MeiYing Chien and WenFu Pan

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• Mei-Ying Chien and Wen-Fu Pan
• The Department of Educational
• Administration and Management,
• Dong Hwa University,Taiwan

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1. Introduction

• Media literacy education is to introduce the
  attributes and impact of media, and most
  importantly, access to various forms of media.
• The pervasion and accessibility of information
  technology has highlighted the importance of
  using the media sensibly and purposively.

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• The digital communication technology with its
  mobile learning access has a great impact on
  changing the ways of teaching and learning, such
  as WiMAX, a newly developed digital and wireless
  communication technology.
• The main foci the use WiMAX for distant
  learning, its role in the content and practice of
  media literacy education, and teachers role in
  the practice of media literacy education based on
  a student-centered approach.

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2. The Nature of WiMAX and Its Advantages for
Distant Learning

• WiMAX is a wireless network used for the
  worldwide communication with access to
  long-distance and high-speed transmission, a wide
  range of networks, and audio-visual supportive
  services.
• The use of WiMAX will expand the scope of distant
  learning for bringing openness, interaction,
  convenience, variety, flexibility and immediacy.
• The effective teaching can be facilitated by
  providing interaction, and the use of WiMAX will
  help to promptly provide an interactive learning
  environment.

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• The distant learning should be based on a
  problem-oriented learning approach (Price,2003)
  for helping to cultivate students adaptability,
  flexibility, and develop their critical thinking
  and problem-resolved skills (Newman,2003).
• The use of WiMAX mobile learning tools
  (e.g.lap-top computers) will facilitate the
  practice of problem-based and student-centered
  learning (students can focus on resolving the
  problems derived from the real life situations by
  using WiMAX mobile tools to seek for learning
  support and resources from WWW websites).

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3. The Role of WiMAX in the Content of Media
Literacy Education

• The content of media literacy education
  understanding the modes of media, critical
  thinking of and reflection on media, having
  access to and use of media.
• The purpose of media literacy education students
  are liberated and empowered with the skills to
  prepare themselves for the participation and
  reconstruction of healthy media community.
• Using WiMAX for learning media will not only
  provide learners with access to various forms of
  media and consultation with information source,
  but also help them to develop the skills of
  information production and transmission.

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4. The Use of WiMAX in the Practice of Media
Literacy Education

• Using WiMAX for students problem-based distant
  learning
• 1) The practice of media education should be
  focused on developing learners meta-cognition,
  so they can make use of questioning,
  self-reflective thinking, dialectical, and
  decision-making skills during the process of
  learning.
• 2) Using WiMAX communication tools for learning
  media will help to achieve the problem-based
  learning, as learners are encouraged to derive
  problems from the real-life situations, use
  problems for planning the learning sequence. In
  doing so, it will not only help students to
  develop meta-cognitive skills, but also change
  their role from a passive learner to a
  self-directed learner.

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• Teachers role in using WiMAX for the practice of
  student-centered approach in the teaching of
  media
• 1) Teachers need to understand and include
  students media experiences.
• 2) Teachers need to provide interactive learning
  opportunities for students.
• 3) Teachers need to consider and respect
  students individual cultural and learning
  differences.
• 4) Teachers need to co-operate with classroom
  teaching for problem-based distant learning.

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5. Conclusions

• The use of WiMAX for media literacy education is
  to integrate the network resources as a back-up
  support and the mobile communication system as a
  medium for information access, transmission and
  production.
• Using WiMAX for media literacy education within
  the context of distant learning, teachers should
  be aware of their mediating and multiple roles
  while planning and conducting various kinds of
  teaching and learning activities.
• Have access to the installation of technology
  along with the support of wireless communication
  tools, teachers expertise and commitment, and
  the recognition of government educational boards.

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6. Example

• How to use WiMAX for aiding and enhancing
  students learning during a school field trip.
• Students can connect to the classs website for
  reviewing the work and questions prepared for
  this trip.
• Students can browse the information related to
  what they have learned from the speaker and
  visiting site for helping themselves to derive
  more questions.
• Students can consult with other source persons.
• Students can record the visual and audio
  information they have learned from this trip, and
  transmit to the classs website for the follow-up
  discussion and learning.

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