Teachers, Instructional Designers? ETEC-562
The eras of educational technology from previous weeks have followed and connected with the article by Winn, where he explored the history of these ages and then shared newer ideas. Direct information for Winn’s article I had no prior knowledge of it. Still, in general, through work experiences in education, I have learned about some of this content from colleagues as educators during the development and transformation of technology integrations into education….
Extend: What new ideas did you get that EXTENDED or pushed your thinking in new directions?
Extending my ideas and pushed my thoughts from reading Winn’s section on Distributed Cognition in Learning Communities. I think that because students learn much more knowledge and skills within a short period of time through the integration and evolution of technology versus when I was in school during the seventies and eighties where we were told what to learn, exactly how to learn it, and information, ideas, comments, etc., were conveyed in one direction, from the teacher to the students where the students never engaged or interacted with each other. If we did, it resulted in punishment…. Furthermore, we did not use technology, and we as students were not taught to “think!” Reflecting on this area of Winn’s article and more recent academic learning communities and interactive groups that I have been involved in using technology led me to recognize that learning groups and communities are engaging, collaborative, and reinforce learning material by all students, among other benefits.
As I reflect on the readings this week and since the course began weeks ago, I ponder moving forward as educators research, for example, technologies and whether they influence learning processes, if they could revisit their past research on these such topics to learn who those previous research components…, have changed, how, if not, then why, were there benefits to what you previously learned from your research on this topic some twenty plus years ago? Then people can tweak, adjust, and implement new ideas sooner than the significant current delay we are experiencing….
Are teachers learning designers? Why or why not?
In general, teachers and learning designers are the same things. However, that doesn’t mean that the person in those job titles and/or positions can execute these jobs’ total and complete duties. Great educators and learning designers create the curriculum, lesson plans, and other learning materials and technology integrations for their students/classes. They can also adapt to circumstances beyond their control, such as power outages that affect the internet connection and lights in the room, and thus the teacher on the fly must shift that lesson plan for the day, for example. Some colleagues I have worked with were perfectionists, and they would often freak out if/when circumstances beyond their control happened during the day/class that would also affect the teaching.
Ami Stovall posted Apr 23, 2022 8:33 PM
ETEC-562
Instructional Design