Once I had finished reading the 2 passages I was a little
blow away. Our first reading by Fyfe made me feel like I got the grip of
digital pedagogy, now I feel like ‘I miss the train completely’.
Digital pedagogy in the mind of these authors seems to be
without boundary, I felt that it was being treated like a concept that is yet
to be fully unravelled. I can relate, in a way, to the authors’ enthusiasm,
after years of being taught a single dull technique of how things should be
done, discovering a new and exciting point-of-view (technique) is liberating.
Reading these passages I wonder whether it will be conducive
in a classroom situation, a room filled with energetic adolescents. Assuming it
is conducted in a subtle and well structured manner, it would be perfect. We would first need to see if it will not challenge
the culture of the school, or all schools (is it in par with the educational
system).
“For some, teaching begins with authority and expertise. For
the digital pedagogue, teaching begins with inquiry.”
I mean, structures in
place have purpose; hence they have stood fast for so many generations. Do I want
disruption of a system that has not failed many generations of successful
people? No, so basically what should be kept in mind is inclusivity. Let’s use
digital pedagogy to cater for the diversity in our classrooms; so that more of
our learner can achieve the goals set-out for the grade. Digital pedagogy should
ignite learners’ ability to think for themselves, critical thinking, and
self-motivation to learn and understand the text.
Goal orientated behaviour seems to be the way forward in my
eyes. The kind of people we would like our learners to eventually become can be
orchestrated through digital pedagogy. This being said, one can see that
Pedagogy is a powerful tool, and should be used only to add significant
contribution to the curriculum and not just for the sake of having it been performed.
I would also like to share my opinion on criticizing LMS-based
teaching. With reference to online teaching, I am not disagreeing with the
authors, but let us not forget that digital pedagogy needs us to unlearn many
misconceptions (which may not be easy for all of us), thus LMS should be viewed
(and used) as a foundation phase to teaching (in my opinion). Digital pedagogy
should be seen a more advanced, more professional way of teaching.
