DIGITAL PEDAGOGY & CRITICAL THINKING

DIGITAL PEDAGOGY & CRITICAL THINKING

1. DIGITAL PEDAGOGY

   • "Digital Pedagogy is precisely not about using digital technologies for teaching and, rather, about approaching those tools from a critical pedagogical perspective"  (https://hybridpedagogy.org/digitalpedagogy/)
   • using digital technologies for learning AND using digital tools more critically, especially in a modern society.
     • TOOLS
       • SAMR Model
         • an example of digital application to enhance learning
       • pedagogy wheel
       • google docs, google slides, google sites etc.
       • ease of access
         • possibly a distraction
         • could also be more motivating
         • external to school setting can increase learning opportunities.
           • relates well to critical thinking because individuals can ask themselves many questions and find out answers for themselves using ICT or through other people with different knowledge and experiences. 
       • flipped classrooms
         • google classroom
         • Edmodo
   • Important to understand when to use it but also when not to
     • will it enhance student engagement and hence learning?
   • REAL WORLD APPLICATION
   • Australian Curriculum requirements
     • general capabilities as apart of the Australian Curriculum
       • ICT encompasses creativity
       • separate general capability for creativity and critical thinking

2. CRITICAL THINKING

   • Critical thinkers have the ability to formulate and ask the right questions, then come to conclusions based on information analysed. Another characteristic critical thinkers is the ability to determine what is relevant or irrelevant and recognise bias. 
   • hands on approach
     • innovation
       • robotics
       • future living
   • blooms taxonomy
   • progressing at a reasonable pace best suitable to the individual needs
   • 'critical thinking' has a clearer focus to make judgments of things made from an understanding and action of creating from an idea or something not previously there
   • The framework RED can be used to apply critical thinking
     • EVALUATE ARGUMENTS
     • Recognise assumptions
     • Draw conclusions

3. CREATIVITY

4. can be applied to online, hybrid and face to face learning environments

5. maker spaces

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