Thursday, October 17, 2013

Section 7: New Directions in Instructional Design and Technology

In my future position as a teacher I would apply distributed learning due to the fact that it would provide a universal learning environment that would cater to all different learning capabilities. This approach helps delivery a variety of learning methods that my students could have their choice in choosing how they want to learn. Allowing the students to have a say in how they want to learn is key in promoting self-learning and obtaining their interest in learning.

Learning objects is something that is very familiar in the education setting because it falls in track with guideline structure that is used to identify areas of certain content that needs to be learned by a specific grade and we know this as the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. The curriculum that is provided within the TEKS addresses many single learning objectives and has been the back bone for preparing students each year to take the state-mandated standardized tests. The teachers rely on the re-usability the TEKS curriculum provide so having this resource in a digital format and structured into self-contained sections seems to be the same way I would apply it to get the maximum benefit in teaching the contents in parts.

Once again with the direction that secondary education is going rich media is headed to be the center of attention as a main source in developing educational skills and peak the interest of students to be more involved in their educational growth. Rich media has been on the raise for many of years and the self-thinking that it provides help enrich the development of students and create a higher retention of acquired knowledge.

Through my course of study Web 2.0 tools seem to be the most popular technology to use in the secondary education field as of now. Devices such as iPads, tablets, cell phones and cameras are also getting their shine in today’s classrooms but even with the multiple benefits that these technologies provide they still have their limitations of use and can be affected by the diminutive budgets of many school districts.

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