innovations in teaching learning dr. p.muthupandi, asst. professor, department of education, dde...
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Innovations in Teaching Learning
Dr. P.Muthupandi,Asst. Professor,
Department of Education, DDE
Madurai Kamaraj University,
Madurai – 625 021
Can you guess what is in front of the man?
Is it a pen with camera?
Now ?????
Can you guess now????
Yes it is nothing but PEN COMPUTER
Keyboard without a keyboard
Education Swami Vivekananda defines: “Education is the
manifestation of perfection already present in man.”
Mahatma Gandhi defines: “By Education, I mean, an alround drawing out of the best in the child and man – body, mind and spirit.”
Froebel: Education is a process by which the child makes the internal external.
John Dewey defines: “Education is life, life is education”.
According to Pestalozzi, “Education is a natural, harmonious, progressive development of man’s innate powers.’
Education ant its roots
“educere” = to lead out, to draw out – the innate capacities in man.
“educare” = to bring up, to raise. – from one level to another.
“educatum” = the act of teaching/training.
Types of Education
Formal SchoolInformal LifeNon-formal Open to all
Primary Basic moral & ethical valuesSecondary Basic Related to day - to - day lifeHigher Survival Point of view
Objectives of Education
Cognitive Domain - Knowledge(Knowing,Thinking) Affective Domain - Feeling (Understanding) Psychomotor - Skill (Application or Doing)
Responsibilities of a Teacher
Second Parent
Director
Friend
Mentor
Guide
Communicator
Philosopher
Controller
Co-Ordinator
Operator & Co-operator
Ruler of Both Mind & Heart
What is Teaching?
Teaching is a disciplined social process in which teacher influences the behaviour of the less experienced pupil and helps him develop according to the needs and ideas of the society
- Morrison
Main Aim of Teaching – is to bring about socially desirable behavioural changes in the students.
Teaching is just to train the students so that they can stand on their own foot in society.
Who is a Teacher?
A person who serves not only the noble cause of imparting knowledge to the students by their scientific and logical approach but also mould the precious character of the students by making them think and work individually and independently
A teacher prepares students - not only for profession but also for life - to face any situation with courage and confidence and - helps make each student a good citizen of the country
Classroom in the past and present
is a place in which learning takes place
Traditional Teaching Methods
In the pre-technology education context,Teacher - Sender or Source
Materials - Information or MessageStudents - Receivers of the informationMedium - Chalk and Talk, OHP
Interactive White Boards An interactive whiteboard (IWB), is a large
interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer's desktop onto the board's surface where users control the computer using a pen, finger or other device. The board is typically mounted to a wall or floor stand.
1/7 classrooms in the world will have interactive whiteboard by 2011.
Uses of Interactive White BoardSave lessons Create video files. Example- How to create a graph in ExcelUse the built in maps to teach continents, oceans, countries, or states and capitals. Present presentations created by student or teacher Digital storytelling Teach whole group computer or keyboarding skills Brainstorming Take notes directly into PowerPoint presentations Reinforce skills by using on-line interactive web sites Use highlighter tool to highlight nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. Teaching students how to navigate the Internet Use the Interwrite software to create lessons in advance at home or at school. Then save them for future use or to be shared with other teachers Diagramming activities Teaching steps to a math problem. Have students share projects during Parent/Teacher/Student conferences
Web Based Learning often called online learning or e-learning because it includes online course content. Discussion
forums via email, videoconferencing, and live lectures (videostreaming) are all possible through the web.
Web based courses may also provide static pages such as printed course materials
Principles of Web-based Learning
•Principle of Small Steps•Principle of Active Response•Principle of Immediate Confirmation •Principle of self –Pacing•Principle of Self Evaluation
Web Based Learning
Advantages of Web-based Learning• At their own pace• Become independent Learners• Student Centered Learning• Immediate Feed back• Instant Evaluation of students
learning• Motivated Learning• Any time, Any where around the
globe• Individualized instruction• Content can be easily updated
Disadvantages of Web-based Learning• No Human Contact (Love and affection)• No high bandwidth network connection
Web Tools to enhance student learning
Blog Course/Learning Management System CMS/LMS Instant Messaging Podcasts RSS (Rich Site Summary) Social Spaces Wikis
Blog Shorthand of Web blog Started as online diaries and become online
publication User of blog is known as blogger Post text, hyperlinks, images and multimedia Only the owner can add or delete matter Comments can be provided by others Opportunity to write and share their work
Example : www.gaggle.com, www.scholblogs.com
Getting Start with Blog
Go to www.blogger.com and sign with Google mail account
Edit Your Profile
Add a address to your blog
Examplewww._________.blogspot.com
Posting Text in a blog….
Commenting a posting
CMS / LMS Course Management System / Learning Management System Software which allows the instructor to deliver lessons online via web
based environment. Video telecasting (Any time, anywhere accessible)
Mimic Face to face. Commercial and Open source Moodle and sakai – free CMS softwares. Advantages :
Those who Absent to the class Any time accessible From anywhere in the world
Disadvantages : Costly Less importance to school Less interactions
Instant Messaging
Text based Leads to synchronous Learning Yahoo messenger, AOL, MSN Messenger, Google Talk…….
Podcasts Audio or Video file on the web Subscribe the service from website After that your system update all Receiving audio and video files is easy Automatic updating is possible in out absence The instructor may provide additional points (Which are
not in distance learning material) www.podcast.net
RSS (Rich Site Summary)
Collecting and posting in your web site automatically.
Software like aggregator and feed collector We can feed some important sites to our
website.
Social Network (or) Social Spaces
A website used to communicate a larger people by an individual
Create account with username and password Profile Academic achievements Awards Projects No need of html knowledge
Example : www.myspace.com, www.hpage.com, www.angelfire.com
Creating a home page
www.hpage.com
Click Create you website now
Wikis• A web page or Web site• Editing the Regular web site - owner • But editing the wiki website - anyone• To share their knowledge (Collaborative Learning)
• Anyone can modify• regular update by the viewers can be done• No Need of special software to edit• Disadvantage : Misleading information may post
• Example : www.en.wikipedia.org
Team Viewer TeamViewer is a computer software package for remote
control, desktop sharing, and file transfer between computers.].
Team Viewer was founded in 2005 in Uhingen, Germany. Access any remote computer via Internet just like sitting
in front of it. Demo can be done in remote Solving the computer problem by remote Demo
Skype Skype is a software application that allows users to
make voice calls and video calls over the Internet. Skype has also become popular for its additional features which include instant messaging, file transfer, and video conferencing. The network is operated by a company called Skype Limited, which has its headquarters in Luxembourg and is partly owned by eBay.
Smart Schools & Virtual Schools A School with all infrastructure like Computer, LCD
projector, Interactive White Board, Internet, Webcam, Printer, Scanner, LAN and WLAN. Called as smart school.
A Home with all above mentioned facilities are known as Virtual schools.
Virtual Reality
Physically immersive (generate input to user's sensory systems)
Interactive (user can change the experience)
Examples:reading a book (not interactive or immersive)video game (interactive but not immersive)3-d movie (immersive but not interactive)
A computer generated,‘immersive’ (or wide field),multi-sensory information program which tracks a user in real time.
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Virtual Reality What is Virtual reality
an emerging field of applied science an enabling technology an immersive interactive system based on
computable information provides a natural way to interface with computers creates illusion of a 3d visual world immersive, multi-sensory, computer-generated
experience a synthetic representation that renders a sense of
place -integration of a combination of technologies
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VR Technologies
visual displays stereo glasses tracking systems input devices sound systems (not covered) haptic devices (data gloves) graphics and computing hardware software tools
Virtual Classrooms
Real Locations of Students & Teachers
A student from Singapore
A student from India
A student from America
A student from Canada
A student from Japan
A student from Vadapalanji
A student from China
A teacher may from a remote village
A Student from London
Virtual Classrooms
Virtual Locations of Students & Teachers
VR provides:
Augmented Reality
The End of the Beginning VR is in its early stages, but is used commercially, globally.VR is in its early stages, but is used commercially, globally. There are 61,400 international commercial companiesThere are 61,400 international commercial companies
producing VR.producing VR. While VR is at an early stage, it is used educationally While VR is at an early stage, it is used educationally
throughout the world.throughout the world. There are approximately 3,600 educational institutions which There are approximately 3,600 educational institutions which
use VR.use VR.
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