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Learning objectives for this lesson:
Previous studies have frequently covered on how instructors can align their teaching styles to students' learning styles (see Coffield, Moseley, Hall, and Ecclestone, 2004; Honey & Mumford, 2001). Among others, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), is the most widely used matrix for assessing students' learning styles. The focal point of these studies, however, is that instructors adapt their teaching styles to students' learning styles. Now that instructional technology plays a role in education, can faculty accommodate instructional technology to fit with their teaching styles, not the other way around? This is an area that has been under-presented in literature but worth investigating. The reason is two fold. First, many instructors feel resistant to change their teaching styles to accommodate technology. The idea of trying hard to adapt one's approach to the technology often kills the interest of technology integration. Second, it is clear that instructors' teaching cannot be effective if they disregard their comfortable level of teaching just for the sake of technology integration. Given such a reality, this lesson provides a five-step approach to match your teaching styles with instructional technology. The approach was developed by Dr. Susan Stansberry, assistant professor in the College of Education at OSU. Step 1: Take the Pre-Survey Step 2: Assess your teaching style by completing the Situational Instructional Styles questionnaire. Step 3: Identify instructional strategies that fit with your teaching style. Step 4: Match appropriate
technology tools to
the instructional strategies you're most comfortable Step 5: Take the Post-Survey Reference |
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