Wednesday, 9 November 2005 - 1:00 PM
212-1

Transforming the Learning Environment with Technology and Student-Centered Pedagogies.

Edward Deckard and Brenda Deckard. North Dakota State University, Plant Sciences Dept., Fargo, ND 58105-5051

Student-centered pedagogies along with advanced technologies provide potential solutions to concerns regarding student learning, motivation, creativity, and knowledge retention. Most learning researchers for the past half-century have embraced the philosophy of teacher as facilitator. Never the less, more passive memorization-dominated pedagogies still persist. Cooperative learning, inquiry-based learning, and service learning are three engaged and student-centered methods that allow students to build their own knowledge by linking new information with that which they already know. Use of advanced technologies has provided additional methodologies for strengthening student learning via these student-centered pedagogies. Questions we have asked include: Which of these technologies, pedagogies, and assessments are consistent with the discipline as it is best practiced? What is the evidence that these engaged pedagogies and advanced technologies improve learning? The primary purpose of this presentation is to integrate theory, practice, scholarship, and student perceptions to offer guidance regarding the use of student-centered and technology-aided pedagogies.

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