The Use of Digital Learning Technologies - Week 3

The use of digital learning technologies in the field of education at every single level has set of benefits for both, teachers and student. The latest severe progression in the arena of technology has sprouted numerous gears and skills to incorporate in knowledge environment.

The requisite to be technical savvy for teacher and student is not the core criteria with the recent development of user friendly technologies. The best example is the vast features extended by Smart TV and popularity of tablets taking share of desktop and laptop.

At school level, the use of interactive smart board has given extensive freedom to teacher and student to explore without the time consuming process of writing everything on board every time. The same material once used can be used much time by various teachers and could be updated to the requirement, without the process of re-writing it.

The student can re-use the material as and when they wish to and can practice to perfection. The vast availability of software’s to expand further the impact of true digital learning has become a matter of necessity. 

For instance ‘Zoho Projects”’ is a project management tool that defines the task, milestones, status report (including Gantt Chart) time tracking and file sharing. Tasks and subtasks can be structured in nested form, with duration, start date, due date, and task owner easily defined. Task owners can even be notified by e-mail of a task assignment (by the project manager). Amongst other features, team meetings can also be scheduled.

For students, may be a bit extreme for the average student, but seniors or grad students working on large, multi-stage projects with or without other students can use Zoho Projects to manage the workload.

Similarly, teachers can manage large research projects involving colleagues and/or students.

The use of tablets at different platform is gradually taking place of much of paper work submitted for evaluation by student, so to the drastic reduction in time for teacher to access, as most of the answer are assessed immediately on submission.

A Visualization of Modern Class  Room - Raj Jadeja

Another great advantage of technology is ‘Live Rerecording” of audio and video in class is to offer many additional features to people involved directly or indirectly.

To teacher, the repetitive video watching facilitate further to understand each student requirement much in detail, without relying heavily on self-memory. Even the repetitive video watching gives a platform to raise self-standard further.

The student can explore weak area where they require more concentration and the management involve in development and exploration of education standards, can virtually work out which area needs further training and additional working for teachers and the best performer do not have to wait for growth.