The Design and Implementation of a Web-Based Teaching-Learning Model for Information Communication Technology Application Education

Abstract

Advances in information communication technology (ICT) require new paradigms in every aspect of our society. In this sense, schools are responsible for educating students to solve real-world problems with ICT. However, schools have not provided quality education to students for learning ICT and applying it. It is thus necessary to develop an ICT instruction model for students. One of the popular instruction models for Web-based instruction is the project-based model (NetPBL). It is a student-centered model in which students take initiative in all study processes. The model includes inquiry activities of areas, such as subjects, problems, and issues, and presentation activities of study results. The model also encourages interactions among students for achieving common goals. In this paper, we present an instruction model called Web-based instruction model for ICT (WICT) which provides four major enhancements to the existing project-based model. First, our model emphasizes learners’ autonomy and helps them perform diverse learning activities. Second, learners can decide the learning objectives and strategies for themselves, and participate in the evaluation process of their study results. Third, by experiencing active information sharing and interactions, learners can acquire information communication ethics such as the utilization of sound information, network communication etiquette, and copyright protection. Fourth, learners can develop their creativity and problem solving abilities in the process of finding proper information, analyzing it, and eventually creating new information for their objectives. We then present the implementation of our proposed model in an example application of elementary school's social study courses.