LESSON 6: IT ENTERS A NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

LESSON 6: IT ENTERS A NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

A.     Summary

It is most helpful to see useful models of school learning that is ideal to achieving instructional goals through preferred application of educational technology. These are the new conceptual models of learning;

            Meaningful Learning

In the learning process, the learner is encouraged to recognized relevant personal experiences. A reward structure is set so that the learner will have both interest and confidence, and this incentive system sets a positive environment to learning. Facts that are subsequently assimilated are subjected to the learner’s understanding and application. In the classroom, hands-on activities are introduced so as to stimulate learning in everyday living.

Discovery Learning

Discovery learning is differentiated from reception learning in which ideas are presented directly to students in a well-organized way, such as through a detailed set of instructions to complete an experiments or task. To make contrast, in discovery learning students perform task to uncover what is to be learned. New ideas and new decisions are generated in the learning process, regardless of the need to move on and depart from organized setoff activities previously set. In discovery learning, it is important that the students become personally engaged and not subjected by the teacher to procedures he/she is not allowed to depart.

Generative Learning

It is viewed as different from the simple process of storing information. Motivation and responsibility are seen to be crucial to this domain of learning. The area of language comprehension offers examples of this type of generative learning activities, such as in writing paragraph summaries, developing answers and questions, drawing picture, creating paragraph titles, organizing ideas/concepts, and other. In sum, generative learning gives emphasis to what can be done with pieces of information, not only on access to them.

Constructivism

In constructivism the learner builds a personal understanding through appropriate learning activities and a good learning environment. The most accepted principles constructivism’s are:

·         Learning consists in what a person can actively assemble for himself and not what can receive passively.

·         The role of learning is to help the individual live/adapt to personal world.

B.     Reflection

Traditional classroom scenario, picture out a room that all the discussion are assigned to the teachers, students are just allowed to sit down and listen very carefully. Students also, depend to their teachers when it comes to decisions making, and teachers also will not allowed their students to make decisions without their consultations.

But in today’s world, everything is changing so fast that technology is now part of the education process. Students also integrate technology in their studies. We are now referring to the21st century learner, a learner that wants to be involved and engaged in every learning activity. This kind of learner we have today is very curios and to solve things own their own. Of course as a teacher we are obliged to make sure that every activity students a can really learn.

So the question is what is now the role of the teachers? Well, teachers are just facilitator of the class that let their student’s discovery every learning objectives that is assign to every activity.  Of course teachers should also discuss to some things that students cannot understand. Teacher must train their students to solve problem by their own, but provided that the teachers should facilitate every activies.