Enabling interactive engagement pedagogy through digital technology

dc.creator	Dan Madigan
dc.date	2006-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:33Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:33Z
dc.identifier	1473-7507
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d59a4093f10044c4aa8d952e140ad560
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16100
dc.description	For most college and university faculty, there seems to be no shortage of digital tools available for use in teaching. Think for a moment about such technology as presentation and communication tools, the internet, the laptop computer, and personal response systems (i.e. clickers) and what such tools have done to change the classroom learning environment. Such change, however, begs an important question for faculty to consider: In what ways have digital technologies enhanced student learning? Such a question is addressed in this paper as the authors explore the overall impact of digital technology on student learning in undergraduate biology courses in the U. S. More specifically, this paper weaves a historical, theoretical and philosophical perspective about life science education reform efforts aimed at providing undergraduates with interactive learning experiences, and in doing so offers readers a framework for a more focused understanding about how digital technology can lend itself to good teaching that is interactive and dependent upon well thought out learning outcomes. Further, the authors provide readers with descriptive examples of practical applications for digital technology use in the interactive biology classroom, and conclude by positing some key questions that serve to guide faculty who wish to use their research skills to understand how their own use of digital technology affects student learning.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Information & Computer Sciences
dc.relation	http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/vol5iss4/madigan-sirum.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1473-7507
dc.source	ITALICS, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp 109-121 (2006)
dc.subject	assessment
dc.subject	digital literacy
dc.subject	digital technology
dc.subject	just-in-time-teaching
dc.subject	learning outcomes
dc.subject	life science education reforms
dc.subject	student-centered learning environment
dc.subject	visual/spatial imagery
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Enabling interactive engagement pedagogy through digital technology
dc.type	article