Being connected as an educator offers a unique perspective. It is almost as if there are two different world’s in education, and a connected educator must travel within both. Technology in our computer-driven society has enabled collaboration to occur at a level and pace never before available in the 19th and 20th century versions of education. For the modern #educators who have embraced the idea of connectedness, the world of #education looks very different from it has been in previous centuries. In a world that is being driven by #technology at an ever-increasing rate that has never before been experienced, educators cannot be standing still. If educators do stand still, they will rapidly fall behind and become irrelevant. It is not a question of being a good or bad #educator at that point. One can have great skills, but without being relevant to the students, how is that educator to be effective? Gone are the days when all learning took place in the rows of the classroom. Self-directed learning is now a way of the world. Educators will be needed more than ever, but the 19th and 20th Century models of educators are not relevant in our latest century. Read more in this excellent blog post by #TomWhitby: #edtech #edutech #teachers #teach #teaching #eLearning
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 20:36:26 +0000
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