Pedagogic shift - in international virtual schools

Pedagogic Shift

In a shrinking more connected world, technologies play an increasingly important role in educating younger generations. However, the process of change that teachers must go through to accommodate the appropriate use of emerging technologies for teaching, learning and assessment is a complex process, which can be viewed from multiple perspectives. The context in which this process has been explored was a Virtual International School. Virtual International Schools are a growing phenomenon across the USA and the EU in particular. Although the findings from this research should be seen in the context of a Virtual International School, it could be argued that aspects of the Pre Adoption of Technology (PAT) model, which emerged from the findings, have relevance in other school contexts, where pedagogic shift is required to accommodate the new wave of technologies.