AACE E-Learn 2011 Best Practices Session

1. AACE E-Learn 2011
#elearnconf #FYEtech11
Connecting First Year
Students to Formal &
Informal Learning
Experiences
Laura A. Pasquini, University of North Texas
Melissa L. Johnson, University of Florida
Michelle Rodems, University of Louisville

2. •Rationale &
Framework
technology with FYE courses to
build formal & informal
learning opportunities

3. Innovation
Adoption
Curve
Rogers

4. Creativity & Communication
Innovation & Collaboration
Research & Critical Thinking,
Information Problem Solving,
Fluency & Decision Making
Digital Citizenship Technology
Operations &
Concepts

6. Student Outcomes

7. Support Structures

8. The Networked
Student

15. Bloom’s Taxonomy
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Bloom’s
Taxonomy
d
Educational Origami

16. Bloom’s Taxonomy
higher order
Creating thinking skills
Evaluating
Analysing
Applying
Understanding
Remembering lower order
thinking skills

17. Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

18. Using Jenkin’s (2009) New Media
Literacies, the Framework for 21st
Century Learning (Partnership, 2009),
and Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy
(Churches, 2009) as a foundation,
students in the Honors Program have
had the opportunity to develop their
learning networks through a first year
experience course while enhancing core
technological competencies and skills.
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19. Remembering
verbs
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20. Facebook
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21. Word Clouds
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22. Understanding
verbs
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23. Blogs in Pro Dev
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24. Tumblr in UCRS 1000
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25. Applying
verbs
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26. wikis
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27. Photo Sharing
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28. Analysing
verbs
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29. Pro Dev 2:
Leadership
Wiki
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30. Road Trip Nation Project
Career/major exploration
-Research, informational interviews
& presentations
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31. Evaluating
verbs
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32. Gator Adventure
Project Wiki
See Johnson (2010) in
ACPA’s Developments
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33. Critical Thinking
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34. Creating
verbs
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35. YouTube
Contributing to the campus community
e.g. UNTNINE11 projecet
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36. Xtranormal
• Interview Assignment
• Pro Dev 2
• Example
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37. Other Tech Tools
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38. Other Tech Tools
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39. Convincing
Colleagues

40. Convincing Colleagues
• Diffusion of Innovations
• Innovation Adoption
Curve
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41. Innovation
Adoption
Curve
Where are YOUR colleagues on this curve?

42. Concerns-Based Adoption Model
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43. 3 Levels of CBAM
1. Stages of Concern
-questionnaire
-affective domain
2. Levels of Use
-interview protocol
-varying use of tech
3. Innovation Configurations
-alterations to fit
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44. Peer Mentoring

45. With current developments in
educational technology, formal and
informal learning communities have
tremendously enhanced peer-to-
peer connections, knowledge
sharing, social learning, and critical
thinking for first year students.
Kennedy, Judd, Churchward, Gray, & Krause, 2008
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46. Peer Mentor Support
-Co-curricular programs
-Events & happenings on campus
-Transition to university/college life
-Peer-to-peer networks
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47. Learning communities are widely
accepted as a high impact practice (Kuh,
2008). Research suggests that learning
communities are positively related to
educational gains, though indirectly
through student engagement (Inkelas et
al. 2007; Pike, 1999; Pike et al. 2008;
Rocconi, 2010; Zhao and Kuh, 2004). It
is the structure of learning communities,
then, that is important to consider in
fostering student success and retention.
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48. Co-Curricular Programs
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49. Student Ambassadors
Office for Exploring Majors, Undergraduate Studies
Peer Mentors supporting students with major/career research.
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50. Resources & Sources
• Melissa’s #FYEtech11 URL & QR code:
www.delicious.com/MelissaLJohnson/fyetech11
Thanks to the University of Florida Honors &
University of North Texas First Year Experience
(UCRS 1000) Students!
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51. References
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Education. San Francisco, Calif: Jossey-Bass.
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Inkelas, K. K., Szelenki, K., Soldner, M., & Brower, A. M. (2007, November). National
study of living-learning programs: 2007 report of findings. College Park, MD:
University of Maryland & Association of College and University Housing Offices
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Jenkins, H. (2009). Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media
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Kennedy, E. G., Judd, S. T., Churchward, A., Gray, K. & Krause, K. (2008). First year
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access to them, and why they matter. Washington, DC: Association of American
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