Student-Centered Learning

Using Technology to Create Student-Centered Learning Environment

 These are some of the way technology can be facilitated in the classroom:

Empower the learner: Interactive online assignments promote independent learning among students, encourage them to be responsible for their own learning. It gives students opportunities to practice mastering the study material at their own pace. Students can tackle their own assignments without teacher. They could sought their help online or afterwards when the need arise. The technologies that support these activities could include wikis, online quizzes, blogs, and discussion boards.

Organize activities: Student as well as teachers always appreciate the structured and logical flow of the courses. Organization eliminates confusion and simplifies workflow and approach towards learning; it eases out tasks in a systematic way. The technologies that support how to organize and communicate course materials could include an online syllabus, the learning management system, and email or mobile notifications of important due dates.

 Adopt technological tools in the classroom to teach: Adopting technology in the classroom aids the teacher, he or she is able to create learning experience that complement each other whether students are learning online or in a physical classroom. It helps teachers to improve their time, efforts, and resources in order to focus more on guiding the students. The technologies that support this goal include online homework, clickers, and surveys.

Making the student responsible for his own learning: Teachers should create courses that allow students to practice building connections with the materials and proceed at their own pace. This will help students comfortably practice and develop his/her skills in his/her own learning style, which is beneficial to the students in the future. The technologies that can be used to promote students learning responsibility include blogs, wikis, online quizzes, and Voice Thread.