How do you feel about technology? Why should learning and teaching incorporate digital aspects?

Think of a response to the four statements below (based on Rienties, Giesbers, Lygo-Baker, Ma, & Rees, 2016), and reflect on your relationship with technology.

I feel comfortable using digital technology in my daily life.
I have experienced digital technologies being used for learning and/or teaching.
I find it easy to get learning technologies to do what I want them to do.
Using learning technologies will enhance my students' learning.

Siemens, Gašević and Dawson (2015, p. 42) state that “instructors’ attitude towards technology use and their levels of digital literacy play an important role in shaping overall learning experience”. The OECD's report Skills for a Digital World (OECD, 2016) states that the "pervasiveness of digital technologies in daily life is fundamentally changing the way individuals access and elaborate knowledge” (p. 4) and to “ensure that individuals can engage in digital activities and adapt rapidly to new and unexpected occupations and skills needs, a stronger emphasis has to be placed in promoting strong levels of foundation skills, digital literacies, higher order thinking competencies as well as social and emotional skills” (p. 4).

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