Microlecture
DEPARTMENT OF ART EDUCATION
COURSE: ICT IN EDUCATION
LECTURER: DR HARRY BARTON ESSEL
NAME: EPILOGUE ANNKU
YEAR: MHIL 1
EXAM NUMBER: PG7230212
How can micro-lecture be used interminably to influence teaching and learning higher-level education?
Digital media has become a part of students’ daily life due to the dissemination of digital technology. Due to the continuous emergence of new technology, more and more students want to use hi-tech electronic devices for learning. Digital media can be used to support learning activities in and out of school in both formal and informal situations (Ficheman and Lopes, 2008).
Typically students are interested in using new technology like mobile phones, tablet computers, game computers, iTunes, video recordings, iPhones, iPods, iPads and social media programs like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flicker. Therefore there is a demand for the creation of tools that enable students to learn according to their current habits, at their own pace and time. (Bagarukayo et al. 2011).
This is where the term micro-lecture comes into play. The micro - lecture is not used here to refer to micro-content for micro-learning, but to actual instructional content that is formatted for online and mobile learning using a constructivist approach. A micro-lecture is a short recorded audio or video presentation on a single, tightly defined topic. Used as a component of online, blended, or face-to-face teaching, these brief lectures can be interspersed with learning activities that reinforce lecture topics. In addition, micro-lectures provide a self-help resource for students, either at the time of the lesson or later for review, explaining key concepts or demonstrating techniques that might be difficult to master. The abbreviated format of these lectures can be highly effective by focusing students’ attention on a single topic for a short time, limiting the opportunities for distraction. Because students control the playback, they can refer
COURSE: ICT IN EDUCATION
LECTURER: DR HARRY BARTON ESSEL
NAME: EPILOGUE ANNKU
YEAR: MHIL 1
EXAM NUMBER: PG7230212
How can micro-lecture be used interminably to influence teaching and learning higher-level education?
Digital media has become a part of students’ daily life due to the dissemination of digital technology. Due to the continuous emergence of new technology, more and more students want to use hi-tech electronic devices for learning. Digital media can be used to support learning activities in and out of school in both formal and informal situations (Ficheman and Lopes, 2008).
Typically students are interested in using new technology like mobile phones, tablet computers, game computers, iTunes, video recordings, iPhones, iPods, iPads and social media programs like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flicker. Therefore there is a demand for the creation of tools that enable students to learn according to their current habits, at their own pace and time. (Bagarukayo et al. 2011).
This is where the term micro-lecture comes into play. The micro - lecture is not used here to refer to micro-content for micro-learning, but to actual instructional content that is formatted for online and mobile learning using a constructivist approach. A micro-lecture is a short recorded audio or video presentation on a single, tightly defined topic. Used as a component of online, blended, or face-to-face teaching, these brief lectures can be interspersed with learning activities that reinforce lecture topics. In addition, micro-lectures provide a self-help resource for students, either at the time of the lesson or later for review, explaining key concepts or demonstrating techniques that might be difficult to master. The abbreviated format of these lectures can be highly effective by focusing students’ attention on a single topic for a short time, limiting the opportunities for distraction. Because students control the playback, they can refer
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