Week 5: Significant Learning

Based on the article: Critical Thinking and Technology by Ken Bain.

Making students worry about learning and thinking critically is not something simple, for it intrinsic motivation and abstract reasoning are fundamental axes at the time of learning, through intrinsic motivation students are autonomous and have purposes to achieve something without having to be pressured because they have the interest to do things by themselves, likewise, students can feel more motivated if they are supported and made to feel comfortable with what they are doing. On the other hand, abstract reasoning helps them to reason about different situations and makes them more analytical when carrying out their activities, it helps them to learn consciously.

Moreover, human beings learn in different ways, not all of them have the same interests and learning abilities, there are those who learn visually through pictures, videos, etc, or those ones who learn aurally, with podcast, videos, etc, it is why providing good learning environments encourages and motivate the preferences of all types of students, if students feel comfortable working more efficiently due to lack of stress and worries they have.

To conclude, the use of computers can help students think creatively and provide different learning methods according to their preferences, style and priorities.

Thank you for reading!

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