Hi all,
Coming into week 2 “The Big Three” frameworks was present within the online material. These were presented in three parts as proposed by Kirschner and Wopereis (2003).
- Preparing the next generation for the workforce;
- Making schools more efficient and productive; and,
- Enhancing and transforming learning and teaching.
Concerning ‘preparing the next generation for the workforce’, arguably, the whole focus of this course is on preparing me for my future teaching workplaces in which I will be instructing future generations. The Australian Curriculum Provides ICT General Capability that help facilitate this process, with statements within it such as this, “empowered within a technologically sophisticated society now and into the future, students need the knowledge, skills and confidence to make ICT work for them at school, at home, at work and in their communities”.
The second part is providing more efficient schools, Kirschner and Wopereis (2003) write this, …new technologies are looked upon as a way to make schools more efficient and/or more productive. This document might be useful in demonstrating ICT’s usefulness. Previous EDC3100 students created the document. It contains a table that includes a list of tasks/problems associated with the course and suggestions for how ICT can help solve those tasks/problems.
Finally there is Enhancing and Transforming learning. Hopefully as I progress through this course I will see the intent behind the design of this course which is to achieve what Kirschner and Wopereis (2003) describe, “…to stimulate learners to learn actively, independently, in a self-directed way and/or in collaboration with others” (p. 106), or that ICT and Pedagogy can transform the way you teach and the way your students’ learn.
All for now,
Joey.
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