A profound understanding of ‘learning’ (the spiral process and the outcomes) highlights those skills that students need to succeed in the classroom of today and navigate a radically transformed tomorrow. Besides a proficiency in traditional subject areas, students will need to develop an understanding of how they learn and collaborate to be better critical thinkers, problem solvers and more creative. Over a three-year research project Dr Terry Byers, Director of The Centenary Library and Innovation in Learning at Brisbane’s Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie), sought to test a hypothesis that the affordances of different digital devices affected pedagogies and student … Continue reading Dr Terry Byers: how different digital devices affect pedagogies, student cognition and learning experiences.