‘Interactivity’ or ‘interactive’ is the buzz word in today’s world. We have Interactive T.Vs, interactive websites, interactive video games, Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs), interactive learning, and so it goes. Although interactivity in technological learning is new, interactive learning dates back as far as Socrates times in the fifth century B.C where he was guided by teaching principles that encouraged questioning and active participation for productive and enlarged learning (Adler Mortimer, 1984) In this blog (http://4ieducation.blogspot.com/) given the vastness of the terminology ‘interactivity’ I have restricted it to the context of learning in technological settings and more precisely drawing examples to IWBs. I discuss the various issues surrounding this term by probing deep into what is interactivity, its definition, significance, types, orchestration, its relationship to pedagogy and collaborative learning, and other issues and potential surrounding interactivity in context with IWBs. I encourage visitors to this blog to comment and debate on ‘interactivity’ not only with reference to IWBs but with reference to ICT as a whole and thereby contribute to learning through collaboration, and develop online Communities of Practice (CoP) for fruitful learning experiences.
It is appropriate to quote an old Chinese proverb which speaks a great deal about how people learn:
“Tell me and I will forget,
show me and I may remember,
involve me and I will understand.”Interactivity is involvement.
It is appropriate to quote an old Chinese proverb which speaks a great deal about how people learn:
“Tell me and I will forget,
show me and I may remember,
involve me and I will understand.”Interactivity is involvement.
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