Schooling DLT Itself Assessed Activity 3.1

The Implications of DLT In Schools

In this exciting blog post, I will be discussing the implications and needs for digital learning technology in education. I will discuss why it is needed, some problems or obstacles presented and the roles that they play inside educational facilities. 

A few barriers I see:

With almost anything there are implications that will arise. So naturally if any sort of technology is going to be implemented anywhere, there needs to be protocols in place in case anything goes wrong. That's usually where support comes in.

If any technology is going to be implemented into an organisation there needs to be support for the infrastructure. This applies for both students and teachers in an educational institution. Teachers may use some technology for teaching material, but may not necessarily understand how to use it or utilise it to its full potential.

Help desk or IT support is a system where if a piece of software causes a student or teacher difficulty where it shouldn't, a team of help desk workers can strategically analyse and troubleshoot the problem by process of elimination. 9/10 times this results in a simple solution and the problem being solved. It is essential that organisations have software support to eliminate downtime as much as possible.

What position does it play?

Firstly I will be talking about wiki's. What does a wiki do in relation of DLT and what is it's role?

We all know what a wiki is. In relation to DLT a wiki is a place where a communal group can edit and read on one or many subjects. A wiki is important to DLT because it creates a gateway where like minded individuals can contribute to other peoples work. The contribution can be pure fact or opinionated.  Without a wiki there is a massive loss for the potential of learning.

Next is discussion forums. A good discussion forum is great for learning, especially for school assignments. A question is usually asked on the discussion forum and can be replied by a teacher or student. This is a great way to get different aspects on subjects from different people. Like the wiki it is a communal page that everyone can edit. (may need a sign up or account creation) but can create a strong discussion with students and teachers having an input, which can help with assignments and many other things.

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