Zusammenfassung der Ressource
ICT and Learning
- Online Tutorials
- use ICT for learning
- contains content to
instruct students
- simulations allow students to
see what happens in different
situations
- animations help students
understand how things work
- self-tests let students
know how much they have
learned
- Advantages
- + flexibility as to where and
when students learn
- + materials make use
of multimedia
- + materials can be accessed with
lots of devices
- + can learn in a car or
running for example
- + keeps students interested and
motivated by a variety of
activities
- + students can work
at their own pace
- + computer won't judge
you if you get things
wrong
- Disadvantages
- - software is often complex and
use a lot of animation and graphics
- which makes it expensive
- - students often need interaction
with other classmates in order to
work
- - can present students with an
opportunity to take a break
instead of work
- - hard for teachers to
gage progress
- - lack of flexibility as
humans can explain things
in different ways
- Online Assessment
- Exams and tests performed online, with
marks your work and gives you your results
- + results are obtained
immediately
- + you can analyse what you did well in
and what you did less well in, so you
can target your revision
- + frees up teacher time, as
there are no assessments to
mark
- - danger of hackers accessing the
system and changing the marks
- - reliance on equipment that may
go wrong
- - only suitable for certainty yes of
questions because it would be difficult to
get a computer to mark an essay
- Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
- student assessments
- allows teachers to add their
own content
- allows teachers and students to
communicate with each other
- students can submit work
electronically
- teachers can mark and return work
electronically
- teachers can set homework
tailored for different students
- Advantages
- + students can access using any
computers or portable device which
will connect to the internet
- + learning can take place anytime -
students not constricted to
learning in a classroom/lessons
- + individualised learning
- + students can access themselves
anytime - makes them feel more
responsible
- Disadvantages
- - software is very
expensive
- - danger of hackers altering
reports and test marks
- - staff need a lot of training
- - entering content can be
time consuming