Module 2 - Deep Digital Age Learning

Deep Learning, not Just Surface Learning

1. Some technological learning activities look good on the surface, but actually, they require no actual Deep Learning - something that supports knowledge construction and higher order thinking skills.
2. While some substitution methods are acceptable in terms of technological learning, technology can be used in the "transformative deep end".
3. This is a good difference between SAMR and the ISTE Education Standards - SAMR is more focused on the modification the technology is doing, while the ISTE "challenges educators to empower their learners, to "rethink traditional approaches" and to "prepare students to drive their own learning" (Link)
4. Examples of this deeper learning fall into many categories, including Project-based, Inquiry-based, and Cooperative Learning. None of these styles require technology, but incorporating it can change how these styles work.
5. Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.
6. To make sure we get meaningful learning, while also including technology to prepare students, a good framework to follow from Howland, Jonassen, and Marra has five parts:
1. Active Learning - Manipulative/Observant
2. Intentional Learning - Goal Directed
3. Authentic Learning - Complex/Contextualized
4. Cooperative Learning - Collaborative/Conversational
5. Constructive Learning - Articulative/Reflective
7. Each of these learning styles are unique, and they work together to create that deep learning with technology.