New Media And Education

Front 1

Aims?

Back 1

• combine goals 1, 2, 3 - to save time + money
  
• enable employees to study at their workplace
• no need to travel to class or take leave

Hint 1

save time + money

no need to travel

Front 2

Goal 1 - Improve the quality of education

Back 2

• adding supplemental materials
  
• research resources
• opportunities to practice skills
• interact with instructors

Hint 2

supplemental

research resources

practice skills

Front 3

Goal 2 - Extend the reach of education to people

Back 3

• exclusion because of distance - from educational institutions - or disadvantage
• reach isolated people living in isolated/remote job sites/prisons - with ICT
• facilitate distance education or tele-education

Hint 3

exclusion

reach isolated people

facilitate

Front 4

Goal 3 - Provide education where no qualified teachers are available

Back 4

for example

• teach foreign languages/advanced science/mathematics courses
  

consortium model

• several universities develop jointly a curriculum
• i.e. National Technological University (NTU) in US

outside expert model

• identifying course content not available in rural schools
• develop specialized instructional programming at central source - deliver them to school
• programmes come packaged in DVDs, tapes

curriculum-sharing model

• networking rural schools - not enough students to justify hiring specialized teachers

Hint 4

foreign languages

develop jointly a curriculum

not available

instructional programming

networking rural schools

Front 5

advantages

Back 5

• students can study at universities - located in towns far away - from where they live
• UNISA - Lecturers use Sat broadcasting to teach students located around the world while sitting at Unisa's TV studio
  
• possibility of "texting" lecturer
  
• Students can also buy DVDs containing lectures - watch then at home
• Lecturers receive positive feedback - from students viewing DVDs
• improves 2 parties performance - in processes of learning + teaching

videoconferences

• same function as sat broadcasting but both parties can see each other in real time
• com more enjoyable + interactive

Hint 5

far away

buy DVDs

positive feedback

performance

interactive

Front 6

disadvantages

Back 6

• ICTs not a universal panacea
  
• doesn't always work nor is relevant

Hint 6

doesn't always work

Front 7

Final note

Back 7

• technology shouldn't lead people
  
• people should take the lead

Hint 7

shouldn't lead