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How the Students are learning the Materials

The question as to how contemporary classroom instructions are being weighed today in

a technology driven curricula speaks to the fact that just as technology influences and supports

what is being learned in institutions of higher learning, so too is it supporting changes to the way

students are learning the materials taught in the classroom. The move from content-centered

curricula to competency-based curricula is associated with what Oliver (2002) referred to as the

art of moving away from a teacher-centered strategy of delivery to a student-centered strategy of

learning. Through technology-facilitated approaches, contemporary learning settings now

encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning .In the past students have become

very comfortable to learning through a direct passage of information through the teacher who

presents the information that forms the curriculum. The growing use of Information technology

as an instructional resource has changed and will likely continue to change many of the strategies

employed by both teachers and students in the learning process. The student centered learning

modality as informed by Oliver (2002) describes particular forms of learning that are gaining

prominence in universities and schools worldwide. It also shows that technology has the capacity

to promote and encourage the transformation of education from a very teacher directed enterprise

to one which supports more student-centered models. Evidence of this today is manifested in (i)

the proliferation of capability, competency and outcomes focused curricula; (ii) moves towards

problem-based learning; and (iii) increased use of the World Wide Web (www.com) as an

information source, Internet users are able to choose the experts from whom they will learn. The

use of information technology in educational settings, by itself acts as a catalyst for change in

this domain as information technology has become a tool that encourages and support

independent learning. Students using information technology for learning purposes become

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