Our course is a combination of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).ICT provide ample opportunities for making learning in the future more relevant, inclusive, interesting and rewarding, amongst others.
I had previously a simple background for some of the topics I've read in course TCDEIT 514, such as the mind map and the Students centred learning but there are other topics were new for me and the first time that I read about it during the course such as the Web Quest.
I see that I have benefited a lot from the topics that I read, where it is at the present time, the teachers must change their strategies in the teaching that previously we always use traditional methods of teaching which is teacher centred and we use simple tools in teaching while now with the spread of technology quickly, we should use the technology very useful and effective with students. In addition, we must put the students in the center of teaching-learning process and cultivate their desire to learn, research and exploration. Furthermore, concept maps are helpful as a tool to gauge students understanding because they make the knowledge construction process visible by use new approaches such as inquiry –based learning and also we must diversify the educational programs to be fun, interesting and useful such as the Web Quest and Games.
In the end I think that all topics in the course TCDEIT 514 are very useful in the teaching-learning process here in Bahrain and we must as teachers in the BTC use these strategies and tools that are we read about in our schools and we must publish it between other teachers outside the BTC to up the educational level of our students here in Bahrain. I also want to thank you Dr. Myint Swe Khine very much for giving us these useful topics which are somewhat new to me.
