Read in a local daily that the Government is going to launch a research initiave on ICT in the Ministry soon. Among others, the Minister said that, "Dengan mengambil kira semua perkakasan, perisian dan kandungan serta latihan yang diberikan dalam inisiatif ICT utama kementerian, boleh dikatakan sekolah-sekolah kita sudah berada separuh jalan ke arah pembestarian sepenuhnya,'' katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini, hari ini." I am all for the use of technology in schools, but let us not miss the forest for the trees.
Further he said that, "Dalam proses pembestarian sekolah, sasaran kementerian ialah untuk meningkatkan nisbah komputer kepada murid, masa dedahan murid dan guru kepada penggunaan komputer dan mengaplikasikan teknologi yang berkesan dari segi kos,'' katanya.
Ok, just to share a few pointers with all of you;
- Media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction, but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers our groceries causes changes in our nutrition (Clark, 1983) - this was identified along, long time ago. If you want the reference, give me a buzz;
- Media will never influence learning’ – differences in instructional design and learning activities, applicable to almost any medium, are the causes of differential learning outcomes under different media treatments.
Instructional design, that is the key word, not technology per se. Has effective ID and pedagogy (I throw this in at this point in time) been implemented in Schools. I know what is being done in schools, I have four children in school and the picture is far from rosy. Aiyaa, tak tau lah ....
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