In a word: YES.
Of course this style of learning is more engaging. This is because humans like to learn by “hands on experience”.
Ever since we were hunter gatherers we learned by trial and error. Not someone standing in front of us pontificating. So rather than listening to a lecture for hours and hours or reading lines and lines of text, nowadays students can interact with video, visual aids, and games on topics that interest them. This allows them to get right into “it” and start experimenting. I believe this is why military members have such an advantage in the workforce. Unlike regular college kids, they’ve gotten experience on the job training while training.
Digital media is essentially replicating this paradigm by providing learning based simulations that are geared to stimulate children's minds, while engaging them. It’s a chance for them to learn by tailoring to their pace/needs.
Of course this style of learning is more engaging. This is because humans like to learn by “hands on experience”.
Ever since we were hunter gatherers we learned by trial and error. Not someone standing in front of us pontificating. So rather than listening to a lecture for hours and hours or reading lines and lines of text, nowadays students can interact with video, visual aids, and games on topics that interest them. This allows them to get right into “it” and start experimenting. I believe this is why military members have such an advantage in the workforce. Unlike regular college kids, they’ve gotten experience on the job training while training.
Digital media is essentially replicating this paradigm by providing learning based simulations that are geared to stimulate children's minds, while engaging them. It’s a chance for them to learn by tailoring to their pace/needs.
I
believe that getting rid of digital media in the classroom, would be
like trying to remove cars of the road. Even if they cause harm in some
cases, humanity relies too much on them to ever take them away completely.
If we’re ever going to find a happy medium we have to take the following steps:
If we’re ever going to find a happy medium we have to take the following steps:
- Stop blaming technology for a flawed education system
- Take steps to overhaul the education system--it was built for the 20th century and we’ve outgrown it. The first step in this process is to ask a very important question: What is school for? (Seth Godin does a great job of explaining this here)
- Educate students and staff on how to use these tools appropriately--both technically speaking and socially.
- Constantly evolve practices and procedures to pace with current technology. One great thought is using more organic methods. Charles Leadbeater explains this here:
To sum up: Fix the people, fix the problem.
About the author:
Josh is a government contractor by day, and your friendly neighborhood writer-man by night. When he's not writing about himself in third person, you can find him on the various social media platforms below:
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