The first week was mainly introduction of the of the course during which one of the course lecturers Assoct. prof. Jamalluddin Haroon discussed the main focus of this course MPPP1403. That is to provide exposure and experience to students on current trend of innovative learning environments (ILE). At the end of the semester, students will acquire and demonstrate understanding on new concepts and skills associated with the new innovation of teaching and learning through a different types of of technology and instructional pedagogy that suits the new reality of a technology driven environment.
The lecturer explained that the course will specifically focus on emerging trends in digital learning environment, assessing effective digital communications technologies and integration of such technologies into Innovative Learning Environment, basic instructional design principles as applied to the design and facilitation. while students will be actively engaged in carrying project on design and development of certain concepts to be delivered in an innovative learning environmen
My Reflection
Following the above discussion, i have learned a lot on the entire objectives of innovative teaching and learning environment course. in my own understanding, it is simply the application integration of new technological tools mainly referred to as the web 2.0 and use of relevant pedagogical approach to enhance
the teaching and learning environment. The lecturer generally taught us that Innovative Learning Environment is designed
to us to a variety of free tools that can be used to generate and deliver content to the learners through effective pedagogical approaches while using the new web 2.0 technology Accordingly, discussion on the concept of Innovation, Learning
environment and above all What
makes a particular learning environment innovative were some of the highlighted issues during the lecture. specifically Innovation was described as introducing or using new ideas or methods and converting creative ideas into desired outputs. Learning Environment on the other hand is an eco-system which includes the activity and the outcomes of the learning. Multimedia Apps, Mobile Learning, MOOC / Massive Open Online Course, Social Learning / Informal Learning, Gamification / Game-based Learning, Ubiquitous Learning and Augmented Reality are some of the are some of the technology tools and platforms that are used in developing an innovative learning environment.
