Check out this video. Regardless of discipline, there are some very striking numbers about how students learn. The implications to the information are startling and highlights the importance of innovators in the field of education. How can we meet this invisible shift in learning?
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This video is impressive in the fact that educators underestimate how students use the internet and other technologies. We spend more time online, podcasting, IMing, Tweeting, Facebooking, etc than any other part facet (except maybe sleeping but even that is hard to believe). We, as millenials, are masters of multi-tasking, especially when it comes to technology. We eat and facebook, check email on our cellphones between classes or work breaks, etc etc. The bottom line is the education system needs to catch up and fix these issues. The future generations will only be more tech savvy and even more bored with the current forms of instructions. The ELMO projector days are over and its all about the virtual classroom.
This video certainly points out students reactions to the old traditional classroom and the conflict of how most students recieve and communicate today. In the strive to find a balance in education we must not forget the importance of personal contact. Will the tech savvy graduates develop there interpersonal skills enough to be successful in the work world? How will educators determine this? So much of effective communication is based on nonverbal signals during our daily interactions with others. Higher education exposes students to a wide variety of experiences and opportunities to develop these as well as other skills. The search for a balance of technology and personal interactions in all learning environments will likely be an ongoing process.
The time commitment the new generation dedicates to technological communication is simply fascinating. Our new and future students come to expect that advents in technology be a part of their learning process. Considering that it is a major part of their lives already, if we want to reach these children, we better send an e-book rather than a textbook.
This was a very powerful video and it addresses an issue that is all too common today especially large universities. The traditional forms of teaching are outdated and no longer serve their purpose for todays students. Todays technological savvy students are demanding to be instructed in ways that engage them using platforms that they want to use - facebook, skype, email, twitter, blogs, etc.
One must be cautious. Technology can quickly become the focus pushing "learning" to the back seat. As someone who spend 30 years with AT&T, I am well aware of this fact.
If technology is used in the classroom correctly, it can keep students engaged and instructors will be able to effectively deliver the lesson plan.
We meet this invisible shift in learning by bridging the gap between how it's been done and the way that technology changes our communication patterns. Even the current venues of communication will become obsolete over time, replaced with something we can barely conceive of now. We identify core knowledge and skills. The experienced ones teach the inexperienced ones via a communication system that works for both. Otherwise, someone or something gets lost.
As technology changes within the educational system, time is spent online, iming and interacting with others on facebook. The educational system needs to be up to date with technology so that it can be used appropriately within the classrooms
The use of technology in the classroom is indeed how students will learn in the 21st century. Still students must learn how previous generations learned in the past in the event if technology breaks down for a moment whether it be for a short or long period time. I think its important for students to realize that the use of technology had not always been there, and students should learn how technology evolved in and out of the classroom. Finally, in the event that technology breaks down, the learning process falls on the teacher to engage students with learning; the instructor must adapt, as well as students.
Lu
Good point Lu. Technology is very important and it must be incorporated in the classroom in this day and age, however, it is still important for students to learn the basics in case technology fails for a period of time.
I can completely relate to this video because as a recent undergraduate at a lrage research one university I felt like those students in a lrage auditorium style class and so did the rest of my peers. It is true that so many students feel they ways that were expressed in the video and its a scary thought that those facts are true. I think technology could help many educators and students if it is put to the right use. Many students use technology today in and out of classroom. Why not integrate it more in every students education and grasp their new interest and new way of communication?
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