Lecturer, facilitator and academic coordinator of online IT programmes at the National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway
Andreas Kuswara's insight:
Interesting presentation by by Catherine Cronin; thinking about the three spaces: Classroom, Bounded online spaces, Open online spaces when design assignment, and also instruction i think.
The teaching/learning process is changing, or at least the space is shifting to a more open space; primarily due to changes in society, social and professional demands, affordance of technology, etc; thus it is unreasonable to expect it won’t sip into learning activities. However, it does not necessarily mean it's a bad thing; but rather it’s simply a different space than what we were in.
Educators must also be cautious that we do not stereotyped our students; since not all students have the same level of exposure, access, eagerness and willingness to use technology; not in their social lives and even less for learning. If we recognize this reality, neither too hyped up about technology nor too discouraged by it, technology will start to look like a useful teaching/learning tool.