Digital Pedagogy: Bridging the Gap Between Digital Native Students and Digital Immigrant Teachers
Digital Pedagogy is a relatively new academic discipline that has attracted much attention in recent years. It entails the ability to select technologies (tools) that will enhance teaching and learning.
As shown in the diagram, it incorporates the selection of digital tools with commensurate teaching strategies that must be utilised in both onsite and online learning environments.
A primary goal of educational transformation is the use of meaningful and impactful digital tools that would enhance the teaching/learning process.
Therefore, there is great value in teachers and educational leaders engaging in the process of reviewing and evaluating digital tools such as academic websites, classroom management software, academic software and productivity software to select the most effective ones that can be used by schools.
Nevertheless, we are well aware that while students adapt to new and emerging technologies very quickly, simultaneously, schools, teachers, educational leaders, teacher training and practices progress at a much slower pace.
This dynamic often creates a large chasm between the students (digital natives) and their teachers (digital immigrants).
One of the significant challenges educational institutions face today is the expanding gap between students and their proclivity for using digital technology versus teachers and their traditional teaching practices.
Click on the link below to view a comparison of the characteristics of digital native learners and digital immigrant teachers.
Digital Native and Digital Immigrant interaction in the classroom
The video also highlights the dichotomy in character traits of digital natives and digital immigrants.
Digital pedagogy has undergone rapid development in recent years. A large contributor to this development has been the widespread use of academic websites (Liveworksheets.com.), classroom management software (Google Classroom), academic software (Quizizz) and productivity software (Zoom) to name a few.
The significant role that these digital tools play in helping to bridge the gap between digital native students and digital immigrant teachers must be underscored.
It is therefore imperative for teachers to continuously reacquaint themselves with the benefits of integrating technology into the teaching/learning environment and retool themselves to meet the needs of their digital native students.
Click on the picture below to view five benefits of technology in the classroom.
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