I think today's learner is already immersed in digital media, so using digital media to educate is simply to convey an idea in the culture or milieu they exist in. It removes a "barrier to entry" in their learning. We are speaking in their own terms.
Although the goal of integrating technology is to make it easier for the student to learn, I'm hoping that if I do it right, it will also make it easier on me to teach. I have found that by posting my notes, slides, videos on Blackboard students will spend more time there than on asking me the same question. I don't know if this is realistic or not, but I'd like to minimize my role in the education process. I'd like to give my students a challenging project, give them enough knowledge to run equipment or software and ways to find things out, then let them guide themselves through the learning process. I feel if they can pull the knowledge they need when they need it, they control their education. Control implies ownership, so they "own" their education.
One recent example is I challenged my students to make safety videos on the machinery we have. Then I told them I wanted QR codes on the machines so when someone reads the QR code, their safety video comes up. They all did and felt some personal ownership in the process.
Here's a link to my Technology Integration notes
Here's my memes:
The dark side of technology integration...
Or Technology Integration gone too far?
I don't know if this could this could be called technology integration, but it was too cute to pass up..
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