Course:EDCP562/Chapter 7/QUESTION 3

From UBC Wiki

The Tension Between Adaption and Evolution (p.139)


- Due to the dynamic interplay of student-teacher leaning, continuous mutual adaption between technology developers and participants is important.

- Software industries are being influenced by the notion of “participatory design process.”

- It simply means that technology users (teachers and students) need to be involved in the design process.

- The successful implementation of a learning tool and its instructional material will ultimately depend on the interaction between the tool, teacher and child.

- The participatory design process which is emerging as the preferred strategy to resolving this tension between adaption and evolution but is more of the exception than the rule.