EDUCATING DIGITAL

NATIVES

RASHMI KAUSHAL BAVEJAGENERAL MANAGER-

ACADEMICSNEXT EDUCATION INDIA

PVT LTD

DIGITAL NATIVES (PRENSKY, 2001) Demand immediate and parallel

processing of information’ Multi tasking of activities Visuals as the mode of communication Hyperlinks and random access to

textual information Instant recognition and reward Education perceived as fun rather than

work

DIGITAL NATIVES (TAPSCOTT,2009) Want freedom in everything they do,

from freedom of choice to freedom of expression

Love to personalize, customize and are the new scrutinizers

Want entertainment and play in their work, education and social life

They are the collaboration and relationship generation

They have a need for speed, not only in video games

DIGITAL NATIVE LEARNERS Our students are born DIGITAL (Palfrey

and Gasser, 2008) and have “grown up DIGITAL (Tapscott, 2009)

DIGITAL NATIVE LEARNERS They are the first generation of digital

natives that live much of their lives On-Line

DIGITAL NATIVE LEARNERS They learn differently from the way their

parents or grand-parents did when they were growing up

DIGITAL NATIVE LEARNERS Research is more likely to be a Google

(Search) and/or a Wikipedia exploration rather than a trip to brick and Mortar library (Palfrey and Gasser, 2008)

SERIOUS MISALIGNMENT??? Valid question“does education need to cater

fully to the learning styles of digital natives, or should the digital natives learn the habits of formal structures and culture of education that has been successfully constructed by the digital immigrants

BRIDGE THE CULTURE DIVIDE ??? Can we design the learning

environments which will engage learners that construct knowledge, learn in communities and make sense of reality ???

LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING MACHINES Digital technology alters the things

people think about, think with and the domain in which thoughts develop

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) are- Transforming Teaching and Learning Pedagogy; Impacting on the entire Education Delivery and Support Processes

On-line learning is marked by “juxtaposition of new technology and old pedagogy”

MACHINES TO LEARN WITH NOT FROM Students learn when they exploit technology

as cognitive tools while leveraging on machines for information access and data storage, and computation and retrieval purposes.

New media platforms-Wikipedia, Blackboard, Sakai, YouTube, Facebook; the mind tools of MS Office, Prezi and the virtual world of Second Life are additional scaffolds that stimulate human cognition to make sense of reality.

Thinking with teaching machines brings about a qualitative shift in the mental activity of students because it provides a dynamic scaffold for influencing and activating the thought processes.

BLENDED LEARNING Integrating online with traditional face-to-face class

activities in a planned, pedagogically valuable manner.

Blended learning uses online technology to not just supplement, but transform and improve the learning process.

CONSTRUCTIVIST PEDAGOGY Independent and reflective learners with the

confidence and skills to apply appropriate teaching and learning strategies to construct knowledge, shared meanings, and understanding.

PIAGET

SOCRATIC METHOD OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

Accurate definitions, clear thinking and exact analysis …

ACTIVITY

LEARNING BY DOING Actively engage in the process of inquiry

(Dewey) to make sense of experience Inquiry ensures core concepts are

constructed assimilated in a deep and meaningful manner

Teach less, learn more…

PROBLEM BASED LEARNING

Learning to learn through case studies, scenarios and simulations

SOCIAL INTERACTION TO CONSTRUCT SHARED MEANINGS AND UNDERSTANDING INVOLVING LEARNERS IN COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICES

PEDAGOGY LED E-EDUCATION

Direct Instruction (Lecture)Minimal technology and limited f2f

Virtual Learning Environment (learning from and with technology)

Significant technology and limited f2f

Tutorial (social construction of knowledge)

Minimal Technology and Intense f2f

Consultation (Making sense of learning)

Significant Technology and Intense f2f

ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

IF WE KEEP POURING WATER- PEOPLE EVENTUALLY GET WET

ENGAGE SCHOOL HUMAN RESOURCE IN MEDIA PLATFORMS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O35n_tvOK74

WITH THE CHOICE MADEAS NO OTHER CHOICE AVAILABLEIN 21ST CENTURY LET US COMMIT TO 21ST CENTURY EDUCATIONFOR DIGITAL NATIVES

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