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Digital Learning

by Medical Professionals Dr.T.V.Rao MD

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Why is literacy changing?• Global shift from industrial economy to information

economy• Reading/writing forms = more complex » Literacy = more

complex • Digital forms of reading/writing are replacing

printed forms of reading/writing– Ex: Obsolescence of typewriter– Ex: Ubiquitous nature of email– Ex: Decreased importance of

handwriting/increased importance of typing (voice recognition in future)

Background Need for New Technologies

•Shortage of trained faculty and increase in number of medical students in India.•Online resources can reach out across time and space barriers.

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What are some of the Newer methods of learning principles?

• Learners actively engage in creating meaning for themselves from information around them.

• Learners construct new understandings using pre-existing knowledge (schema).

• Learners build knowledge through individual experiences and social interactions.

• Learners are not passive recipients of knowledge given them by others.

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“Capacities, skills and abilities to exploit tacit and explicit knowledge, as well as to use digital technologies in information management and knowledge production. E-skilled students work collaboratively, constantly innovate and create new ideas while facing changing problems in unknown contexts.”

e-skills definition

(soft skills: communication skills; team-working skills; problem-solving skills; entrepreneurial skills; creativity; among others).

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The Concept of Learning is Changing

• Is learning simply about gaining knowledge...?

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We should become

e-skilled teachers

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Technological EvolutionInfluencies every one

graham bell designs the telephone as an instrument for deaf people

Thomas Edison indented to create a dictatingg machine when he invented the fonograph, 1888

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“Every day, computers are making people easier to use”

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National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•S) and Performance Indicators for Students

1. Creativity and Innovation2. Communication and Collaboration3. Research and Information Fluency4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making5. Digital Citizenship6. Technology Operations

e-skills

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What are two types of literacy?Warschauer has identified two broad categories

of literacy:• Academic Literacy - competencies related to academic work

(note taking, summarizing, researching, critical reading, etc.)• Digital Literacy

– Computer Literacy - ability to operate a computer– Information Literacy - ability to access, understand, organize and archive

digital information– Multimedia Literacy - ability to create materials using digital resources

(texts, images, audio, video)– CMC (Computer-mediated communication literacy) - ability to

communicate orally and in writing online (email, chat, instant messaging, audio/video conferencing, etc.)

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Formal and Informal learning

Formal Learning Informal Learning

20% 80%

Shouldn’t we now start to blend formal and informal learning?

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What is one reason our students need to attain this New literacy?

"The need for technologically literate citizens and workers increases every year. Skilled people in the 21st century need to understand how to use technology tools. . . These tools enable people to perform effectively at work and in their daily lives. . . "

Learning for the 21st Century, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2003, p.10-11

Is there another reason?

“ In our Information Age twenty-first century society, knowledge is the coin of the realm and the ability to think critically is a prerequisite for democratic participation.”

Cummins, Brown and Sayers: Literacy,Technology, and Diversity. 2007, p. vi

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Todays Learning is not just Hard Work but working smartly

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BetterPerformance*

BetterDecisions

ReducedAnxiety

IncreasedConfidence

BetterInsight

IncreasedControl

BetterProcesses

BetterTechnologies

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* individual, team, and organizational

The Valued Proposition: Learn better skills

make life easier

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Web 3.0Semantic Web

Web 1.0The Web

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Web 2.0Social Web

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What digital literacy reading skills are required?

Find appropriate information by searching the Internet

Locate the information on the Web site/page

Comprehend the information Evaluate the source of

information Determine whether to follow

hyperlinks Decide whether and how to

save/catalog information

Warschauer, M. (2001). Millennialism and media: Language, literacy, and technology in the 21st century. AILA Review 14, 49-59.

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What digital literacy writing skills are required?• Choose the best vehicle for

publication (email, discussion list, web page, blog, wiki, etc.)

• Incorporate text, graphics, audio, and video into multimedia pages for the Web

• Create and make effective use of hypertext links to convey the message

• Tailor the writing to an Internet audience that may be largely unknown

• Use appropriate pragmatic strategies for the intended electronic forum

• Ensure that writing is free of plagiarized materials

Warschauer, M. (2001). Millennialism and media: Language, literacy, and technology in the 21st century. AILA Review 14, 49-59.

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So what is the critical link to make this all work?

• Internet is more than computer network

• Internet is a network of people

• Unparalleled ability to collaborate

• Universal Internet access does not guarantee success in education

• Teachers are the critical links

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Optimize the Quantity & Qualityof Information

Quantity ofInformation

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Optimal Quantityof Information

CompetitiveAdvantage(just right)

CompetitiveDisadvantage

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CompetitiveDisadvantage

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What is My Role as a Teacher• Teacher should not be a

sage on the stage• Teacher should not be a

guide on the side• Teacher should be an

expert learner• Teacher should be part of

the learning process• Teacher should model

learning for the students• Teacher should help

students construct new knowledge --Tom Carroll

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Because with the correct pedagogy,use of the Internet helps the classroom come

ALIVE• Authenticity (unlimited

access to authentic materials, communication and publishing)

• Literacy (read, write, communicate, research & publish on Internet = 21st century literacy)

• Interaction (key to acquiring fluency; Internet provides stimulus and opportunity)

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Technology cannot replace a Good Teacher

• Vitality (flexible, modern medium; provides opportunity for meaningful, relevant work)

• Empowerment (mastery allows teachers and students to become lifelong learners).

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Internet help to develop digital and academic literacy

Technological tools can exert a powerful impact on literacy development and overall academic achievement when they are harnessed to a pedagogy that engages students affectively, cognitively, and imaginatively.

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If Technology is used by our Teachers

If technology is integrated into the classroom using a pedagogy that meets students’ cognitive, affective and imaginative needs, it will help students:

• 1. To become proficient language and professional skill users, able to communicate via 21st century media.

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Our Students Become successful Physicians

• To become successful in the workplace.

• To become engaged, critical thinking, participatory citizens of the world.

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Personalised Learning?

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Empowering Students and Teachers with Networking skills

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And more Challenges with Information Technology?

There are many sociological implications of digital literacy:

• Government - Impact on shaping of public opinion and formulation of policy

• Law - Impact on concepts of intellectual property, copyright, plagiarism

• Economics - Transformation of commerce; how people make purchases and manage finances

• Mass Communication - How information is collected and disseminated

• Education - How texts are produced and used; role of teachers

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Knowledge is not just self limited but….

• Learning occurs inside and outside

of people – we store our

knowledge in computers and in

other people – George Siemens

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What makes an e-skills project successful?

Creativity?Collaboration?

People?Technology?

Pedagogy?

Innovation?Coordination?

Public support?

Willingness?

Broadband?Standarization?

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Literacy for the 21st Century……should permit more opportunities in the curriculum for play

and imagination because we are preparing students for jobs that haven’t even been invented yet.

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Work Smart and Not Hard

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Wish to be Better in Life

• I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.• Vincent Van Gogh

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