Digital learning: ready, set, type?

“The technology itself is not transformative. It’s the school, the pedagogy that is transformative.” – Tanya Byron

The quote written by Tanya Byron explains that it is not technology itself that will change education but the way in which technology is used that will change education. We are in the 21^st century where technology is changing at such a rapid pace and information is being shared faster then what it is being consumed. People struggle to understand or keep in up with each new feature and we do not feel always ready. It is like a race that it constantly moving at a pace and either you can keep up or you fall behind.

In terms of education and technology we need to understand how vital it is for information to be exchanged and that is how learning can take place.  Digital pedagogy is an attempt to use technology to change the way teaching and learning has been done. Pedagogy is not just limited to classroom teaching only, instead online teaching like the Learning Management System (LMS) was created to teach students online, but is it effective?

 

I honestly do not think so because the students are not receiving a creative ways of learning and instead of interacting, the students write down notes, watch videos and write online test. The LMS did use all the webs capabilities and limited teaching. The LMS became a place of just uploading documents and files and could not be considered as pedagogy or a class for that matter. We need to consider the best possible outcomes to ensure that LMS is effective or that teaching with technology will benefit and be more interacting.

The 21^st century education is changing whether we accept it or not, we are at a fast pace trying to keep up with the world around us. The best solution to creating proper digital pedagogy education is research. The research should include how a teacher can use pedagogy to inspire new means of education. Teachers have the future at palms reach and they have the ability to either change or stay the same. I do not think that teachers should just rely on technology to teach students, it should not become a luxury or an outcomes to make teaching easier and instead it should be used to create creative interactive learning spaces where students are taught how to use the World Wide Web.