Slides used for presentation as a guest speaker in EDUC857 course, 4-11-2011.

1. Technology to Organize Your Professional
Life and to Facilitate Student Learning
EDUC857 – 4-11-2011
http://bit.ly/EDUC857-tech
Mathieu Plourde, Educational Technologist, LMS Project Leader
IT-Client Support & Services

2. Disclaimer
• This presentation is not a recipe for
success using technology for teaching
and learning.
• Your mileage may vary.
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3. Institutionally-Supported Technologies
WHAT TO EXPECT?
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4. Requirements
• List all the technologies you expect to be
available when teaching in higher education.
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5. Classroom Technology
• Projector and screen
• Ethernet connection
• Wireless
• Power
• Something to write on:
• Whiteboard
• Blackboard
• Smartboard
• Classroom response system
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6. Smartboards
• Have you ever heard of Smartboard?
• Yes
• No
• Have you ever used one?
• Yes
• No
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7. Your Toolkit
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8. Your Toolkit
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9. SnagIt
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10. PDF Annotator
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11. Cloud Tools
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12. Classroom Response System
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13. Alternatives
• Red and green cards™
• PollEverywhere
• Backchannel (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
• Google forms
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14. Extended Classroom
• Learning Management System
• File repository
• Gradebook
• Dropbox
• Forums
• Email
• Instant messaging
• Recorded Video
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15. Jim Groom
http://bit.ly/unsexy-groom
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16. Richard Gordon
• Instructor of Computer Sciences
• Used supplemental tools to replace Sakai tools
Starts at 10:15
http://bit.ly/unsexy-gordon
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17. TOOL SELECTION SCENARIOS
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18. Content Authoring
Sakai Web 2.0
rWiki Google Docs
Web Pages in Google Sites
Resources
Syllabus Tool Wikispaces
… and many more!
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19. Group Communication
Sakai Web 2.0
Messages Google Groups
Forums Yahoo Groups
Mail Archive Listserv
Twitter #hashtag
Facebook group
… and many more!
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20. SAKAI TOOLS
= BORING!!!
Attribution: scragz on Flickr -
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21. Brainstorming Session
• For which activities does the LMS perform better
than other technologies?
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22. Brainstorming Session
• In which contexts would it be more appropriate
to use free web 2.0 tools?
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23. SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS
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24. Different Aggregating Strategies
• Google Doc
• Wiki
• Start Page
• Blog
• Web Page
• … and Many
More!
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25. Using an LMS as an Aggregator
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26. Things That Should Remain Private
• Grades
• Graded papers
• Instructor feedback
• Exams
• Copyrighted material
• Email conversations
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27. A Critical Mass?
Automation Innovation
Most Some Few
Faculty
Faculty
Faculty Outlier
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28. From the LMS to the OLN
© Jonathan Mott, Envisioning the Post-LMS Era
EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Vol. 33, #1, 2010
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29. Tools, Support, and Training
FACULTY SUPPORT AT UD
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30. Learning Management System
• Open-source LMS
• Local portal: http://www.udel.edu/sakai
• Sakai Foundation: http://www.sakaiproject.org
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31. Clickers
• Simple six-button solution
• Student-owned
• Local support: http://www.ats.udel.edu/clickers/
• Corporate site: http://www.iclicker.com/
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32. Classroom Capture
UDCapture
• Home-grown solution
• Installed in 186 rooms on campus
• Scheduling and support:
http://ats.udel.edu/udcapture/
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33. Email and Collaboration
• http://www.udel.edu/it/googleapps.html
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34. Training Opportunities for Faculty
• Winter Faculty Institute (1 day, January)
• Summer Faculty Institute (4 days, June)
• LearnIT training sessions and resources:
• http://www.it.udel.edu/learnit
• One-on-one consultation with Educational
Technologists (IT ATS):
• http://ats.udel.edu/
• Sakai@UD support staff
• UD Online for distance education
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35. Professional Development
• http://www.educause.edu/eli
• Webinars and conferences
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36. Personal Productivity Tools
MY PERSONAL STORY
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37. Bookmarks
Browser Add- Can you imagine having almost 2,000
On bookmarks in your browser?
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38. Facebook
• Good way to keep in
touch with friends
from Québec.
• Mix of personal and
professional
contacts.
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39. Wikis
Author/
Audience
Author/ Web Author/
Audience Audience
Page
Author/
Audience
Reference: Grenier (2007)
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40. My Second Trigger: Conferences
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41. Less Intrusive Than a Phone Call…
Share your
identity in
the physical
world!
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42. Twitter
• Opt-in system: you
pay attention if you
want to.
• How would you
drink from a fire
hydrant (a real one)?
Attribution: rustytanton on Flickr.com
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45. If Information Was Made of Light…
EXTERNAL
INFORMATION
RECEIVED SOURCE
INFORMATION
FORWARDED
INFORMATION
STORED
INFORMATION SHARED
INFORMATION
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46. Personal Learning Networks
Attribution: Alec Couros (courosa) on Flickr.com
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47. A Critical Mass: Set Your Expectations…
Mass of Social Media Users Interested in…
Current Events (News)
Web 2.0 Technologies
Education
Graphic Design
Wikis in Higher Education
19th Century History of
Education
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48. Roles in Communities
Leaders/
Gurus
Active
Members
Lurkers
Outsiders
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49. The Network Effect Affects Your Toolbox
Users (M)
400
300
200
100
0
Facebook Users (M)
MySpace
Twitter
LinkedIn
Source: NumberOf.net, 2010
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50. My Sharing Loop
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51. Everyone’s a Producer!
When someone
buys…
Consumer device +1 +1
Producer device No effect +1
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52. Conversational Spaces
PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL
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53. Social Media Spaces
PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL
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54. My Spaces
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55. “It's not information
overload - it's filter failure”
– Clay Shirky
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56. The Missing Link?
DISCIPLINE TEACHING
Attibution: Rubygold on Flickr
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57. Other Potential Topics
• Creative Commons
• Open Educational Resources
• Electronic Textbooks
• Mobile Learning
• Location-Aware Technologies
• Learning Spaces
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59. Thank You!
• Questions, Comments? http://bit.ly/EDUC857-tech
• Mathieu Plourde
Instructional Designer, LMS Project Leader
IT Client Support & Services
mathieu@udel.edu
302-831-4060
• http://udel.edu/~mathieu
• Twitter, Flickr, Foursquare, Diigo, Delicious: mathplourde
• Facebook, LinkedIn: Mathieu Plourde
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