Le wifi dans les écoles met internet à portée de main
Bon article de Ryan Holeywell sur l’intrusion du wifi dans les classes de cours. La question qu’il se pose est comment prévenir les distractions qu’un accès constant au web engendre pendant les cours. Un nouveau défi pour les enseignants.
They can use this instant access to information to finish homework assignments and write term papers, but the pervasiveness of wireless Internet access is also creating new challenges for teachers and students.
The more time students spend online in class, the worse their grades are, said Geri Gay, a professor of communication and information science at Cornell University who researches how students use the Internet. She asked students to record diaries about how they felt about their wireless laptops. Words such as “addicted” and “distraction” were prevalent.
“We’re there to teach, not monitor and discipline,” Frand says.
Tags: elearning, enseignant, etudiant, wifi(…) wireless just for the sake of being high-tech won’t benefit anyone.
“It needs to be within context of providing students learning … aligning with the way students are already taking and using information,” Burdt says.
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