Modern learning practice with digital technologies
There are a number of ways that digital technologies are being used to support modern learning. The links below are provided to give you the opportunity to become familiar with some of them...
- Flipped classroom - a pedagogical model in which the typical classroom-based instruction and homework elements of a programme are reversed. This Edutopia resource provides numerous links to articles and videos that illustrate how this is changing the nature of practice in traditional classrooms.
- BYOD (bring your own device) - Hundreds of schools across NZ have implemented "bring your own device" (BYOD) strategies, where students are either told or allowed to bring electronic devices such as iPads or laptops to assist their learning. The BYOD group on the VLN is a useful place to find what other teachers in NZ are doing, and to access the policies and planning ideas they are using and sharing.
- Differentiated learning - one of key ways that digital technologies have impacted modern classrooms is the realisation of enabling learners to learn at their own pace, following their own interests, with resources pitched at their own level. This approach is broadly referred to as differentiated learning, and while the principles behind it have been around for a long time in education, digital technologies are making it actually happen in more ways than before.
- Enabling e-Learning - The Enabling e-Learning website brings together relevant information, resources, and communities to support teachers and schools in developing their e-learning practice.
- New tools for existing activities - you don't have to look too far on the web to find a plethora of digital tools that allow students to do in new and creative ways many of the things that have been done in traditional pen and paper form. Thissimple chart illustrates the variety of tools that are available, matching them against the sorts of learning activities that will be familiar to most teachers.
This collection of resources gives teachers a chance to explore the different ways schools are using digital technologies.
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