Key Educational Concepts and Classroom Evolution

1. Learning Through Acquisition

This occurs when learners are listening to a presentation or podcast, reading from books or websites, and watching demos or videos.

2. Learning Through Practice

This enables the learner to adapt their actions to the task goal and use the feedback to improve their next action. Feedback may come from self-repetition, from other students, from the teacher, or from the activity itself if it shows them how to improve the result of their action in relation to the goal of the activity.

3. Six Types of Learning

The six types of learning discussed are: Acquisition, discussion, investigation, practice, collaboration, and production.

4. School Environment Changes (Last 150 Years)

• Infrastructure
• Organization
• Engaging the learner

5. The Ideal 21st Century Classroom

• 1-to-1 tablets for at least some students
• Interactive Whiteboards (IWBS) in every classroom
• Digital toys
• Devices to create, explore, and express collaboration

6. Defining E-Maturity

Organizational Co-ordination

• How important a role do you say ICT plays in teaching at your school for your subject/level?
• Overall, how confident would you say teachers at the school are in the use of ICT in delivering the school curriculum?
• In planning the content of lessons for your subject proportionately, how much use is made of digital resources (e.g., web-based content, software packages)?

6 (bis). E-Maturity: Infrastructure and Resources Lessons Learned

• Put ICT devices in the library and access halls so everyone sees children working on computers.
• Provide more mobile devices with Wi-Fi to allow more flexible use of ICT.
• Give teachers and students one-to-one access as soon as possible.
• Technical support ensures proper functioning of any electronic device, connectivity, and access to the school LMS/VLE system.

7. Main Areas of 20th vs. 19th Century Classroom Change

The main areas of change include:

• Infrastructure
• Organization
• Engaging the learner
• Teaching profession
• Pedagogy
• Relations
• Learners
• Administration and Paperwork