Community of Ownership of Learning

Abstract

New model of teaching and learning was introduced in our school to meet the needs of our students who seek greater autonomy, connectivity as well as opportunities for socio-experiential learning. The Connected Learning Pedagogy (CLP) was designed to mine the learning potential of the new social and digital media domain to create a community of ownership of learning, promoting collaboration and connectedness among students, lecturers and parents. To support the implementation of CLP, laboratories were equipped with computers and tablet PCs. Through them, students were connected to various social and digital media such as Facebook, Moodle, YouTube and iDe’Lite (ITE video portal) to conduct their required research and learning. The tablet PCs provided lecturers with the added advantage of mobility during lessons, allowing them to facilitate the learning process with ease. Students were engaged in many exciting ways through Apps in the tablet PCs. In addition, parents were connected to students learning through PRISM (ITE Parents’ Real-time Information System on Mobile). With the mobile apps, PRISM, parents are connected to realtime data on their child’s learning.