PGDEL/DECP05/Unit3/Ch01.01
Uttarakhand Open University
Post Graduate Diploma in e-Learning
DECP 05: e-Content Creation
Technology framework in e-Learning
Technology is education can be a great addition to the classroom and becoming the backbone of the modern world and a key element of the international economy. Students, teacher’s institutions collages universities educationist almost everyone are looking to technology as a key to accomplish their common goal – “healthy education”.
Technology enabled the development of higher order thinking skills when students work in collaborative groups while using computers to solve problems. Higher order thinking by students involves the transformation of information and ideas. This transformation occurs when students combine facts and ideas and synthesize, generate, explain, theorize or arrive at some conclusion or interpretation.
Technology is most powerful when used as a tool for problem solving, conceptual development and critical thinking. Using technology as a tool, one can spend time productively creating strategies for solving complex problems and developing a deep understanding of the subject matter. Apparently, technology plays a key role in developing constructive publications that would effectively translate the ideas of the learner.
