Learning Landscapes

One of the more interesting developments within society today has been the constant push of technology. From fridges that can communicate to the internet to TV’s that can record hours of programs to watch at your leisure. The integration of technology has become less of a conscious decision and more of a way of life.

However despite all of these technological, dare I say the word “innovations”, there is still what could been seen as a militant resistance to its integration into education beyond the simplified use of a computer or data projector. There seems to be a misunderstanding relating to the purpose of technology’s place in learning. It will be next to impossible to go into a school now and not see a single computer, projector or mobile phone. Though technology has been accepted into education as a necessity, you will still see stalwarts forcing reams of paper into students hands with the belief that they should not have to use technology.

However regardless of how technically “savvy” an educator is. You will with a majority of them still hit a proverbial brick wall getting them to integrate their learning with the internet. What many educators see as the domain of teenagers with the likes of MySpace Facebook and YouTube they instantly baulk at the idea of integrating it with their teaching. However that is where the line must be drawn for learning of any kind to occur there must be a clear definition as to where supplementary material begins and teaching starts.

What has become exponentially clear during my time at Mtraining is that no good educator will ever be replaced by the internet. All courses that I have had experience with will fail if there is not someone dedicated and committed to increasing the value of the learners education and driving the information in the direction that they believe has value to the students.

As society dives forward with the leaps and bounds of technology so to must the educators of the people that use it. Communication has never been as easy as it is today worldwide conferences are common place people can run companies from countries that they don’t live in. The internet is available to millions of people with dozens or resources about a single topic. Would it not make sense to have someone that knows enough about their area to deem which subjects are suitable and which ones are not?