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How course management systems impact teaching by Lisa M. Lane on Insidious pedagogy - 2 views

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Moodle Blackboard elearning edtech edtec540 CMS LMS

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  • why aren’t faculty tinkering with them in an effort to make their individual pedagogies work online?
  • these systems are closed silos, and that this fact alone could hamper pedagogy
  • Many instructors teaching online today are not “Web heads”
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  • Their adoption of technology is based on top–down directives rather than interest or aptitude (Samarawickrema and Stacey, 2007).
  • They do not possess the “information literacy” skills now required of many undergraduates (Reid, 2006),
  • despite an assumption that professors are all computer–savvy (Dykman and Davis, 2008)
  • most are novices when it comes to the Web
  • most do not use the Web either extensively or intensively in their own work (Lane, 2007)
  • Few programs in the traditional disciplines at traditional universities offer anything in the way of Web–based methods
  • ,300 college instructors showed that while many use e–mail and some use discussion forums or plagiarism–check applications, none were communicating with students via current Web technologies such as video or audio chat, and only a few were experimenting with blogs for classes (Jones and Johnson–Yale, 2005)
  • Those experienced with the content involved in the search, but inexperienced at using the Web, did not tend to search far from the central “hub” where they began
  • Expert users contextualize their resources fluidly and organize materials effectively, while novices just upload and share files, hoping students will find them (Reanut, et al., 2006)
  • novices are inclined to utilize only the aspects they understand from a non–Web context
  • they require “restricted vocabularies, simple tasks, small numbers of possibilities, and very informative feedback.” (Chen, 2001)
  • buttons are based on type rather than purpose
  • exactly what most instructors do: upload word–processed files of their classroom materials
  • “plug in” their content under the appropriate category instead of envisioning a translation of their individual pedagogical style into an online environment.
  • Blackboard “tends to encourage a linear pathway through the content” [3], and its default is to support easy uploading and text entry to achieve that goal.
  • It would be natural and useful for novice instructors to see a blank schedule into which they could create each week’s or unit’s activities, rather than a selection of pre–set buttons or links.
  • Most professors think in terms of the semester, and how their pedagogical goals can be achieved within the context of time, rather than space.
  • It forces the instructor to think in terms of content types instead, breaking the natural structure of the semester, or of a list of topic
  • You could change all the course menu buttons into “Week 1”, “Week 2”, or organize by topic instead of content type.
  • Faculty are led by the interface of a CMS not only because they do not immediately see an alternative, but because the familiar signposts (the Syllabus button) imply a single way of completing the task (upload a document).
  • experience with the CMS over time does not necessarily lead to more creative pedagogy, or even to more expansive use of system features
  • faculty requests for help focus on what the technology can do, rather than how their pedagogical goals can be achieved.
  • Carmean and Haefner (2008) argue that any CMS can provide a deep learning experience and can be used for multimedia and in–depth communication with students
  • Novices happily use the high–tech CMS as a glorified copy machine (Dutton, 2004; Walker and Johnson, 2008).
  • With Web novices, pedagogy must be emphasized before features and tools
  • creating a course piecemeal means that the pedagogical goals are left behind in the interest of mastering a few tools
  • That replaces the instructor’s main strength (their expertise in their discipline and their teaching) with their main weakness (technological literacy).
  • A history instructor at MiraCosta College in California since 1989, Lisa M. Lane
  • Kyle Murley on 16 Oct 09
     
    A closer look at how course management systems work, combined with an understanding of how novices use technology, provides a clearer view of the manner in which a CMS may not only influence, but control, instructional approaches.
Kyle Murley

News: Technology Gap - Inside Higher Ed DENVER -- Professors think they are doing reaso... - 1 views

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educause report faculty technology classroom2.0

shared by Kyle Murley on 05 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Professors think they are doing reasonably well when it comes to using technology in the classroom, according to a survey released here this week by CDW-G at the annual meeting of Educause. Not everyone agrees with the faculty view of things.
  • On every category in the survey, including including some that are not particularly cutting edge, student use outpaced faculty use.
  • Asked about which features are part of a smart classroom, there was agreement on the first three on the list that follows, but on the remaining three, IT staff members in general expect more.
  • Kyle Murley on 05 Nov 09
     
    DENVER -- Professors think they are doing reasonably well when it comes to using technology in the classroom, according to a survey released here this week by CDW-G at the annual meeting of Educause. Not everyone agrees with the faculty view of things.
Kyle Murley

What Walls Need Tearing Down? | Learning In a Flat World - 0 views

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learning web2.0

shared by Kyle Murley on 10 Nov 09 - Cached
  • valid point that too often technology decisions are made without factoring in true cost
  • a number of faculty in higher education, as well as teachers in K-12, who see technology as an evil.
  • In many ways, they want to wall off their classes from the outside world.
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  • Technology in and of itself is not evil, and technology integrated into education is opening minds, not closing them.
  • When conducting a cost-benefit analysis, it’s only appropriate to spend as much time thinking through the benefits as it is thinking through the costs.”
  • Chickering and Gamson developed a seminal work on teaching and learning, their Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Instruction
  • Good practice in undergraduate education: 1. Encourages contact between students and faculty 2. Develops reciprocity and cooperation among students. 3. Encourages active learning. 4. Gives prompt feedback. 5. Emphasizes time on task. 6. Communicates high expectations. 7. Respects diverse talents and ways of learning.
  • technology is a powerful tool that encourages contact between students and faculty, provides avenues for reciprocity and cooperation among students, creates new venues for active learning, enables more timely and prompt feedback, and gives new opportunities to keep students on task
  • Kyle Murley on 10 Nov 09
     
    ""Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard" (Dressler, 2005) "
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  • Smart People Solving Hard Problems Introduce yourself to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering and technology applications company that is working to solve problems of vital importance to the nation, and the world.
  • Kyle Murley on 18 Sep 09
     
    Introduce yourself to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering and technology applications company that is working to solve problems of vital importance to the nation, and the world.
  • Kyle Murley on 18 Sep 09
     
    Jeff, who went through the EDTEC program at SDSU worked for this company.
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edtec edtec540 week3 guest speaker student organization

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  • Student Association for Graduates in Educational Technology at San Diego State University.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Multitaskers bad at multitasking - 0 views

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multitasking

shared by Kyle Murley on 08 Sep 09 - Cached
  • If you look at classical psychology textbooks, people cannot multitask - but if you walk around on the street, you see lots of people multitasking
  • are those people with a dearth of multitasking skills drawn to multitasking lifestyles, or do the lifestyles dull the skills?
  • potentially suggesting new means of teaching and even reporting news
Kyle Murley

The Myth of Multitasking - Christine Rosen » The New Atlantis || SPRING 2008 - 0 views

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multitasking article attention psychology learning

shared by Kyle Murley on 10 Sep 09 - Cached
  • singular focus was not merely a practical way to structure one’s time; it was a mark of intelligence
  • multitasking
  • parallel processing abilities of computers, multitasking is now shorthand for the human attempt to do simultaneously as many things as possible, as quickly as possible, preferably marshalling the power of as many technologies as possible
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  • brain’s “multitasking hot spot
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      gosh this is great
  • 2005, the BBC reported on a research study, funded by Hewlett-Packard and conducted by the Institute of Psychiatry at the University of London
  • 2007 was Linda Stone’s notion of “continuous partial attention,
  • multitasking a “mythical activity in which people believe they can perform two or more tasks simultaneously.”
  • ADT is “purely a response to the hyperkinetic environment in which we live,”
  • “Attention Deficit Trait,”
  • workers took an average of twenty-five minutes to recover from interruptions such as phone calls or answering e-mail and return to their original task
  • “task-switching”—that is, multitasking behavior—the flow of blood increases to a region of the frontal cortex called Brodmann area 10
  • the last part of the brain to evolve, the most mysterious and exciting part
  • rather than a bottleneck in the brain, a process of “adaptive executive control” takes place, which “schedules task processes appropriately to obey instructions about their relative priorities and serial order,
  • with training, the brain can learn to task-switch more effectively
  • people who are not distracted show activity in the hippocampus, a region involved in storing and recalling information
  • people who are distracted or multitasking show activity in the striatum, a region of the brain involved in learning new skills
  • Media multitasking—that is, the simultaneous use of several different media, such as television, the Internet, video games, text messages, telephones, and e-mail—is clearly on the rise,
  • letters he wrote to his so
  • Kyle Murley on 10 Sep 09
     
    This article appears in the SPRING 2008 issue of The New Atlantis This article appears in the SPRING 2008 issue of The New Atlantis
Kyle Murley

Revisiting "A Vision of Students Today" » Digital Ethnography Blog - 1 views

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  • students were undoubtedly engaged, just not with me.
  • nearly 40 years ago when they described the plight of “totally alienated students”
  • We don’t have to tear the walls down. We just have to stop pretending that the walls separate us from the world, and begin working with students in the pursuit of answers to real and relevant questions.
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  • not as distractions, but as powerful learning technologies
  • we allow students to develop much-needed skills in navigating and harnessing this new media environment, including the wisdom to know when to turn it off
Kyle Murley

The History and Evolution of Social Media | Webdesigner Depot - 0 views

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socialmedia web2.0 webdesigner technology evolution

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      Kyle Murley on 10 Oct 09
       
      Another site in the Lifestreaming category: http://mybloglog.com includes a truck load of services including "new with Me" streams: - Bebo Post a blog entry - Deli.cio.us Add a bookmark - Digg Digg a story, submit a story - Flickr Upload a photo, comment on a photo, add a photo to favorites - FriendFeed Likes, Comments, Links, Posts. We also bring along additional services that FriendFeed carries if you don't already have them in MyBlogLog. - Google Reader Share items - Jumpcut Post a movie - Last.FM Listen to a track - Mag.nolia Adds a Bookmarks - MyBlogLog Post a blog entry, comment on a blog, add a contact, join a community, tag a member or community, leave a message for a member - Netflix Add a DVD to queue - Seesmic Post a video - Stumbleupon Add a website to favorites, submit a website - ThisNext Recommends an item - Twitter Post a tweet - Yahoo Answers Post a question - Yelp Submit a review - YouTube Add a video to favorites - Upcoming Watch an event, attend an event
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Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - 1 views

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test study session

shared by Kyle Murley on 21 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation In Kirkpatrick's four-level model, each successive evaluation level is built on information provided by the lower level. ASSESSING TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS often entails using the four-level model developed by Donald Kirkpatrick (1994).
  • Kyle Murley on 21 Oct 09
     
    Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation Pyramid illustrating Kirkpatrick's model In Kirkpatrick's four-level model, each successive evaluation level is built on information provided by the lower level. ASSESSING TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS often entails using the four-level model developed by Donald Kirkpatrick (1994).
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