Using Technology to Promote Autonomy
The article Effectiveness of the Integration of ICT Tools and Activities to Foster Awareness as the First Stage to Reach Learning Autonomy by Andrea Ariza and Mario Suárez Sánchez, resulted very interesting to me because it poses a purpose for CALL and technological resources in general, that I had not considered before (and that will be the emphasis on this week’s post): promote autonomy in the learning process.
Personally, I liked this article because the authors are very detailed on the purpose of their researches and the results obtained in them. They also support their statements by quoting several researchers that had studied this topic before. This takes me to share with you something that surprised me from this article, and it is that the authors mention that Jones (2001) said that one of the four major constraints on the use of CALL to promote autonomy is the lack of interest from the learners; this contrasts with an idea found in the article described in my previous post (week 2). The authors of that article state that students show a positive attitude towards lessons that use technology, and I strongly agree with the last statement.
I agree with the authors when they say that in order to promote autonomy in students, teachers should guide their students and encourage them to be independent in their learning process, promote self-evaluation and self-monitoring to help them to know themselves as learners.
To conclude, I think that technology can be a very useful tool for students and teachers to create an autonomous environment, it provides many different resources in which students can learn and practice with a teacher’s guidance in their school, or by their own at home becoming more and more independent with the time.
Good night Bryan I decided to comment your post because I agree with your opinion about that the technology could be a useful tool to encourage our students to be independent learner in order to be autonomous. However I think that as future teachers we have to guide students to use that tools avoiding future distractions inside the classroom for instance. besides I sure that you will agree that teachers have to be careful when students do not feel comfortable with the use of the technology to create their autonomous. As the second article mentions we have to look for tools that create good environment for them inside or outside the classroom. finally I expect that in the future every students have access to that technology in order to have better students.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading and commenting Roxana.
DeleteHello Bryan, the contrast you pointed out is interesting. I wonder what could have lead the authors to state so different claims about the students's interest and attitude towards the use of technology. What do you think may be the reason of this opposing opinions?
ReplyDeleteThanks Roxana for your comment :)
In my opinion, many different things could have lead to the contrast mentioned on my post. To mention some ideas, the time in which the articles were written, the students that were the subjects of the researches, etc. I still believe that students react in a positive way towards technology.
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