Discussion for Changelle
Upon reading the article, I found myself agreeing with the information the author is putting across. Indeed advancements in technological applications such as mobile phones have been found useful across different perspectives of our lives. The education sector is one area that has embraced those advancements, and there is no time that people have considered the technologies more helpful in the sector than amid this coronavirus pandemic when social distancing has been considered necessary. I like the fact that the authors have emphasized both the negative and positive sides of the technology. On a positive note, the technology makes communication faster and easier, thereby facilitating the efficient flow of ideas among learners. Consequently, learners’ achievement is enhanced (Mellati & Khademi, 2019). It also facilitates open-style discussions in learning contexts, enabling the instructors to profoundly understand their learners and develop a positive environment and a sense of belonging.
On a negative note, technology-based instruction can take most of the students’ study time and may lead to low attentiveness during learning sessions. At the same time, social networking devices and their associated software offer numerous opportunities that take social beyond the required academic interaction. Moreover, the technology lacks human connections, emotions, or interactions among peers and teachers, raising questions about those two important stakeholders’ psychological states (Mellati & Khademi, 2019). It is important noting that such an emphasis serves as a reminder to different stakeholders to be a bit cautious when implementing those technologies in the educational context. This is in the sense that they should be aware of factors that may contribute to both the negative and positive. Understanding is significant as they look forward to reforming their view of instructional framework and investigating novel content delivery alternatives that would enhance both the synchronous and asynchronous educational tasks that advantage today’s learners’ anticipations.
References
Mellati, M., & Khademi, M. (2019). Technology-based education: Challenges of blended educational technology. In Advanced online education and training technologies (pp. 48-62). IGI Global.