Instructional Design using Blogs for Improving Learning Interactivity: A Design Case in Early Childhood Teacher Education Program

Abstract

Abstract-This manuscript is a design case in early childhood education program in using blogs to improve learning interactivity. The Optimize using of blogs in instructional design provides an extensive opportunity for early childhood education teachers to interact with lecturer, students and learning materials. The goals of instructional design by using blog is to develop the digital pedagogy skills of early childhood teacher candidate, because this is one of the important competencies developed among other competencies such as professional, social, and individual competencies. The teacher candidate who are on pre-service training are now prepared to deal with students who are familiar with technology, which means that the teachers must be able to adapt the progress that has been made so that their digital pedagogy skills can be accepted by students. Therefore, the teachers' candidate need to be prepared carefully. In this case, the learning designer is responsible for providing space for prospective teachers to be actively involved and familiar with technology.

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