Educational technology - its effect on educational objectives and the role of the teacher in efl teaching
- Autores: Gerald Hirsch
- Localización: La tecnología como eje del cambio metodológico / coord. por Ernesto Colomo Magaña, Enrique Sánchez Rivas, Julio Ruiz Palmero, José Sánchez Rodríguez, 2020, ISBN 978-84-1335-052-3, págs. 446-449
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Within a conference on technological and education, this paper takes a step back and pauses to consider conventional wisdoms, underlying objectives and priorities. It is based upon the author’s direct experience of launching EFL online teaching courses at a university in Ecuador, on an emergency basis due to covid-19. It describes the tensions between technological imperatives and academic priorities, reflects upon the position and role of the teacher, and educational objectives, and the extent to which they are supported, or threatened, by technological change. Being informed by the comments of students undertaking the courses, and of their teachers, it concludes that, while there are extraordinary pedagogical benefits conferred by use of technology, there are also attendant risks which, if not recognised and mitigated, might leave educators in the position of having a wonderful vehicle to drive down the pedagogical road but having forgotten where they are supposed to be going. It concludes with recommendations as to the way forward.
