2 Chapter Innovative technologies as Pedagogy

1.2 Learning technologies and new models of foreign language teaching.
The growing complexity of all spheres in people's lives has led to a change of emphasis in education, with the focus being on the development of ability to obtain necessary knowledge and use it for task achieving. The role of languages in acquiring knowledge has become more pronounced. The need to acquire the linguistic knowledge and the ability to collaboratein multilingual communities is growing. Cross-cultural communication competence, discourse, and genre competences, as well as information processing competence, enhance the professional qualities of a specialist. The role of new technologies in teaching and learning foreign language has been a topic for consideration in various forums where they are advocated as tools that facilitate the learning process. These learning instruments are intended to achieve educational goals and develop different types of cognitive and social strategies of learning. The new approaches to language learning being developed within the new paradigm in education opportunities which new learning technologies and educational models provide, require analysis and discussions.
The notion of learning technologies in language teaching has changed greatly over the last decades. It developed from the use of audio-visual tools of communication into instructional technology and later on continuously evolved as science and technology advanced. Learning technologies are becoming more sophisticated, but to be effective they should be considered along with pedagogical strategy. New learning technologies are defined as comprising information, and communication technologies the internet and research the learning process. Studies of cognitive aspects of learning and teaching show that such area of cognitive research as perception, attention, memory, comprehension, and reasoning have direct applications in education. While creating a Technology-Enhanced learning environment, learning and teaching styles should be often reviewed, because it is necessary to take into consideration the latest Technological and scientific advancements in areas related to learning process.
Technology based education enables universities to implement new approaches aimed at improving the quality of learning and providing affordable and accessible programs and courses. The learning environment is changing, introducing e-learning and a combination of online and traditional classes at universities. The term e-learning came into use with the development of the Internet.
It is impossible to predict the way technologies will be shaped by socio-economic, political, and cultural human agency. We do have some notion of the technologies that are currently in the developmental stages or being used in early adopter, early adopters being a small percentage who take up an innovation because they are captivated by it and its potential. ⁴

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