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Tabl e 1
ICT Applications create changes in teachers' role
From
To
Teacher transfers the knowledge from the
raw data and information to the
students.
Teacher is the instructor and assistant of
students in learning.
−→
Teacher test and steer all aspects of the
study.
Teacher gives more opportunities for
students and increase their
responsibilities in learning.
Source: Resta and Patru (2010)
Tabl e 2
ICT Applications creates changes in learners' role
From
To
Passively receive the information from the
teacher.
Actively participate in the learning
process.
−→
Consolidate the knowledge through
learning activities.
Consolidate the knowledge through
collaboration with other students.
Source: Resta and Patru (2010)
In the second decade of the twenty-first century, will people possibly enter the
Fourth Revolution? This interesting question was raised by the Director of the
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau in an International Conference held in
China in 2009. The network and its services such as Google and email as well as
a large number of new products like Wikipedia, Skype, Facebook, and Twitter are
penetrating more deeply and comprehensively in the way we are living, learning,
and working. With these new ICT applications in education, the study in some
countries will be conducted outside traditional classes; hence, there will be some
renovation in learning methods such as mobile learning and ubiquitous learning.
Researches on ICT applications in education in many countries at the present
aiming at some aspects as followed:
Ema l
OpenCourseWare
e-Library
Training programs combined ICT
applications and traditional methods in
teaching and learning
The effectiveness in ICT applications in teaching and learning
ICT as an effective tool in science research
Human resource and improving capability of ICT application in teaching and
learning for staffs, teachers, and lecturers
Building up online and multimedia resources
Supporting ICT skills for both teachers and students
Building up related professional training programs to support for the project of IT
integration into practices of teaching and learning in all educational system from
early childhood to higher education and postgraduate study (
Anderson 2010
).
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