Teachers are confusing digital transformation and technology application
According to associate professor - Dr. Chu Cam Tho, during the COVID-19 epidemic, teachers must learn tools to teach online. They have to invest a lot of time and labor, sometimes 3 times more than normal.
“To teach online, teachers have to learn many new working tools. Therefore, when it comes to digital transformation, many people feel afraid, because they mistakenly think digital transformation is the application of technology in teaching and learning. There are also many people who think that preparing an exam for the good teacher contest, a thematic lecture with many applications is digital transformation" - Dr. Chu Cam Tho explained.
According to Dr. Chu Cam Tho, many teachers are confusing digital transformation and technology application
She emphasized that to digitally transform education, teachers need to change teaching processes and methods. There is a lot that needs to be done to prepare teachers. First of all, digitized data according to sources can be differentiated and easily create individual learning programs. Simply put, each question, exercise, and video must be standardized and must be confirmed as to what capacity it will help develop, suitable for what subject, and in what environment. At that time, teachers need to be trained and nurtured to know how to select data.
Next, when digitally transforming education, we must create an ecosystem, not an application for a specific scope of work. Teachers need to know that when sharing student information, they must use many tools and platforms. For example, what tools should I use to share with parents, how to share on school records, how to report to superiors...
“Schools and localities must invest in ecosystems, not individual technologies. If you invest, it will cost money, so it is necessary to recalculate the technical norms for educational economics" - Dr. Chu Cam Tho pointed out.
In particular, according to her, when recognizing that digital transformation is mandatory to create new educational methods, teachers need to have core competencies that are digital competencies. Digital competency is not just the ability to use technology but also has many other elements. For example, what kind of data can be called digital data, how to communicate on a digital platform as well as what professional and pedagogical standards are needed... Digital competency must be an integrated competency Teachers' daily work, along with other professional competencies, is the core competency of teachers in both work and life.
The role of teachers in digital transformation will be greatly enhanced
Dr. Chu Cam Tho acknowledged that if in a digital transformation environment, the educational ecosystem helps learners easily access standardized data and knowledge, teachers will have to create lessons from that knowledge. formula has been standardized.
She affirmed that in digital transformation of education, the role of teachers will never disappear but will be greatly enhanced, because at this time, the learning needs of learners no longer stop at learning knowledge. but learning to develop depth. Teachers must change their perspectives, skills, and professional knowledge, and focus on helping learners develop in depth, rather than focusing on equipping them with knowledge as before.
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When digitally transforming education, the role of teachers will be greatly enhanced
“Previously it was “no teacher challenges you, you can do it”, meaning the teacher brings knowledge to the students. Now, teachers must make students know how to use that knowledge to create their social competence. Teachers need a lot of training and support to do this task well. We are very hopeful about digital transformation so that teachers have the opportunity to develop students' social competencies" - Dr. Chu Cam Tho further analyzed.
