One of the main criticisms leveled at the use of many tools in an educational context is that it is technology-driven; i.e. that the focus is often on the tool. Arguably, the focus should be on thinking about the pedagogy and what the student is supposed to achieve as a result of undertaking the activity,and only then mapping the activity to particular tools.
The following example relates to a piece of groupwork on course T215.
Group activity to design a prototype web site on a given subject in this case a Photography Club.
The aim is for the group (7 Students) to discuss the contents, share the workload and set targets for the completion of the site
| Tools and a description of their use in a particular context | Types of learning | |||
| Thinking and reflection | Experience and activity | Conversation and interaction | Evidence and demonstration | |
| Discussion forums used as to plan tasks and discuss content | | | ü | |
| Wikis used to formalise the process and set milestones and list the shared responsibilities | | ü | ü | ü |
| Video clips used as demonstration to aid the task of using Wordpress. | | ü | | |
| Elluminate or Skype used for online discsussions and meetings. | | ü | ü | |
| Blogs used as personal reflection and record of activity. | ü | | | |
| Wordpress used to develop the site content | | ü | | ü |
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