Lesson 11

The Computer as the Teacher’s

Tool

 In this lesson, we shall again look at the computer, but this time from another perspective, the computer as the teacher’s handy-tool. It can support the constructivist and social constructivist paradigms of constructivist learning.

Constructivism

It was introduced by Piaget (1981) and Bruner (1990). They

gave stress to knowledge discovery of new

meaning/concepts/principles in the learning process.

Social Constructivism

This is an effort to show that the construction of knowledge

is governed by social, historical and cultural

contexts. In effect, this is to say that the learner who

interprets knowledge has a predetermined point of view

according to the social perspectives of the community

or society he lives in.

 The psychologist Vygotsky stressed that learning is affected by social influences. He therefore suggested the interactive process

in learning. The more capable adult (teacher or parent) or

classmate can aid or complement what the learner sees in a given

class project.

 In addition, Dewey sees language as a medium for

social coordination and adaptation. For Dewey human

learning is really human languages that occurs when students socially share, build

and agree upon meanings and knowledge.

Summary of Two Learning Perspective

Learning Framework Constructivism

Social Constructivism

• Assumption •Knowledge is constructed by the individual.

•Knowledge is constructed within a social context.

• Definition of Learning •Students build their own learning.

•Students build knowledge influenced by the social context.

• Learning Strategies •Gather unorganized information to create new concept/principle

•Exchange and share from ideas, stimulates thinking.

•General Orientation •Personal discovery of knowledge.

•Students discuss and discover meanings

The Computer Capabilities

Based on the two learning theories, the teacher can employ the computer as a/an:a. As an information toolb.  A communication toolc. A constructive toold. As co-constructive toole. As situating tool

a. Information ToolThe computer can provide vast

amounts of information in various forms, such as text, graphics, sound and video.

Even multimedia encyclopedias are today available on the internet.

b. Constructive Tool  The computer itself can be used for

manipulating information, visualizing one’s understanding and building new

knowledge. The Microsoft Word computer program itself is a desktop

publishing software that allows uses to organize and present their ideas in

attractive formats.

c. Co-constructive Tools Students can use constructive tools to

work cooperatively and construct a shared understanding of new knowledge. On ways of co-

constructive is the use of the electronic whiteboard where students

may post notices to a shared document/whiteboard. Students may also co-edit the same document from

their homes.

• The Computer-Supported International Learning Environments

(CSILE) is an example of an integrated environment developed by the Ontario

Institute for studied in Education. 

d. Situating ToolBy means of virtual reality (RS)

extension systems, the computer can create 3-D images on display to give the user the feeling that

are situated in a virtual environment. A flight simulation

program is an example of situating tool which places the user in a simulated flying environment.

•   Multi-User domains or Dungeons (MUDs) MUD Object Oriented (MOOs), and Multi-User Shared hallucination (MUSHs) are

example of situating systems MUDs and MOOs are text-based virtual reality

environments on the Internet. When users log on to a MOO environment.

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