Learner-Centered continued Students talk without constant instructor monitoring; instructor provides feedback/correction when questions arise Students answer each other’s questions, using instructor as an information resource Students have some choice of topics Students evaluate their own learning; instructor also evaluates Classroom is often noisy and busy
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Major Trends in Education Presentation for Mongolian State
University of Education (MSUE) Learner-Centered Approach Focus is
on both students and instructor Focus is on language use in typical
situations (how students will use the language) Instructor models;
students interact with instructor and one another Students work in
pairs, in groups, or alone depending on the purpose of the activity
Learner-Centered continued Students talk without constant
instructor monitoring; instructor provides feedback/correction when
questions arise Students answer each others questions, using
instructor as an information resource Students have some choice of
topics Students evaluate their own learning; instructor also
evaluates Classroom is often noisy and busy NMSUs College of
Education Foundation and Philosophy Student Centered Education
Learning Takes Place When Doing The Student/Learner is an Active
Participant Teacher is a Facilitator one who Provides Guidance and
Opportunity to Learn Technology Innovation is Changing Education
Key Trends in Technology Technology is transforming education
University access is available worldwide Technology Delivery Models
are increasing Massive open online courses (MOOCs) Example Corsera
https://www.coursera.org /https://www.coursera.org / Example edX
https://www.edx.org/https://www.edx.org/ Bringing MIT Course
Content to High School Students in Developing Countries: 6.002x in
Mongolia MOOC example - Coursera Key Trends in Technology continued
Technology Trends Electronic Books/Mobile Devices/Internet Access
Game Based Learning/Augmented Reality Example - Summer in
Smallywood
(http://summerinsmallywood.ca/)http://summerinsmallywood.ca/ Key
Trends Continued Gesture Based Computing Sixth Sense/MIT Media Lab
Link Full Video Key Trends Continued Need To Transform
Schools/Learning Collaboration Agents of Change Communication and
Information Satellite Airplane Travel Key Trends Continued
Learning/Results/Performance Disruptive Innovation Student Uses
Telepresence Robot to Attend School Expectations Technology is
catalyst that fosters innovation and change Example - Kahn Academy
Expectations We must modify how we educate our students Technology
is the tool, but change is here We need to
model/invent/explore/change
