Andile uses a digitised textbook in the Life Science class and the learners are using tablets. He talks for most of the lesson and tells the learners what parts of the text to copy and study and what diagrams to learn by heart.

Points to dicuss:

• What are your views about this scenario?
• How does it map on the DMG?
• What is the pedagogical approach?
• What is the purpose of using the digital content?
• What is the impact on learning?

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Point to dicuss:

Discuss the realities of this scenario. What may be the underlying conditions that lead to this approach and how may it be possible for the teacher to improve on this approach to using digital content?