Most Important Point

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Updated: 7/16/2017: Most Important Point BLog:


        I was unable to get the interview in time with Dr. Gilbreath from Liberty University, but her impact on my educational technology journey remains the same. I found some great articles about motivation in distance education. "While motivation has been viewed as a personal characteristic that remains relatively stable across contexts and situations, identifying traits of successful distance education students has been relatively difficult" (Hartnett, St. George & Dron, 2011). At any given time the motivation of a student can vary from a greater to lesser degree and varies within the context of time. The self-determination theory has been used to help understand why students would engage in online learning environments. The reason include, eliminating the special complexities and time restraints of traditional educational environments, the autonomy of learning and creating the learning environment, and intrinsic motivations to reach a higher degree of self proficiency.


         After conducting an interview with my Aunt Melissa, who is a 5th grade teacher and on the technology committee in her school, I learned that some of the current trends are making sure technology is in the hands of every students, but the issue is which kind. To date, she still is unable to get the available apps that would be beneficial in differentiating the instruction in her class because the tablets the school purchased are now 3 years old and have far fewer capabilities than the tablets students are using in their homes. Baker (2015) says that we are not just supposed to select a technology for the sake of having one in the classroom, but to examine what and how that technology is going to impact learning. Baker (2015) goes on to say that many teachers will infuse technology into their daily curriculum and students will actually have a lack of interest in it. We have to be diligent to do our research and pick a compatible technology tool that is relevant and current to the needs of our students today.

Resources:

Baker, C. (2015, August 15). Teachers! Add Technology To Your Classroom! (The Right Way). Retrieved July 16, 2017, from https://medium.com/synapse/teachers-add-technology-to-your-classroom-the-right-way-98acdb46ede7


Hartnett, M., George, A. S., & Dron, J. (2011). Examining motivation in online distance learning environments: Complex, multifaceted and situation-dependent. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 12(6), 20. doi:10.19173/irrodl.v12i6.1030

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  1. UnknownJuly 15, 2017 at 8:51 PM


    I hope your interview went well, Sahree. The fact that this years high school seniors will be the last students to graduate who did not grow up with technology in their hands is one that hit me hard when I encountered it recently. Especially when you consider the gap between most teachers and students for this very reason. As a fifth grade teacher, most of my incoming class was born the year the iPhoneTM was introduced. They are true digital natives, yet even the youngest teachers are still digital immigrants to some extent. These students have had a world of information available at their finger tips since birth. To accommodate this, Keengwe & Bhargava (2014) that schools need to be redesigned because the 21 century learner is connected globally and living with technology that in centered around information. As you mention, they are also motivated differently. They know the information they need is all available and Chang, Liang, Yan, & Tseng (2013) found that intrinsic motivation explained and predicted user’s acceptance of technology. In the classroom, this intrinsic motivation can be seen when empowering students to demonstrate their skills with student centered learning.

    References:

    Chang, C., Liang, C., Yan, C., & Tseng, J. (2013). The impact of college students' intrinsic and
    extrinsic motivation on continuance intention to use english mobile learning systems. The Asia - Pacific Education Researcher, 22(2), 181-192. doi:10.1007/s40299-012-0011-7

    Keengwe, J. & Bhargava, M. (2014). Mobile learning and integration of mobile technologies in
    education. Education and Information Technologies, 19(4), 737-746. doi:10.1007/s10639-013-9250-3

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    1. UnknownJuly 16, 2017 at 4:16 PM

      Hi Roger,

      My interview with Dr. Gilbreath didn't work out. I interviewed my aunt who is in education and is also on the technology committee board. She was knowledgeable and pointed out that fire walls to prevent students from browsing for inappropriate things, whether intentional or not could be more a road block for learning and differentiated instruction. I never considered this. As an online student I am expected to use digression and prioritize my studies, but for k-12 learners, they have not yet learned digital citizenship or digital prowness.

      I am still interested in learning more about motivation and how virtual education overcomes the isolation factors. On campus students experience community, while many distance students struggle with isolation.

      Thank you for responding to my take-away video blog,
      Sharee

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  2. Dayna FJuly 16, 2017 at 6:56 PM

    Hi Sharee! Retention is huge. It can be very isolating to be an online student. This is where it is important to find away to get the students to connect with each other. You could do this through a synchronous class time, or connecting students who live close to each other. One thing I personally enjoy from this master's program than from my previous master's program is the amount of collaboration that we do outside of class. This can easily be included in k-12 curriculum for and online learning environment. Now, depending on the age level, it might be more of connecting the parents than the students at that time. At that younger age, they still need their parents. Thanks for sharing your thought and what you have learned!
    ~Dayna

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