My Written Report in Educational Technology II

                                                                                 

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY II

Discussant:  Orias, Romeo Z.

Course, Yr. & Sec.: BSE-TLE III-A

Date: January 20, 2012

I. OBJECTIVE:

             1. To identify and discuss the cooperative learning

             2. To appreciate the importance of cooperative learning in the learning process.

             3. To classify the different components of cooperative learning

II. INTRODUCTION:

     Cooperative or Collaborative learning is considered as a key factor to achieve optimum development of the student’s learning.

III. LEARNING CONTENT:

Cooperative Learning with the Computer

Content:  Integrating the technique in cooperative learning to the learning style of the students has been practicing by many across the country now. The effect of this technique in teaching is highly commendable for students and for teachers as well.  The idea is to allow the students to cooperate and work with other students to achieve a great result in a common task.   

IV. VOCABULARY WORDS:

1.   Collaborative – The act of working together; united labor.

2.   Phenomenon – An occurrence, circumstance, or fact that is perceptible by the senses.

3.   Cluster – A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

4.   Mythical – Of or existing in myth.

5.   Accountability – The obligation of an individual or organization to account for its activities, accept responsibility for them, and to disclose the results in a transparent manner.

V. Summary:

            Cooperative learning or Collaborative learning is learning by small groups of students who work together in a common learning task. 

VI. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION:

            Because of the positive effects of this teaching and learning style for teachers and students, I will commend and suggest the immediate implementation and use of this technique. And for us future educators I would suggest that we use this teaching and learning strategy in facilitating the learning of our future students.

VII. POST-TEST:

1.    What is the other term for cooperative learning? (2points)

2.    What are the 5 elements in cooperative learning? (in any order, 5points)

3.    What are the 4 advantages of cooperative learning? (in any order, 4 points)

4.    Several tasks should be assigned in order to ensure collaborative learning, what are those?  (5 points)

      Key to Correction

1.    Collaborative learning

2.     A common goal

Interdependence

Interaction

          Individual accountability

Social Skills

     3.   Encourage active learning while motivating students

           Increases academic performance 

           Promotes literacy and language skills

           Improve teacher effectiveness.

4.  Assigning students to mixed-ability teams

      Establish positive interdependence

      Teaching cooperative social skills

      Insuring individual accountability, and

      Helping group process information 

Story Board:

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Title: Cooperative Learning with the Computer
Discussant: Orias, Romeo Z.
Course, Yr. & Sec.: BSE-TLE, III-A
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 Introduction of Cooperative Learning
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 Singapore set the global pace for student-centered learning…
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Reality therefore dictates that schools face the fact that each classroom….
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The creativity of the teacher will have to respond to the situation….
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Defining cooperative learning
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Cooperative or Collaborative learning is learning by small groups of students who work together in a common learning task.
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5 Elements of cooperative learning

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Therefore not every group work is cooperative learning since students working on their work sheets physically sat around a rectangle table may be working together without these features of cooperative learning.
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Advantages of cooperative learning

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In addition, there are studies which show that cooperative learning enhances personal and social development among students of all ages….
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Cooperative learning and the computer
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Researchers have made studies on the learning interaction between the students and the computer. 
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Reflecting on this phenomenon, psychologists think the computer fosters this positive social behavior due to the fact that it has a display monitor- just like television set- that is looked upon as something communal.

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Component of cooperative learning

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Educators are still wary about the computer’s role in cooperative learning….

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Several tasks in order to ensure collaborative learning

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These are in addition to assigning a common work goal on which each member of the group will realize that their group will not succeed unless everyone contributes to the group success.

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Ideal Number in a group

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Closing Remarks of the Discussant

VIII. REFERENCE:

Ref:  Reference Educational Technology II by Paz Lucido

Three phases of educational technology in the classroom

My Second Article, Video, Pictures and Reflection in One:

Three phases of educational technology in the classroom

I recently encountered a thought-provoking video about how technology is transforming education in the classroom setting. We are slowly experiencing a culture shift in how learners are learning. It follows that this should affect how teachers should be teaching. Briefly, the author lays out the progression of educational technology in 3 phases.


Phase 1: Using Technology to Present Dynamic Lessons

• Prime example: Powerpoint presentations
• Generally passive learning
• Learners are consumers of information

Phase 2 – Using Technology to Access Information

• Learners search online for answers to questions
• More active learning

Phase 3 – Using Technology to Produce and Share Products

• Learners move towards becoming producers of information and engage a larger audience
• Creators of information
• Classic example of Web 2.0 learning

Looking at my own experiences when I was a medical student and EM resident, my learning environment was clearly in Phase I. Lots of powerpoint presentations in sleepy, dimly-lit rooms with the lecturer being the only voice in the room. Currently, in our new EM residency program, I'm starting to see evidence of Phase II. Journal club sessions sometimes utilize real-time online searches to find answers to methodology questions.

After watching the below inspirational and thought-provoking video, I'm committed to incorporating some Phase II/Phase III approaches to my "lectures" in the future. The first quote really hits home:

A teacher that can be replaced by technology deserves to be." 
- David Thornburg

I have a lecture this coming Thursday on "Troubleshooting the Vascular Access Patient". I'm re-tooling the talk to make it a more interactive session. I'll let you know how it goes. There's less control (from a speaker's perspective) when venturing outside of the Phase I format, which makes me a little uncomfortable, and so I'm crossing my fingers that it will turn out ok... I've got a few things up my sleeve though.

Question: In what Phase is your teaching or learning experience?

Phase I;

• Prime example: Powerpoint presentations
• Generally passive learning
• Learners are consumers of information.

Phase II;

• Learners search online for answers to questions
• More active learning.

Phase III:

• Learners move towards becoming producers of information and engage a larger audience
• Creators of information.
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• My reflection on this article and video:
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• Our government was alarmed in the decreasing level of expertise of our professional workers here and abroad.  The government is now searching of ways on how to up-lift the educational system of our country and the example of this is the K- plus 12.  This program aims to meet the standard of education in the main stream.  However, we should also consider the parents dilemma regarding this program. But nevertheless, the idea of achieving the same level of competence with the other countries was not a bad idea at all.
  
  
  A call for a change in our curriculum and educational system is now on its way to reality.  The dramatic changed in the educational system is now taking its steps little by little.  A lot of technique is now being used and tried in line with this like; teachers try to influence their students to become a source of information and knowledge and not just a passive listener. To ensure that the students become more lively and cooperative in class discussions, I think the teachers should know how to use the 3 Phases in Educational Technology. I must admit that I was really amazed on how this technique was used to ensure optimum development of students behavior when it comes to their studies. 
  
  
  Over the years, student’s study habits had changed. They are now lazy and hooked to all kinds of vices and distractions.
  That is why teachers must reinforce his/her teaching techniques and I suppose this technique will address our student’s problems when it comes to their studies.  For us teachers we must act and do our part to transfer our knowledge to the best that we can to our students otherwise the idea of replacing the teachers by technology might soon happen.  We must always bear in mind that we are the reflections of our students to others. What ever and who ever they become, a part of that is us.
  
  
  Remember, according to David Thornburg; “A teacher that can be replaced by technology deserves to be." 
  
  
  
  
  
  

 This news clipping was taken from manila bulletin:

Tech executive qualifies standards of IT and Computer Science education in Mindanao, urges private sector to participate in educational reform initiatives
December 14, 2011, 12:31pm

Calen Legaspi, Technical Committee Member of CHED and Orange & Bronze CEO along with CHED representatives and faculty members, inspect the facilities of a school in Misamis Oriental during their visit of IT schools and colleges.
MANILA, Philippines — “There is a huge demand for skilled IT professionals from the country, especially from offshore. More and more IT work, especially software development, is moving from India, Eastern Europe and China to the Philippines because of the growing reputation of Filipino IT professionals for quality, dedication and professionalism. However, we are increasingly challenged to meet this demand because the vast majority of colleges and universities offering IT-related courses are no longer meeting even the minimum standards of IT education set by CHED”, said Calen Legaspi, CEO of a local software development firm.

Legaspi has been championing educational reform in fields of Information Technology and Computer Science, a cause which involves active participation of the company he co-founded, Orange & Bronze Software Labs (O&B).

O&B, as part of its corporate social responsibility program, has been organizing or participating in programs that support the Philippine academe since 2007. The Filipino software development firm provides free training and seminars to teachers, usually through partnerships with government and non-government organizations and industry groups, as well as other programs aimed at enhancing the knowledge and skills of educators.

Legaspi believes that “the private sector needs to realize that it has a huge responsibility to the local IT community. It is important to facilitate mutual understanding of each other’s strengths and challenges, because the future of their businesses relies heavily on the academe. These are the same people who will develop and mold their future workers, managers, and leaders.”

He also serves as the Technology Director for the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA), a role that provides him more opportunities to implement changes -- changes that are essential to ensure that the Filipino software engineer is highly employable and able to compete against his overseas counterparts. His responsibilities in the PSIA include working with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as the official representative of the Technical Committee on Computer Science.

His most recent project with CHED is a sojourn to different universities and colleges in Mindanao, part of an initial series of school visits that will cover the whole country. There are currently a total of 1,200 schools offering IT-related degree programs in the Philippines, and CHED has visited less than 100 of these institutions in 2011.

“The various assessment teams have only visited around 80 of these this year, but we are hoping to visit a much larger number in the coming years. We’ll be involving more volunteers from the industry in order to be able to visit and assess more schools.”

Legaspi joined the assessment team in Region X - though the task was gruelling, with members of the team travelling to remote locations for hours on rough roads, he believes that the benefits hugely outweigh the inconveniences.

“We evaluated five colleges in Region X located in Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental. We used a rating system based on the CHED Memorandum Order 53 (CMO 53) issued in 2006 specifying requirements for the offering degree programs in Computer Science, Information Technology and Information Systems to assess the instructors, curricula, technology and resources available in these campuses. The same was done by other assessment teams throughout the country. Unfortunately the vast majority of schools visited, not just in Region X but all over the Philippines, do not comply with CMO 53.”

On a positive note, Legaspi added, “Occasionally though, we would find some rough gems - schools with faculty and administrators determined to serve a high level of academic excellence in IT education to their communities. These schools are often unexpectedly found in remote towns in the country. It is heart-warming and encouraging to see the sincere efforts of these educators, despite the many difficulties in doing so. For these schools, CHED and the PSIA offer their support programs, such as CHED’s ‘Center of Development’ program and PSIA’s Industry-Academe Linkage.”

He said that “institutions that are serious and determined to provide proper education to aspiring IT professionals are doing their communities and the entire country a great service. On the other hand, those institutions that are not committed to providing even the minimum level of education stipulated by the government are doing a great disservice to the country and to the families of students investing their hard-earned money in their children’s education. The most frustrating and often infuriating part our work, for myself and for the other assessors, has been finding out that most schools fall into the second category.”

As a final message, Legaspi called for greater participation from the industry in supporting the educational system. “I’d like to encourage more IT companies to be involved in the various initiatives of both government institutions and of non-government organizations to support the academe. The academe is the foundation of our industry and if we let it fall apart, so goes our industry. ·  · January 14 at 8:36am

My reflection on the

Standardization of IT and Computer Science studies in the Philippines

            Filipino is known for its dedication, hard work, discipline, passion when it comes to work, not to mentioned the level skills of the Filipinos that has been known all over the world. That is why Filipinos are still highly employable across the country. But then again the government especially Legaspi are worried about the diminishing quality or level of expertise of the Filipinos when it comes to technology.

Legaspi believes that “the private sector needs to realize that it has a huge responsibility to the local IT community. It is important to facilitate mutual understanding of each other’s strengths and challenges, because the future of their businesses relies heavily on the academe. These are the same people who will develop and mold their future workers, managers, and leaders.” And this is true. Even though Filipinos are great in terms of professionalism, still there is chance to loose it because of the quality of education in relation to technology was little by little has been taken for granted.

That is why this call for social awareness is just in time. We should not be contended, we have to go with the flow of changes in the development of the technology as well the fast changes in academe. We must always keep in mind that we are competing with other countries, in order to maintain the reputations of the great Filipinos who had make and still making names in the world of Information Technology.

Legaspi said that “institutions that are serious and determined to provide proper education to aspiring IT professionals are doing their communities and the entire country a great service, while on the other hand, those institutions that are not committed to providing even the minimum level of education stipulated by the government are doing a great disservice to the country and to the families of students investing their hard-earned money in their children’s education.

As a final message made by Legaspi, he called for greater participation from the industry in supporting the educational system. “I’d like to encourage more IT companies to be involved in the various initiatives of both government institutions and of non-government organizations to support the academe. The academe is the foundation of our industry and if we let it fall apart, so goes our industry.”