Foundations and considerations of learning environments
Module I
Teach in the digital age
Bates, A.W. (2019)
Building effective
learning environments
The importance of an
effective learning environment
Both, teacher and students
face a changing time.
Good teachers try to shape the environment in which they are teaching to create the right conditions for learning.
Learning environments
and epistemology
The objectivist view of the world
Teacher have and trasnport the
knowledge
Learning is a fundamental
human activity
learning in an abstract and conscious way is a human activity by nature
Teacher must build a rich environment that facilitates the kind of learning that will benefit the student.
Student apply and evaluate what he has learned
What learning
environments do we want?
New technologies give us the opportunity to design other types of learning environments.
Environment that allows students freedom and exploration
Learning environments
Castro, M. C. (2019)
What is a learning
environment?
Scenario in which favorable learning conditions exist and develop, a dynamic space and time in which individuals develop skills, abilities and values.
Characteristics of
learning environments
Learning environments should
be seen as a problem
Student can uncover mysteries and find their own solutions.
The learning environment
is a resource
it gets exhausted and degraded, so it must be sustainable and of equitable participation, with a group organization, in which all the actors work together (Viveros, 2011).
The learning environment
is flexible
It must be capable of modifying and adjusting to changes according to the type of educational model established (Téllez, 2014).
The learning environment
encourages autonomous learning
Appropriate learning environments should allow students to be responsible for their own learning process (Ministerio de Educación Nacional, 2011).
Learning environments
must have appropriate materials
These tools are related to the use of time and space (Davies, et al., 2013), access to resources (including technological ones) and a type of special infrastructure, in which classes outside the classroom are possible (Uncapher, 2016 ).
What is needed to improve learning environments in Colombia under the approach of teacher training?
Teacher training and its importance in creating meaningful learning environments, which, as seen previously, goes beyond creating just one scenario. This requires a teacher who facilitates, listens and understands the curiosity of their students (Colombia.inn, 2016).
21st century learning environments
Xhomaqi, B., Todd, A., Boivin, P., Ramírez, J. B.,
Surian, A., Markauskaite, L., ... & Detienne, L. (2019)
What is a learning environment?
The term "learning environment" can specifically be defined as the diversity of physical locations, contexts, and cultures in which students learn.
The term also encompasses the culture of a school, the way that individuals interact and treat each other, and the ways that teachers can organize an educational environment to facilitate learning.
A shared learning environment
The natural world can be a learning environment, likewise, communities become learning centers
This strengthens not only the academic knowledge, but also, the personal growing.
Who controls the learning environments?
Teachers are becoming custodians of the learning process rather than the content.
Ambientes de aprendizaje en el siglo 21. Correa, P. F. J. (2008).
Learning environments, understood as the spaces in which teaching and learning processes take place, are evolving quickly and efficiently.
Currently there are two major factors of change and development for education: education based on skill development and the inclusion of ICT to support and promote such development.