Innovations in Teaching Learning

Dr. P.Muthupandi,Asst. Professor,

Department of Education, DDE

Madurai Kamaraj University,

Madurai – 625 021

Can you guess what is in front of the man?

Is it a pen with camera?

Now ?????

Can you guess now????

Yes it is nothing but PEN COMPUTER

Keyboard without a keyboard

Education Swami Vivekananda defines: “Education is the

manifestation of perfection already present in man.”

Mahatma Gandhi defines: “By Education, I mean, an alround drawing out of the best in the child and man – body, mind and spirit.”

Froebel: Education is a process by which the child makes the internal external.

John Dewey defines: “Education is life, life is education”.

According to Pestalozzi, “Education is a natural, harmonious, progressive development of man’s innate powers.’

Education ant its roots

“educere” = to lead out, to draw out – the innate capacities in man.

“educare” = to bring up, to raise. – from one level to another.

“educatum” = the act of teaching/training.

Types of Education

Formal SchoolInformal LifeNon-formal Open to all

Primary Basic moral & ethical valuesSecondary Basic Related to day - to - day lifeHigher Survival Point of view

Objectives of Education

Cognitive Domain - Knowledge(Knowing,Thinking) Affective Domain - Feeling (Understanding) Psychomotor - Skill (Application or Doing)

Responsibilities of a Teacher

Second Parent

Director

Friend

Mentor

Guide

Communicator

Philosopher

Controller

Co-Ordinator

Operator & Co-operator

Ruler of Both Mind & Heart

What is Teaching?

Teaching is a disciplined social process in which teacher influences the behaviour of the less experienced pupil and helps him develop according to the needs and ideas of the society

- Morrison

Main Aim of Teaching – is to bring about socially desirable behavioural changes in the students.

Teaching is just to train the students so that they can stand on their own foot in society.

Who is a Teacher?

A person who serves not only the noble cause of imparting knowledge to the students by their scientific and logical approach but also mould the precious character of the students by making them think and work individually and independently

A teacher prepares students - not only for profession but also for life - to face any situation with courage and confidence and - helps make each student a good citizen of the country

Classroom in the past and present

is a place in which learning takes place

Traditional Teaching Methods

In the pre-technology education context,Teacher - Sender or Source

Materials - Information or MessageStudents - Receivers of the informationMedium - Chalk and Talk, OHP

Interactive White Boards An interactive whiteboard (IWB), is a large

interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer's desktop onto the board's surface where users control the computer using a pen, finger or other device. The board is typically mounted to a wall or floor stand.

1/7 classrooms in the world will have interactive whiteboard by 2011.

Uses of Interactive White BoardSave lessons Create video files. Example- How to create a graph in ExcelUse the built in maps to teach continents, oceans, countries, or states and capitals. Present presentations created by student or teacher Digital storytelling Teach whole group computer or keyboarding skills Brainstorming Take notes directly into PowerPoint presentations Reinforce skills by using on-line interactive web sites Use highlighter tool to highlight nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. Teaching students how to navigate the Internet Use the Interwrite software to create lessons in advance at home or at school. Then save them for future use or to be shared with other teachers Diagramming activities Teaching steps to a math problem. Have students share projects during Parent/Teacher/Student conferences

Web Based Learning often called online learning or e-learning because it includes online course content. Discussion

forums via email, videoconferencing, and live lectures (videostreaming) are all possible through the web.

Web based courses may also provide static pages such as printed course materials

Principles of Web-based Learning

•Principle of Small Steps•Principle of Active Response•Principle of Immediate Confirmation •Principle of self –Pacing•Principle of Self Evaluation

Web Based Learning

Advantages of Web-based Learning• At their own pace• Become independent Learners• Student Centered Learning• Immediate Feed back• Instant Evaluation of students

learning• Motivated Learning• Any time, Any where around the

globe• Individualized instruction• Content can be easily updated

Disadvantages of Web-based Learning• No Human Contact (Love and affection)• No high bandwidth network connection

Web Tools to enhance student learning

Blog Course/Learning Management System CMS/LMS Instant Messaging Podcasts RSS (Rich Site Summary) Social Spaces Wikis

Blog Shorthand of Web blog Started as online diaries and become online

publication User of blog is known as blogger Post text, hyperlinks, images and multimedia Only the owner can add or delete matter Comments can be provided by others Opportunity to write and share their work

Example : www.gaggle.com, www.scholblogs.com

Getting Start with Blog

Go to www.blogger.com and sign with Google mail account

Edit Your Profile

Add a address to your blog

Examplewww._________.blogspot.com

Posting Text in a blog….

Commenting a posting

CMS / LMS Course Management System / Learning Management System Software which allows the instructor to deliver lessons online via web

based environment. Video telecasting (Any time, anywhere accessible)

Mimic Face to face. Commercial and Open source Moodle and sakai – free CMS softwares. Advantages :

Those who Absent to the class Any time accessible From anywhere in the world

Disadvantages : Costly Less importance to school Less interactions

Instant Messaging

Text based Leads to synchronous Learning Yahoo messenger, AOL, MSN Messenger, Google Talk…….

Podcasts Audio or Video file on the web Subscribe the service from website After that your system update all Receiving audio and video files is easy Automatic updating is possible in out absence The instructor may provide additional points (Which are

not in distance learning material) www.podcast.net

RSS (Rich Site Summary)

Collecting and posting in your web site automatically.

Software like aggregator and feed collector We can feed some important sites to our

website.

Social Network (or) Social Spaces

A website used to communicate a larger people by an individual

Create account with username and password Profile Academic achievements Awards Projects No need of html knowledge

Example : www.myspace.com, www.hpage.com, www.angelfire.com

Creating a home page

www.hpage.com

Click Create you website now

Wikis• A web page or Web site• Editing the Regular web site - owner • But editing the wiki website - anyone• To share their knowledge (Collaborative Learning)

• Anyone can modify• regular update by the viewers can be done• No Need of special software to edit• Disadvantage : Misleading information may post

• Example : www.en.wikipedia.org

Team Viewer TeamViewer is a computer software package for remote

control, desktop sharing, and file transfer between computers.].

Team Viewer was founded in 2005 in Uhingen, Germany. Access any remote computer via Internet just like sitting

in front of it. Demo can be done in remote Solving the computer problem by remote Demo

Skype Skype is a software application that allows users to

make voice calls and video calls over the Internet. Skype has also become popular for its additional features which include instant messaging, file transfer, and video conferencing. The network is operated by a company called Skype Limited, which has its headquarters in Luxembourg and is partly owned by eBay.

Smart Schools & Virtual Schools A School with all infrastructure like Computer, LCD

projector, Interactive White Board, Internet, Webcam, Printer, Scanner, LAN and WLAN. Called as smart school.

A Home with all above mentioned facilities are known as Virtual schools.

Virtual Reality

Physically immersive (generate input to user's sensory systems)

Interactive (user can change the experience)

Examples:reading a book (not interactive or immersive)video game (interactive but not immersive)3-d movie (immersive but not interactive)

A computer generated,‘immersive’ (or wide field),multi-sensory information program which tracks a user in real time.

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Virtual Reality What is Virtual reality

an emerging field of applied science an enabling technology an immersive interactive system based on

computable information provides a natural way to interface with computers creates illusion of a 3d visual world immersive, multi-sensory, computer-generated

experience a synthetic representation that renders a sense of

place -integration of a combination of technologies

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VR Technologies

visual displays stereo glasses tracking systems input devices sound systems (not covered) haptic devices (data gloves) graphics and computing hardware software tools

Virtual Classrooms

Real Locations of Students & Teachers

A student from Singapore

A student from India

A student from America

A student from Canada

A student from Japan

A student from Vadapalanji

A student from China

A teacher may from a remote village

A Student from London

Virtual Classrooms

Virtual Locations of Students & Teachers

VR provides:

Augmented Reality

The End of the Beginning VR is in its early stages, but is used commercially, globally.VR is in its early stages, but is used commercially, globally. There are 61,400 international commercial companiesThere are 61,400 international commercial companies

producing VR.producing VR. While VR is at an early stage, it is used educationally While VR is at an early stage, it is used educationally

throughout the world.throughout the world. There are approximately 3,600 educational institutions which There are approximately 3,600 educational institutions which

use VR.use VR.

Thank you