TPACK and Digital Learning Design

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The TPACK framework articulates the multifaceted relationship between three forms of knowledge: Pedagogical (P), knowledge related to strategies and techniques used in classrooms to ensure curriculum essential learnings are recognised, Content (C), knowledge about unit context from curriculum and thorough understanding of concepts are established by using higher order thinking and high level communication and Technological (T), knowledge of digital and non-digital technology and tools used in the classroom. The TPACK framework goes beyond utilising these three knowledge foundations in seclusion, it describes how Technology, Pedagogy and Content fit together to enable effective productive learning outcomes.

The diagram below highlights the new kinds of knowledge that lie at the intersections between the three forms of knowledge. Considering P and C together we get Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK), Shulman’s idea of knowledge of pedagogy that is applicable to the teaching of specific content. Similarly, considering T and C taken together, we get Technological Content Knowledge (TCK), the knowledge of the relationship between technology and content. At the intersection of T and P, is Technological Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK), which emphasizes the existence, components and capabilities of various technologies as they are used in the settings of teaching and learning.