So thus the notion of digital pedagogy as simple method of shifting teaching on the black board to teaching on the digital device, or even worse, the internet... However as has been stated this is wrong. Today pedagogy refers more to the method of teaching in the environment in which learning is taking place as opposed so simply referring to a teacher, being a teacher does not make you a padagogue by nature. Teaching is different in the sense tht well, teaching...is teaching. Pedagogy is more the focus of the learning itself, how learning is taking place, what kind of learning. It focusses on the love or nature of learning, for the sake of learning itself so to speak, or if you will, the art of learning. So yes, digital pedagogy does refer to changing teaching techniques through using digital devices along with the dreaded internet, however it means so much more than that. It does not simply refer to teaching online, lecturing from afar on a projector with slides, although that does increase efficiency and makes paperwork much less, saving the environment and all that, but even that computer is made of something that had to be dug up somewhere in our natural world of trees etc, but I digress. Pedagogy means to achieve more than just teaching like a robot that is pre-programmed to a certain curriculum. Digital pedagogy simply means to utilize technology to our advantage to enhance teaching methods and thus enhance the learning or nature of learning taking place. Because anyone can look at the content of a slide and go and regurgitate it somewhere relevant, not everyone can be inspired on a topic and go investigate further and learn in the sense of the longterm, really coming to grips with a certain topic and not just keep it in short term memory.
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Teacher and Pedagogue, two terms for the same thing, no?
In ancient Greece a pedagogue was infact a teacher of a young boy, he accompanied him to during the day, to school and on the way home. The pedagogue would be employed by the father of the household thus education in the ancient world was only for the rich elite of society. Today there are many teachers and many schools, and one teacher is teaching a whole class of around 30 learners and not just focussing on one learner or perhaps a handfull of learners, perhaps there are still cases of such, but mostly the latter is the case today.
So thus the notion of digital pedagogy as simple method of shifting teaching on the black board to teaching on the digital device, or even worse, the internet... However as has been stated this is wrong. Today pedagogy refers more to the method of teaching in the environment in which learning is taking place as opposed so simply referring to a teacher, being a teacher does not make you a padagogue by nature. Teaching is different in the sense tht well, teaching...is teaching. Pedagogy is more the focus of the learning itself, how learning is taking place, what kind of learning. It focusses on the love or nature of learning, for the sake of learning itself so to speak, or if you will, the art of learning. So yes, digital pedagogy does refer to changing teaching techniques through using digital devices along with the dreaded internet, however it means so much more than that. It does not simply refer to teaching online, lecturing from afar on a projector with slides, although that does increase efficiency and makes paperwork much less, saving the environment and all that, but even that computer is made of something that had to be dug up somewhere in our natural world of trees etc, but I digress. Pedagogy means to achieve more than just teaching like a robot that is pre-programmed to a certain curriculum. Digital pedagogy simply means to utilize technology to our advantage to enhance teaching methods and thus enhance the learning or nature of learning taking place. Because anyone can look at the content of a slide and go and regurgitate it somewhere relevant, not everyone can be inspired on a topic and go investigate further and learn in the sense of the longterm, really coming to grips with a certain topic and not just keep it in short term memory.
So thus the notion of digital pedagogy as simple method of shifting teaching on the black board to teaching on the digital device, or even worse, the internet... However as has been stated this is wrong. Today pedagogy refers more to the method of teaching in the environment in which learning is taking place as opposed so simply referring to a teacher, being a teacher does not make you a padagogue by nature. Teaching is different in the sense tht well, teaching...is teaching. Pedagogy is more the focus of the learning itself, how learning is taking place, what kind of learning. It focusses on the love or nature of learning, for the sake of learning itself so to speak, or if you will, the art of learning. So yes, digital pedagogy does refer to changing teaching techniques through using digital devices along with the dreaded internet, however it means so much more than that. It does not simply refer to teaching online, lecturing from afar on a projector with slides, although that does increase efficiency and makes paperwork much less, saving the environment and all that, but even that computer is made of something that had to be dug up somewhere in our natural world of trees etc, but I digress. Pedagogy means to achieve more than just teaching like a robot that is pre-programmed to a certain curriculum. Digital pedagogy simply means to utilize technology to our advantage to enhance teaching methods and thus enhance the learning or nature of learning taking place. Because anyone can look at the content of a slide and go and regurgitate it somewhere relevant, not everyone can be inspired on a topic and go investigate further and learn in the sense of the longterm, really coming to grips with a certain topic and not just keep it in short term memory.
Thursday, 18 February 2016
Digital Pedagogy- Unplugged
Digital what?... Is the thought that went through my mind, as well as many others I am sure. However the name states quite clearly, it is digital padagogy, thus changing the way we teach with the use of digintal technology. However when I read the term 'unplugged' I was thinking, " well, digital pedagogy without the digital is just plain pedagogy", kind of refuting its very own means to an end, which is making use of the digital to change the more traditional methods of teaching.
However reading further into the article it becomes clear that digital pedagogy does not strictly adhere to its first name, being digital. It refers to various ways through which teaching and learning can occur. Thus digital pedagogy-unplugged, started making sense, that teaching digital yet not in the electronic sense, allows for different ways of learning and getting more directly involved with work rather then just soaking up boring information, such as the 'search engine' exercise used in the article for Pride & Prejudice and even the colourfull post-it notes that was placed almost everywhere in class on that one very confusing day. However this is one of many ways, such as the ' flipped classroom' where the learners ask the questions on the prevalent content.
Thus providing different ways of engaging with the content directly and thus learning in a unique manner. Digital technology can provide various advantages for teaching and learning in the classroom and even out of the classroom. There are however those that are sceptical about digitising education as it removes the social engagement involved with the more 'naked teaching' route. The internet can be used as a great tool of knowledge or of resources, in class, however with so much information readily available it could also pose as a great disraction for developing and lurking minds and could thus disrupt a lesson or the knowledge actually being conveyed in the lesson by the teqcher or activity. The internet will make it easy to stray...
However reading further into the article it becomes clear that digital pedagogy does not strictly adhere to its first name, being digital. It refers to various ways through which teaching and learning can occur. Thus digital pedagogy-unplugged, started making sense, that teaching digital yet not in the electronic sense, allows for different ways of learning and getting more directly involved with work rather then just soaking up boring information, such as the 'search engine' exercise used in the article for Pride & Prejudice and even the colourfull post-it notes that was placed almost everywhere in class on that one very confusing day. However this is one of many ways, such as the ' flipped classroom' where the learners ask the questions on the prevalent content.
Thus providing different ways of engaging with the content directly and thus learning in a unique manner. Digital technology can provide various advantages for teaching and learning in the classroom and even out of the classroom. There are however those that are sceptical about digitising education as it removes the social engagement involved with the more 'naked teaching' route. The internet can be used as a great tool of knowledge or of resources, in class, however with so much information readily available it could also pose as a great disraction for developing and lurking minds and could thus disrupt a lesson or the knowledge actually being conveyed in the lesson by the teqcher or activity. The internet will make it easy to stray...
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