Student-Centred Learning - Education International

qqCourse content and any overlap with other courses;qqPerceptions regarding transferable skills attained;qqRoom for discussion available during the course or programme compo-nent;qqAdequacy of assessment methods used; andqqPerceptions regarding whether intended learning outcomes have been at-tained.5.6Using Information Technology to Enhance SCLAs methods of teaching and learning developover time, so do the ways in whichknowledge is imparted and the tools thatstudents use to learn. This is attested inthe rise of online and distance educationand in the everyday day use of computers,the internet and online interactive spacesin teaching and learning as well as in theadvanced information management systemsthat a large number of institutionsuse.TIP It is important for teachers tobe able to impart to students theneed for an adequate balance in theuse of internet resources outsidethe classroom—helping studentsto identify the hierarchy betweendifferent resources and to use themadequately in their learning process.In applying scl, possible approaches as to the use of information technology include:qqThe use of e-mail (electronic mail) which enhances scl as an active ratherthan a passive medium, allowing for a combination of distance and on-campuslearning in flexible mixtures and helping to build user feedback, staffmonitoring and course revision in the process of running the course;qqThe use of (wireless) internet within the classroom which can improve col-laboration and communication among classmates and teachers and makethe class more active and interesting;qqThe use of internet outside the classroom, enabling learning to occur in plac-es where it normally does not, extending information to places where it isnot usually available, expanding the learning day and opening the learningImplementation by Teachers39