Communicative
tools
The
second tool that we learned was the Communicative tools.Within modern
educational paradigm, the 21st century skills concept (Abbott, 2013) is
motivated by the belief that teaching students the most relevant, useful,
in-demand, and universally applicable skills should be prioritized in today’s
schools, and by the related belief that many schools may not sufficiently
prioritize such skills or effectively teach them to students. This includes the
integration of ICT as a communicative tool between the teacher student and
among the students beyond the physical barriers such as time or time of the
classroom. It expands the creativity and the teaching and learning dimensions
inside and outside the schools. ICT can be a powerful and flexible tool for
learning, but like any other tool, it requires care and experience to use
appropriately.
The
popular communication tools includes;
he highest ranking Communication tools identified
include:
- Social networks
- Blogs
- Skype
- Writing.com
- Mind Miester(mind maps)
- Scribblar
- Google Classroom
- Trello
- Google presentation
- You Tube
- Adobe Connect
- Red Pen
- Evernote
-
PaperRater and etc
There
are two types of communicative tools
Synchronous involves geographically dispersed students accessing the
same web site at the same time as an instructor. This type of learning is
commonly supported by internet communications media such as videoconferencing
and chat. The instructor typically "drives" a slideshow
presentation, which the students watch while connected to a conference web
site. Students can ask questions or provide comments through the phone line,
or through a chat window. In other words, participants communicate at
the same time, from different locations using the same communication tool.
The best example for this kind of tool is the vle discussion forums and the
videoconferencing tools such as Zoom and Meet apps.
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Asynchronous, is a just-in-time, on-demand student learning experience.
It is commonly facilitated by internet communications media such as e-mail and
discussion boards. Students do not need to schedule their time around the
predetermined plan of the instructor. There is complete flexibility with
asynchronous training, which comes in two forms, facilitated and self-paced.
Asynchronous e-learning makes it possible for learners to log on to an
e-learning environment at any time and download documents or send messages to
teachers or peers. In other words, participants communicate at different
times from different places using the same communication tool.
This blog is a part of communicative
tool where i write down my reflections on the lessons and my friends can
comment and let me know if i have missed out anything or correct me if i make
any incorrect statements. So, i believe the communicative tools provides us a
very good platform to perform collaborative learning and share information with
one another.
Reference
Abbott S. (Ed.) (2013) The glossary
of education reform. Retrieved from http://edglossary.org/hidden-curriculum
