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Module 3 - Characteristics of 21 Century Teaching and Learning
Module 3 - Characteristics of 21 Century Teaching and Learning
Module 3 - Characteristics of 21 Century Teaching and Learning
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Study Guide in PROF ED 110 Building and Enhancing New Literacies Across the Curriculum
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If there is one thing that changed the world so fast, it is technology. While there exist
technology in the past as non-digital technology, the current digital technology has been a factor
that shrunk the world and made it flat. It has provided a new environment for learning, new ways
teachers teach and also the new ways of how learners learn. In the beginning, it has created a divide
between the digital natives and the digital immigrants. However, as the years go by, such a divide
has become narrower and even blurred. This has been triggered by technology and resulted to
better learning outcomes in the 21st century.
MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. identify and describe the characteristics of 21st Century teaching and learning
2. explain the implications of the characteristics on 21st century teaching and learning
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LEARNING LEARNING
CONTENTS OBJECTIVES
(title of the subsection)
Introduction
Schools need to adapt and develop new ways of teaching and learning that reflect a
changing world. The purpose of school should be to prepare students for success after graduation
and therefore schools need to prioritize the knowledge and skills that will be in the greatest demand,
such as those skills deemed to be most important by college professors and employers.
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- searching for information on the Internet
- brainstroming on ideas, problems and project plans as needed, the teacher
facilitating instruction also gives individualized instruction to serve individual needs
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creatively, planning out the process, and working collaboratively in teams with other
students.
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MySpace, Wikis, etc. Experts describe this mode of digital learning as one that is based
on experimentation, discovery and intuition.
- Learning to pass the test
The new digital learners simply wish to acquire skills, knowledge and habits as
windows of opportunity afford them to learn.
- Instant gratification
Digital learners on their own experience more immediate gratification through
immediate scores from games, enjoyable conversation from web-cam calls,
excitement from email chats and inviting comments from their Facebook account.
- Fun learning
Digital learners prefer fun learning which is relevant and instantaneously useful to
them. Learning is play to new learners and not surprisingly there is much fun in the
digital world outside of the school.
SUMMARY
Teachers are now working with learners whose lives have been totally immersed in the 21 st
century media culture. Therefore, teachers in the 21 st century must be able to access and utilize
multimedia tasks to enable the students to be truly media literate. With the changes in the
educational system, education must be structured to meet the needs of students in the 21st century.
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LEARNING ACTIVITY 1
1. Complete the table below by giving a brief description of the critical characteristics of
21st Century teaching and learning.
Characteristics Description
New environment of
learning
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New content of
learning
New process of
learning.
New types of learners.
New
space/dimensions of
learning
ASSESSMENT TASK
1. In your own words and in not less than 5 sentences each, explain the implications in
teaching and learning of:
a) new environment of learning-
b) new types of learners-
c) new content of learning-
REFLECTION
1. Make a reflection. From the Module on the characteristics of 21 st century teaching and
learning, I realized that . . . . .
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LEARNING ACTIVITY 2
Characteristics
of 21st Century
Teaching and
Learning
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