The students play a more
active role in the last three steps. Opportunities to internalise information, values and skills take place and they are involved with assessing learning. It is in these areas that we can look at how ICTs could enhance their learning. However, before we look at technology, another piece of education theory that is often used as justification for the introduction of technology in the learning process needs to be introduced: Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences.

Multiple Intelligences

Traditionally, the lecture has been the typical Didactic method of instruction, strongly reliant on listening and language skills, but recent developments in ICT have made it easier to create and use multimedia, providing instructors with novel ways to instruct students. This is significant because it has made it easier for lecturers and teachers to exploit Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences (1983). This passage outlines his theory.

"The concept of Multiple Intelligences was first formulated by Howard Gardner in his 1983 book, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences.