Lesson 18:Roles and Function of an Educational Media Center

What is educational media center?

• ·         Is a place where audio-visual materials and equipment for instructional support were housed.

• ·         It provides a venue for multimedia learning for a more effective instructional process in school.

The Educational Media Center is a unit indispensable to the teacher-training programs of the College. It provides the following services to the faculty, staff and students of the College: audio and/or video media materials recording services, production services, basic repair services, and consultant service on effective media utilization. 

 

Responsibility of Media Specialist in Education

• ·         Plan instructional programs

• ·         Share information about resources and search strategies

• ·         Help with the operation of a peace of Help with the operation of a peace of equipment ..
  Basic Services of Educational Media Center
  
  
• ·         Accessibility of Resources

• ·         Collection

• ·         Reference

• ·         Instruction

• ·         Production

• ·         Consultation

Lesson 17:Assessment in a Constructivist,Technology-Supported learning

 

 

Constructivists view assessment as a process that involves both the instructor and the student. Educators who prefer to use constructivist methods and principles in evaluating student work have several different avenues to choose from that can help enhance the learning experience of students. Similarities between constructivist and traditional methods of assessment do exist. Even though constructivists continue to research and experiment with more interactive, experience based assessments, the more traditional methods still prevail and are being used in classrooms as the predominant means of assessment.

 

Principles of Assessment in a Constructivist Classroom

One principle of assessment in a constructivist classroom is not to isolate evaluation as a single exercise. Constructivists often see learning as a cyclical process. Since the shape of a circle has no beginning and no end, then the mark of where to assess could become blurry. Constructivists do not see assessment as an ending activity, but rather an ongoing process that helps the student continue to learn. 

They isolated “Five Es" of constructivism: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. Not only is assessment its own category (evaluate), but it is also interwoven throughout each of the other stages of the learning process.

• ·         For example, when a teacher is engaging students in a learning opportunity, the instructor begins to question. The process of questioning not only interests students in a topic, but also gives the instructor an idea of the amount of prior knowledge a learner will bring to the experience. 
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Lesson 16:Using the Project-based Learning Multimedia as a Teaching Learning Strategy

Project-based multimedia learning is one instructional strategy that we can use and may also include non-technical projects, lecture  and note-talking, writing and artistic or creative project-based multimedia learning strategy in teaching English process through distance education:

1. It is a powerful motivator students engaged in the creating in multimedia projects.

2. It makes teachers look for and apply the methods that optimize learning effect.

3. It makes teachers structurize the form of material.

The primary goal of a focus group is to establish and facilitate discussion. In this case focus groups are being used after getting the basic knowledge on subject to interpret and analyze the given information.

Before focus group starts the discussion it is necessary to ask several questions. Firstly the participants would be asked the warm-up questions and then the actual data-collecting questions. It is possible to use the written answers to questions which participant are writing during the first few minutes  before the discussion.