(Un)mapping the terrain

 

Many people still think of digital pedagogy as the use of electronics in the classroom, but this is in actual fact not the true. The word Digital in digital pedagogy actually refers to any and all material and resources used in education to forward teaching. I like the definition for digital pedagogy by Croxall and Koh, which states that  “digital pedagogy is the use of electronic elements to enhance or to change the experience of education”. Digital pedagogy needs to be seen as the simplest way that can be made use of to influence teaching and learning. Digital pedagogy need to be seen as a way to enhance learning and not as an obstruction. It involves both the learner and the teacher and in sum cases the learner can represent the teacher.

Then there is the highly incorrect notion that some people think that online teaching and Digital pedagogy is the same thing, wrong!!!!
 When you consider online teaching than you think about a webcam and a teacher on the other side, or you just receive assessment online and interact with a teacher via email, Digital Pedagogy is much more than this, as I said previously, its is all resources that can be utilized, whether it is paper or electronics and or books, this is al ways of digital Pedagogy, because it can be used to enhance the learning experience, those resource that makes learning happen.

Another myth is that because I using electronics this makes me a digital pedagogue. This incorrect because just because you use fancy tools to get the attention of the learners, it does not mean that any learning is actually taking place. As Michael Morris put it “ Pedagogy concerns itself with the instantaneous, momentary, vital exchange that takes place on order for learning to happen”.  

I think that people need to be educated about what Digital pedagogy really entail in all its facets.