From Dr Mitra's work I can conclude that students can learn through collaboration and constructing their own knowledge through personal experiences and what they observe from others, with little or no teacher intervention.
There are some similarities between vygotsky's spontaneous learning as they both show that students always bring something to the table, and they construct knowledge by exploring concrete material.
Some shortcomings in Dr. Mitra’s work are
1 . Unreliable internet connection.
2 . Inadequate computers.
3 . Money for putting these practices in place and maintaining.
I learnt that informing students of the objectives and allowing them to work towards them through discovery and trial and error is far more. productive than telling them how to come to the end when using ICT as this approach gives the students the opportunity to discover more.
From this, I conclude that the roles of the teacher should be to allow our students to explore, experiment and to do lots of hands on activities where they can arrive at their own conclusion as well as provide immediate feedback so students can stay on track. There is indeed a need for teachers.
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