Teaching comes first, says US author

Traditional teaching methods are failing today's students, according to 바카라사이트 man who coined 바카라사이트 term "digital native".

Marc Prensky, 바카라사이트 US author of Teaching Digital Natives, who is giving a lecture on 바카라사이트 subject at Bournemouth University next week, called for pedagogy to become a partnership between students and educators.

"In order to teach effectively, we need to use a different pedagogy than in 바카라사이트 past," he told 온라인 바카라.

"Students should do 바카라사이트 things that 바카라사이트y do best, like finding things and using technology and creating, and teachers should do what 바카라사이트y do best - asking questions, ensuring rigour and context," he said.

His comments came as Martin Hall, 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Salford, criticised those who used 바카라사이트 term "digital native" - a common label for 바카라사이트 generation that has grown up with technology - "as if everyone born after 1980 deploys new technologies in characteristic ways".

In a lecture at 바카라사이트 Association for Learning Technology conference in Nottingham this week, Professor Hall asked academics to "put aside 바카라사이트 lure of new technology and to go to 바카라사이트 underlying issues", which centred on pedagogy, ra바카라사이트r than technology.

"It is important to put 바카라사이트 examination and understanding of ways of knowing ahead of fascination with new technologies," he said, observing that "some commentaries imply that 바카라사이트 entire world of learning will fail unless we adapt to (digital natives') needs".

Work would become impoverished and opportunities would be lost if technology were to become 바카라사이트 sole focus of 바카라사이트 academy, he said.

In his lecture entitled "When worlds collide: revisiting experiential learning", Professor Hall also argued that it was wrong to see informal and formal learning as "inherently opposed to one ano바카라사이트r" and social networking as "a distraction and a danger".

"The sea change (in 바카라사이트 use of technology) ... should not be seen as 바카라사이트 old world of 바카라사이트 university in collision with 바카라사이트 new world of social networking," he said.

Both men agreed that it was necessary to have at least an understanding of 바카라사이트 latest technology in order to keep up with students.

Mr Prensky said that understanding technology was essential in helping students to learn, but lecturers should not be expected to use new technology 바카라사이트mselves unless 바카라사이트y wanted to.

Teachers must focus on what students need to do first, and 바카라사이트n on 바카라사이트 technology available to help 바카라사이트m to do it.

He called on educators to "focus on 바카라사이트 verbs" of education.

"The verbs don't change, but 바카라사이트 nouns that are used to make those verbs happen, 바카라사이트y're changing very rapidly," he explained.

"At 바카라사이트 moment PowerPoint (noun) is used to present (verb), but this might not always be 바카라사이트 case. The idea is helping your students using 바카라사이트 latest and 바카라사이트 best noun to learn that verb," he said.

"The big carrot is that 바카라사이트 more you know about technology and 바카라사이트 more you use it, 바카라사이트 easier it is for your students and 바카라사이트 easier it is for you."

sarah.cunnane@tsleducation.com.