Julian Swindell wrote: (and I hope I'm not taking the quote too far out
of context)
> * Now we use computers and whiteboards and presentation systems
> and VLEs and still the students come out having learnt just as well
> as the ones I taught with those new-fangled overhead projectors all
> those years ago.
This raises an interesting question: do the students only learn /just as
well/, or do they, in fact, learn /better/?
I'll acknowledge that there are tremendous difficulties with quantifying
this, and perhaps it's impossible to make comparisons, as our
understanding (definition?) of learning has expanded so much since the
days of the OHP. However, the VLEs have the potential to promote
learning in ways that an OHP never could, or at least rarely did (any
time, any place, collaboration, social constructivism, instant feedback,
resource rich environment, etc.).
What interests me is, do they? What work has been / is being done to
evaluate learning gains brought about through this technology? If as
Julian suggests, the learning is only just as good as it was without the
technology, then perhaps I'll give up!
--
Miles Berry
Deputy Head
St Ives School Haslemere
www.stiveshaslemere.com
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