Constructivist model of using new technologies in education

Abstract

The human population of the 21st century can be described as the media generation. A derivative of scientific and technical progress, especially in information technology, is the extremely intensive development of new electronic mass media and multimedia. Thanks to them, today's reality shows new opportunities for development and broadly understood education. It creates an opportunity to learn about the entire reality surrounding us, and even the universe. The aim of this article is to present the most important components of media pedagogy, especially in the field of didactics. Attention is paid to the didactic values of the media in the education of global society. The article presents a historical background of the introduction of media into the educational process, distinguishing the phases of interest in the presence of media in teaching. Also, attention is paid to the modern – cognitivist – teaching and learning model, which is correlated with the processes of learning, collecting and consolidating knowledge by means of the media. The text also emphasizes the change from the traditional way of teaching to one that empowers the student, which is applicable in Polish legal regulations. The penultimate subchapter presents the didactic values and scope of using media in teaching. The rapidly progressing digitisation of every sphere of human life not only triggers new levels of quality of life but is also a specific indicator for research and theoretical analyses of the use of media in pedagogy and updating legal provisions constituting the basis for pedagogical practice.