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Technology and Online Learning 1 Technology and Online Learning Brittany Santiago School of Education, Liberty University
Technology and Online Learning 2 The education of students has greatly changed over the years and even more in the last two years. Students went from classroom settings where their learning was greatly based on direct instruction to being at home and being completely dependent on independent study. The use of online learning or virtual schools has spread across the country, changing how students are educated and with this the national standards change with it (Orlich, 2017). Online or virtual learning is described as the use of computers of any size used in education. This can be full education online, computer games or computer-aided instruction (Orlich, 2017). Online learning falls into an independent study or student-initiated instruction category, positives of this type of study are the emphasis on exploration, flexibility in movement and classroom structure. These things can help students comprehend what they are learning better because they get to determine how they reach the outcome. In order to effectively teach online, an educator should have a vast knowledge of the content they plan to teach, knowledge of the technology itself, as well as how to apply the technology to the content in a way that it will educate but not hinder students. There have been many studies that demonstrate the need for students to learn in different ways. This information is directly helpful when considering what is required of an educator to deliver an effective lesson in an online format. One of the principles for effective online teaching is respecting the diverse learning preferences of your students. Cynthia Tanis notes in her research that 75% of faculty say that it is critical to have multiple ways for their students to demonstrate their knowledge (2020). Examples of this would be discussion boards or projects that are relevant to their learning. This principle expands far, suggesting many opportunities for students to personalize their education such as sharing their opinions or choosing the topic for a paper. This flexibility is shown to help students achieve their goals. Another principle of effective online learning and educating would be consistent student-teacher communication. This
Technology and Online Learning 3 would range from prompt feedback to rubrics for assignments. Online teaching comes with the downfall of no face-to-face interaction and real time results; because of this it is important to remain consistent in response time. Two important aspects of this as an educator would be maintaining an open line of communication with students through email, where they know they will receive a prompt response as well as providing rubrics for every assignment. As an online educator, the rubric is the most helpful tool for both student and teacher. It allows the teacher to state expectations for an assignment up front while also providing a detailed list of what should be included. For the student, they have something to refer to while working on the assignment to help them complete the work completely. These rubrics are used for feedback as well, while providing clear constructive feedback and showing exactly why the student received the grade they did (Tanis, 2020). One last principle that is important in online teaching is a strong equal knowledge of technology, and content. While a teacher doesn’t have to be a technology pro it is important to understand how to use technology with lessons. Knowing how to mold the use of technology around the content of the classroom will aid in the success of the students. These principles help create an effective online learning environment that greatly differs from in person classrooms which have become more isolated and teacher-led, leaving students minds not being fully shaped and their thoughts or opinions often ignored (Han, 2021). An important strategy for effectively teaching online is to know what technology to use and how to match these tools to the goals of the classroom. Using something like the SAMR model is a great tool for integrating technology without losing the goal in question. SAMR stands for substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition. This model demonstrates four steps of slowly integrating technology into a lesson so that the technology works around the lesson, instead of the lesson working around the technology (Dunn, 2020). The most important
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