{"id":950,"date":"2020-07-18T16:28:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T16:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalpedagogycookbook.eu\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&#038;p=950"},"modified":"2020-09-18T16:31:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:31:30","slug":"a-new-education-paradigm","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"http:\/\/digitalpedagogycookbook.eu\/?epkb_post_type_1=a-new-education-paradigm","title":{"rendered":"A new education paradigm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When asked whether technology is shaping education, the blogger and former CEO of a UK company specialized in on-line learning, Donald Clark says \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dEJ_ATgrnnY\">it empirically does and resistance to it is futile<\/a>\u201d. According to him, we are experiencing a \u201crevolution in content\u201d in which everyone can access to almost any resources, anytime, anywhere thanks to apps such as Wikipedia, youtube etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, this new way of learning where there is no teachers nor curricula any more frees education from a specific place, date and time and extends it far beyond the classroom. When for some, teaching begins with authority and expertise; for the digital pedagogue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actualite-de-la-formation.fr\/une-du-sommaire\/une-de-2017\/apprendre-au-21e-siecle-les-ressorts-d-une-pedagogie-digitale-attractive.html\">teaching begins with an inquiry encouraging students to explore and find out answers by themselves<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is now well established that a wise use of ICT can lead to higher order thinking skills, provide creative and individualized options for students to express their understandings. It also better prepares them to a modern working environment where problem-solving and as teamwork as well as autonomy are valued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ro.uow.edu.au\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https:\/\/www.google.com\/&amp;httpsredir=1&amp;article=1413&amp;context=asdpapers;Tools\">Schools and education institutions plays a crucial role in developing student\u2019s digital skills especially as it provides equity of opportunity and access regardless of the learner\u2019s background<\/a>. The challenge being to shift from a vertical education model where the teacher\/trainer delivers knowledge to the students to a more horizontal one where he\/she acts rather as a \u201cfacilitator\u201d allowing every student to learn at their own pace, using a combination of different methods and scalable tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When asked whether technology is shaping education, the blogger and former CEO of a UK company specialized in on-line learning, Donald Clark says \u2018it empirically does and resistance to it is futile\u201d. According to him, we are experiencing a \u201crevolution in content\u201d in which everyone can access to almost any resources, anytime, anywhere thanks to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"epkb_post_type_1_category":[56],"epkb_post_type_1_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/digitalpedagogycookbook.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1\/950"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/digitalpedagogycookbook.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/digitalpedagogycookbook.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/epkb_post_type_1"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/digitalpedagogycookbook.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/digitalpedagogycookbook.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/digitalpedagogycookbook.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1\/950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":951,"href":"http:\/\/digitalpedagogycookbook.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/epkb_post_type_1\/950\/revisions\/951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/digitalpedagogycookbook.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"epkb_post_type_1_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/digitalpedagogycookbook.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fepkb_post_type_1_category&post=950"},{"taxonomy":"epkb_post_type_1_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/digitalpedagogycookbook.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fepkb_post_type_1_tag&post=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}