Decoding digital pedagogies response.

Decoding digital pedagogy


So I am at odds with what to think of digital pedagogies.  Yes, we do live in a digital age, but in South Africa so many schools do not have the necessary infrastructure or resources to make use of digital pedagogy.  I mean, it makes sense that in a private school or upper class school with the necessary resources this may be effective.  But in the South African education system, this is redundant.


Also, the authors comment on digital pedagogy and how it just leads to teachers drawing up PowerPoint slides for the classroom resonates with me.  It leads to learners being force-fed information that they do not want.  This leads to lecturing rather than educating. 


Education is suppose to be between the teacher and learner.  No classroom or technology should dictate this.  Learning can take place whether you have computers or classrooms.  It should be a process of introspection and enquiry. 


Digital pedagogy should be given more scope with regards to out of class learning.  When teachers and learners are in class they should make use of interaction and group work for a strategy of learning.    


Online teaching might be a valuable way of teaching but putting this in practice will cost a lot of money.


One should not limit pedagogy to LMS or digital pedagogy...  As Morris contends "Pedagogy is a scholarship unto itself, a study of learning and the many ways it is fuelled."  Digital pedagogy is only one way in which it is fuelled.