The article "The Impact of Using Blogs on College Students' Reading Comprehension and Learning Motivation" helped me think further about ICTs in college-level learning. In general, the present college students are not yet so called digital native, but they have huge impact by technology already. In my view, the result didn't surprise me owing to I believed the teachers played crucial role in integration approach. The two instructors seemed not really share their passion toward the technology (they just selected one of three section classes to apply the experiment) due to they are unfamiliar with ICTs. Even the retention rate still presented positive outcome, but I assumed if the instructors could employ the multimedia diversely with confidence, the learning environment would nurture students to embrace ICTs more and have more significant results.
On the other hand, I could not get comprehensive details about the developmental reading class, I thought the tech-savvy assistant could complement in this remedial program well if they understood when, how and what to apply their expertise. So in my conclusion, I recognize the difficulties for instructors to utilize the ICTs in the class, but I believe if they would like to co-teach with another ICTs assistant, the approach will yield sweeter fruit!
On the other hand, I could not get comprehensive details about the developmental reading class, I thought the tech-savvy assistant could complement in this remedial program well if they understood when, how and what to apply their expertise. So in my conclusion, I recognize the difficulties for instructors to utilize the ICTs in the class, but I believe if they would like to co-teach with another ICTs assistant, the approach will yield sweeter fruit!
On my way this morning I thought about the advent of the internet and whether its creator had education in mind. The fact is that new technologies have impacted the ways in which students communicate. In this course we have learnt about ICTs and multimodal texts, and these are catching on in colleges. I am in agreement that new technologies are having a great impact on us, and my hope is that such technologies could be introduced to K-12 students. Your suggestion a class using a ICTs assistant is a great idea. The current situation however is that ICTs are generally used in ELA and Science enrichment classes.
ReplyDeleteHi Roy,
DeleteThank you for your feedback. After so many article reading and experiences in NYIT, honestly, I did learn a lot, especially realize that all teachers contributing to the knowledge pool make me appreciate the technology. I hope I can advance more and assist my future students to apply more for their higher education and work.