ICT and Learning Styles

ICT can be of great benefit to students with different learning styles. "We all learn differently, says John Davitt, but only now with the help of new technology can we begin to work at which style suits us best" ICT gives students the opportunity to work at their own pace within the comfort zone of their own learning environment.

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• Accelerated Learning
• New classroom tools to help better education.
• Education becomes high challenge but a low threat environment with command bars that lower stress levels I.E delete, edit, undo etc.
• Makes learning fun.
• Teacher can make interesting and lessons using technology.
• Students can take control of their own learning aswell and they become more confident, responsible and self-reliant when it comes to gathering and processing data.
• Teacher does not have to be constantly disciplining students as they are moostly on task.

However it is not all positive as argued by Derek Wise because if ICT is not incorporated into a new education structure and is just placed in the current system then there could be problems with its effectiveness. "Too often, it has been assumed that ICT will transform learning," "It won't if it is being incorporated into a traditional teaching structure, but its effects are maximised if it goes hand-in-hand with changes in teaching and learning." I believe Ict is important for the future if used in a constructive and educational manner.

http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,1164792,00.html