VirtualMV/Digital Learning Technologies/Overview/21st C Teaching

Features of 21 Century Teaching

 * Traditionally - text book based, slow, library based books
 * New - Forums, wikipedia (includes authenticity issues)
 * Problems with us - students can know - or quickly find out - more than we know - while we are teaching!
 * Global (e.g. When asked a question some female Asian students will turn to their neighbour discuss the question, and may feed answer back.
 * Need to be activity based and have lots of variety
 * Need to give student skills to search and filter information
 * Need to be interactive with students

Skills to be a 21st Century educator

 * 1) Blogging
 * 2) Social Media
 * 3) Interclassroom communication
 * 4) Cultural literacy
 * 5) Socratic seminar
 * 6) Community engagement
 * 7) Information literacy
 * 8) Networking
 * 9) Computers


 * 9 New Skills You Need To be a 21st Century Educator (2011)

Activities to engage learners
Corich (2008) suggested the following activities can be considered to engage a variety of learning styles from the different generational groups
 * Using visual metaphors
 * Provide materials specific to each group
 * Using language appropriate to each group
 * Varying delivery methods
 * Using graphics in support materials
 * Provide items of intellectual interest for mature students
 * Adding audio to online presentations
 * Supply materials in different formats (paper, electronic, audio, visual)
 * Provide formative assessment opportunities
 * Allow students to work at their own pace
 * Try to make materials interactive
 * Provide opportunities for web based research
 * Incorporate online learning activities
 * Add extra materials such as online crosswords and quizzes
 * Increase the use of group work
 * Use Internet to create research activities based