Re: Digital support for teaching as a design science

shukie, April 20, 2012

good point about the range of design required BrainySmurf, and alongside Loewenbl's comment about the additional roles - social worker...also motivational coach, mentor, support worker, accommodation advisor etc etc! I'm wondering, are the learning designers and the current in-house group the same people?
The teachers as resistance to change is regularly made, and in essence I see that if technology is going to be used more effectively it can't be at the expense of current teachers and in expectation of a whole new cohort - the ways that edeucators oppearting across different theoretical perspectives and with varied pedagogical approaches, have developed over years of perople's careers and incorporate their cahnging interests and expertise.
I don't think there is a single (or even easily identified multitude) of pedagogical approaches that sit nicely with each theory and that allow for a simple transference into technology based applications - a critical theory background utilising constructivist ideas - discussion, projects, and what have you is more than just a textbook response; it is a blend of a teacher's lived experiences and choices made from those experiences.
I was interested in the idea of an ontology for describing pedagogic patterns - not entirely sure how that would look, but it seems taht it would need to enegender as great a pattern of thought as does current practice in face to face encounters.
At times I feel like I am constantly caught between wanting to embrace technological approaches, and not being seen as someone that is trying to 'throw out the baby with the bath water'. Inpart, I think to do this requires an equally transformative position in how we see teaching and learning, who does it, in what ways and to what ends.

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