New Technologies
While it may be safe to assume that people
have positive attitudes toward experimenting with new technologies in the
workplace, it may be equally safe to assume that you will encounter people in
the workplace who have low self-efficacy in experimenting with new
technologies. Briefly describe a situation in which you have encouraged people
to use a new technology and have been met with resistance or disappointing
results. What attitudes did these people exhibit? What behaviors did they
demonstrate? Using Keller’s ARCS model, describe how you could change the
motivation of these people, or learners, to encourage success.
During
the last school year my school and the county received promethean boards to
assist us with new technology. Most teachers at my school were much older and didn’t
adapt to change very well. The promethean board provides an environment that will
give students a chance to actively participate in the learning experience. Each
teacher became very exciting once they were given the understanding on how the
promethean board will improve students’ academic achievement. The disappointment
result developed after each teacher didn’t receive a promethean board due to
funds.
The attitude that most
teacher developed was disappointment. The teacher that didn’t receive a promethean
board felt their student received a disadvantage of exceeding more advanced achievement
and learning experiences. After viewing the Keller’s ARCS model variability would
change the motivation of my coworkers that didn’t receive promethean boards. “Variability
is the combination of various methods in presenting materials” (Karen,2010).
This motivation would help the teacher to divide the classroom into groups to
share the promethean board.
Karen Sanford. (2010). An
Explanation of Keller’s ARCS Model of Motivational Design.
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