important for the educator to provide motivation for students to build an online learning community 

How does the learning environment facilitate social presence?

The learning environment of social presence is important for students. This type of learning environment is crucial for the educators to build a strong foundation of commutation. When the teacher is facilitating social presence, it creates a community of learning environments. Social presence and it is done by common interest, sharing ideas, finding solutions collaboration with each other. Social learning can also occur within online learning with social networking. Software programs have made it possible for collaboration between teachers, students and peers during online learning. Social presence is a two-way interaction and some of the ways you can achieve this is by sharing experiences, feedback and conversation which is require in this 21^st century to achieve their education. (Lin, Mills & Ifenthaler, 2016) There is a relationship between multitasking, collaboration, and problem-solving performance; and collaboration is positively related to the overall problem-solving performance. 

What do you like about the learning environment?

What I like about the collaborative learning is that everyone works with one another with respect. When everyone is able to work with one another with respect it will help the student’s capability to learn. This is because the learner will have the confidence to share questions, which will help with their understanding of a lesson. (Lin, 2008) Collaborative inquiry is highlighted by the active interplay between the participants, the influx and outflow of thoughts and ideas where the participants were seeking each other’s respect, understanding, knowledge, critical thinking, and concurrence. 

How could the learning environment improve?

The learning environment could be improved in many ways. A teacher could include more hands-on learning or possibly add more posters to the interior of the room. From my point of view, I think there should be more communication between the students and teachers. If there is hardly any communication, it could interfere with a student’s learning ability. If there is a stronger communication bond between students and their teachers, then students wouldn’t be afraid to ask questions or for more help. Without the students asking questions, how would teachers truly know that the student understood the lesson. There are many more ways the learning environment could be improved, but it all begins with the communication that teachers need to have with their students. (Lin, 2008) With greater understanding and knowledge of the true nature of communication and learning, and of the conditions needed to help support learners’ capacities for self-directed and collaborative learning, we will find that learners can accomplish more, achieve more potentials, and enjoy more rights to education. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Reference

Lin, L. (2008, January 31). An online learning model to facilitate learners' rights to education. Retrieved February 05, 2021, from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ837473

Lin, L., Mills, L., & Ifenthaler, D. (2016). Collaboration, multi-tasking and problem solving performance in shared virtual spaces. Journal Of Computing In Higher Education, 28(3), 344-357. doi: 10.1007/s12528-016-9117-x

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