Towards the ‘informed use’ of information and communication technology in education: a response to Adams’ ‘PowerPoint,habits of mind,and classroom culture’

PowerPoint, the widely‐used slide‐show software package, is finding increasing currency in lecture halls and classrooms as the preferred method of communicating and presenting information. But, as Adams [Adams, C. (2006 Adams, C. 2006. PowerPoint, habits of mind, and classroom culture. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 38(4): 389–411. [Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) PowerPoint, habits of mind, and classroom culture. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 38(4), 389–411] attempts to show, users may not appreciate that PowerPoint invites and seduces educators to reshape knowledge in particular ways to the detriment of analytical thinking and interpretive understanding. Using Adams’ material as a stimulus, we argue that digital presentation tools (along with other items of information and communication technology) can be utilized to facilitate conversational dialogue between students, their instructor, and their peers without much additional knowledge or effort. The key that unlocks the affordances of PowerPoint is ‘informed use’. This concept is explained and illustrated with an example that shows technology being used in a particular context to achieve a particular set of instructional outcomes.     

A methodology for integrating computer‐based learning tools in science curricula

This paper demonstrates a methodology for effectively integrating computer‐based learning tools in science teaching and learning. This methodology provides a means of systematic analysis to identify the capabilities of particular software tools and to formulate a series of competencies relevant to physical science that could be developed by means of these capabilities. This analysis could inform the transition to technology‐rich learning environments by helping to deflect reliance on computer‐based tools for objectives they cannot meet, while encouraging the design of activity sequences that make the most of the educationally useful capabilities of available computer‐based tools. This methodology is demonstrated by means of two software tools widely used in science learning, namely modelling and simulation tools.     

教育现象学及其研究步骤

教育现象学是我国需要发展和丰富的研究方法之一。本文结合胡塞尔超验现象学精神,对教育现象学作了比较全面的概述和分析,内容包括教育现象学的内涵、主要思想、研究步骤、研究意义和评价等。文章能够对相关研究者提供启发和参考。     

Ways with Visual Languages: Making the Case for Critical Media Literacy

Teaching is a stressful profession. The causes are many but solutions are available to help the teacher cope. The author offers thirteen practical suggestions to manage stress.     

Integrating technology into teacher education: How online discussion can be used to develop informed and critical literacy teachers

This paper reports findings from 6 years of investigation of the use of online discussions with large cohorts of preservice literacy teachers (approximately 150 each year). The report outlines essential components for effective online discussion, noting the challenges involved when aiming for informed and critical literacy discussion among large groups of novice educators. It elaborates on the most successful approach to this undertaking which involved the use of case study scenarios as the focus of discussion. The report argues that the case study discussions were most effective in promoting professional discussion because they allowed a more effective expert role for the instructors.     

Multimedia,It's How You Use It

SUMMARY

The current study chronicles what one professor learned from teaching a distance education course with and without the aid of PowerPoint multimedia presentation software. It compares student ratings of three lectures from the same classes by the same professor; the first, a traditional lecture without any audiovisual aids; the second, a lecture supplemented by PowerPoint notes outlining the lecture; and finally, a multimedia lecture utilizing PowerPoint notes with pictures, music and animations. Students reacted no differently to any of the presentations when delivered by an experienced teacher. The students did, however, prefer PowerPoint multimedia to PowerPoint outline presentations. Suggestions for the optimal uses of presentation software are provided.     

刍议体育电化教学的特点与效果

总结了体育电化教学的特点,阐述了在体育教学中运用电教手段的良好效果．     

浅谈计算机专业的多媒体教学

多媒体技术已越来越多地被运用于现代教育之中,本文主要针对计算机专业,讨论了采用多媒体教学方式带来的优势,分析了多媒体技术在当前教学活动中应用时普遍存在的一些问题,并给出了面对这些问题教育各界应该采取的应对措施,以期能够对计算机专业的现代教育改革能带来一些裨益.     

多媒体辅助教学课件之我见

随着社会的发展及科学技术的不断进步,计算机多媒体辅助教育已成为现代化教育的基本要素之一。将计算机多媒体技术引入教学,较之传统教学手段有其很大的优势,然而在课件制作中尚存在不少问题,本文就此进行了分析与讨论。     

体育教学中利用多媒体教学应注意的问题

随着社会信息化进程的推进和计算机应用的日益普及,计算机技术与教育的结合是世界范围内教育改革的一大趋势,体育教学中教师如何利用多媒体教学,如何在传统教学的基础上结合现代教学的手段,是提高教学质量的重点和难点。     

现象学方法在比较教育研究中的应用

现象学有两层含义:一是作为哲学理论的现象学;二是作为研究方法的现象学。作为方法的现象学表达的是一种研究的思维态度或思维方式。现象学作为方法首先被应用于教育研究领域。20世纪70年代后,现象学方法被引入比较教育研究领域,打破了比较教育研究一直以来实证论独占鳌头的局面,为比较教育研究范式走向多元融合的开放道路做出了贡献。     

浅谈钳工实训教学改革

钳工实训是工科院校的重要实习课程之一,接触面广,又是和多种学科紧密相连的。通过尝试钳工教学方面的多媒体教学,对钳工工艺学进行教材分类和多媒体配套教学改革。利用多媒体展现零件加工路线图,应用2个尝试、3个阶段来达到其教学之目的,使钳工工艺课更有针对性,直观性,调动了学生学习的主动性和积极性。     

论高校教师现代教育技术技能的培养

本文从社会发展对高等教育的需求角度 ,分析了高校在教学中存在的弊端 ,探讨了加强高校教师现代教育技术技能培养的必要性 ,指出了高校教师应掌握的现代教育技术的基本内容 .对加快高校的人才培养步伐 ,扩大办学规模 ,提高教学质量 ,有着重要的现实意义 .     

Rethinking Flexible Learning in a Distributed Learning Environment: A University‐Wide Initiative

This paper is a case study of the impact of ICT on the teaching and learning environment at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia, where the convergence of distance and campus‐based education is changing the teaching environment in ways impossible prior to the development of ICT. Specifically, the paper will explore issues which have arisen from the implementation of a new flexible unit model which focuses on student access to rather than delivery of unit materials. The issues identified in a pilot of the new approach include: rethinking how students access learning resources; streamlining print materials provided to students; implementing an online lecture recording and streaming solution; and providing assessment which is equivalent whether taken on‐campus or online. These issues are not unique to Murdoch, but the integrated approach to resolving them offers a financially attractive means to achieve both reform and improved quality.

Reconsidération de la formation flexible dans un environnement de formation décentralisée. Une initiative dans toute l'université Cet exposé représente une étude de cas sur l'impact du ICT de l'environnement d'enseignement et de formation à l'université Murdoch à Perth en Australie de l'Ouest, où la convergence de la formation par correspondance et de la formation sur le campus change l'environnement d'enseignement ce qui était impossible avant le développement du ICT. Specifiquement, l'exposé s'occupe de problèmes qui résultent de l'implémentation d'un nouveau modèle d'enseignement flexible qui se concentre sur l'accès des étudiants plutôt que sur la diffusion de matières d'enseignement. Les problèmes identifiés dans un premier approche comprennent: Reconsidération de l'accès aux ressources de formation pour les étudiants; Rationalisation des matières imprimées prévues pour les étudiants; Réalisation d'une consignation de cours en ligne et présentation de solutions réactualisées; Evaluation équivalente soit considérée sur le campus ou en ligne. Ces problèmes ne sont pas unique à Murdoch mais un essai intégré de les résoudre offre un moyen financier intéressant pour atteindre une réforme et une qualité améliorée.

Überdenken des flexiblen Lernens in einem dezentralisiertem Lernumfeld: Eine universitätsweite Initiative Es handelt sich bei diesem Bericht um eine Fallstudie über den Einfluss von ICT auf die Lehr- und Lernumgebung an der Murdoch Universität in Perth in West Australien, wo das Zusammentreffen von Fernstudium und klassischer Hochschulbildung das Unterrichtsumfeld in einer Weise verändert, wie sie vor der Entwicklung von ICT unmöglich erschien. Es werden insbesondere Fragen untersucht, die durch die Einführung eines neuen, flexiblen Unterrichtsmodells entstehen, welches sich eher auf die studentischen Zugriffsmöglichkeiten auf Unterrichtsmaterialien fokussiert als auf die Versorgung des Studenten mit diesen Materialien. Die Fragen, die in einem neuen Pilotansatz aufkommen, beinhalten folgende Punkte: Überdenken, wie Studenten an Lernressourcen gelangen; Rationalisierung der für die Studenten vorgesehenen Printmaterialien; Einführung einer Aufzeichnung von Online Vorlesungen und laufend aktualisierte Anwendungen; Anwendung von einheitlichen Bewertungsmaßstäben, gleichgültig ob online oder an der Hochschule. Diese Fragen stellen sich nicht nur an der Murdoch Universität, aber der integrierte Ansatz sie zu beantworten, stellt eine finanziell attraktives Mittel dar, sowohl eine Reform als auch eine verbesserte Qualität zu erreichen.     

多媒体在职业教育中培养学生学习兴趣的探讨

随着社会的发展,学生的学习能力有了很大的提高,而学习兴趣又是引导学生学习能力的关键,与此同时,多媒体教学又逐渐成为现代教育的主要手段。本文就是从这个角度出发,阐述了多媒体教学在培养学生学习兴趣方面所能起到的积极作用。运用多媒体创设情境、运用多媒体动态演示、运用多媒体虚拟现实、运用多媒体资源共享,来培养学生的学习兴趣。     

浅谈利用计算机制作数学课件

利用PowerPoint制作数学课件;利用《几何画板》辅助教学的图像教学;利用Word2000的公式编辑器编辑数学公式;利用Excel辅助数学的函数教学;利用计算机制作数学课件,辅助数学教学,提高课堂教学效率。