Document Type
Issue Area One
Abstract
The walls are coming down. Computers are present in many classrooms or at least in nearly every school building. Internet and interactive video, televisions, VCRs, video cameras, laser discs and CD-ROM players, on-line services, and modems have marched into the schools. Technology use implies change. And change is what we are all talking about in 1990s educational circles. But just the presence of technology itself, or the use of the equipment, does not necessarily mean significant change. Simply using computers or televisions or laser discs to feed information in traditional ways, using technology as the substitute teacher, or as the feedback device for drill and practice does not fundamentally change the way students learn. However, when technology is used as a set of tools to engage students in the learning process, the how, what, and where of learning will change.
The use of technology can dramatically alter the ways in which students learn. The traditional view of teaching and learning has been that students sit quietly at their desks while the teacher, the authority figure, lectures or presents content-specific material to them. Students are assessed on their ability to retain and repeat that which has been given out to them and there is a competitive nature to their achievement. The schedule for the traditional classroom is usually tightly controlled, either by the instructor or by the constraints of classroom and building schedule.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
6
Issue
1
First Page
31
Last Page
34
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1996 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Miller, Pearl
(1996)
"Technology and Student Learning,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 6:
No.
1, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol6/iss1/10
