Topic > Technology in Teaching and Learning - 2200

Educational technologies are used in every way and form, from online games to numeracy, literacy and paint by numbers. From learning to leisure we have embraced the Internet, in online chat rooms we communicate, interact and move on to future learning through educational programs and technologies that allow us to learn virtually. Instructions and directions are sent through cyberspace that change perceptions and give us insight into different distant cultures on the other side of the world. The enigma that is cyberspace has the ability to change the way we think, learn and teach, and it is this educational aspect that most interests me. As classroom-based beings, teachers and the technological movement slowly move closer to each other as interactive students push educational boundaries in virtual reality. This assignment will attempt to show the importance of Internet connections for interactive learners. Since communication is the primary purpose of any interface, society at large has accepted these progressive technologies, and as our willingness to integrate this mechanically driven entity into our lives draws education into our own living rooms, for some even though the challenge of The commitment continues, especially for those with learning differences. Developing learning for students with differences has always faced society with a dilemma; however, the technological age of interactive education has increased access to learning for all who are willing to take on the challenge. Traditional teaching methods have taken a step back and, in my opinion, online cyber-spaced virtual reality has rightfully taken its place in the classroom. In the community involvement department where I teach a...... middle of paper...... of Inquiry into Higher Education, (NCIHE) (1997) Dearing, R. Higher Education in the Learning Society. Report of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education. London: NCIHE Publications (HMSO).Ehrich, R, W., Reaux, R, A., (1998) PCs for families: an early intervention study using networking in education, Journal of Educational Computing Research, 19( 4), p.383-410.Stefani, L., Nicol, D., (1997) From teacher to facilitator of collaborative inquiry, in: Armstrong, S., Thompson, G., and Brown, S., ( ed.) Facing Up to Radical Change in Universities and Colleges London: Kogan.Tapscott, D. (1998). Growing up digital: the rise of the network generation. New York: McGraw-Hill.(p.16)York, M. (2003) Formative assessment in higher education: movements towards theory and improved pedagogical practice, Higher Education, 45(4), pp.477-501.