Workshop Materials

 wasc07 social software slides.pdf

WikiPoster1.jpg

 

The KEEP Toolkit, developed by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching - http://www.cfkeep.org/static/index.html

Keep Toolkit Case Studies - http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/gallery_of_tl/keep_toolkit.html

 

Net Generation Learners -http://www.educause.edu/NewLearners/5515

Traditional-age students who are now entering colleges and universities may never have known life without the Internet. They consider the Internet essential to life, learning, work, and leisure and have different behaviors, attitudes, and aptitudes as a result of their exposure to technology. In many cases, the perspective of the Net Generation varies significantly from that of today's college and university administrators and faculty.

 

Educating the Net Generation - http://www.educause.edu/educatingthenetgen

The Net Generation has grown up with information technology. The aptitudes, attitudes, expectations, and learning styles of Net Gen students reflect the environment in which they were raised, one that is decidedly different from that which existed when faculty and administrators were growing up. This collection explores the Net Gen and the implications for institutions in areas such as teaching, service, learning space design, faculty development, and curriculum. Contributions by educators and students are included.

 

Mark Prensky's Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants

 

Chen, H.L., Cannon, D.M., Gabrio, J., & Leifer, L.  (2005, June).  Using Wikis and Weblogs to Support Reflective Learning in an Introductory Engineering Design Course.  Paper presented at the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland Oregon.  2005 ASEE Design in Engineering Education Division Best Paper

ASEE05_Leifer_wikis_blogs_final 705.pdf

Cliches of Reflection v1 Apr06.pdf 

 

Additional Resources

The Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) has a very useful series on "7 things you should know about..."

• Podcasting
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Instant Messaging
• FaceBook
• YouTube
• RSS

 

http://www.educause.edu/ELI7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSeries/7495

 

ELI has some great resources, webinars, etc. relating to Net Gen issues and other technology and teaching matters.  Please note that your institution may need to be a member of ELI in order to access some of these resources and participate in the webinars.

 

"Teaching, Learning, and Other Uses for Wikis in Academia" by Jude Higdon, Campus Technology, 11/15/05: http://campustechnology.com/articles/40629_1/

 

Todd Bryant's article on "Social Software in Academia" in Educause Quarterly with lots of links: http://www.educause.edu/apps/eq/eqm06/eqm0627.asp

 

Ways to use wikis in education: http://www.wikiineducation.com/display/ikiw/Ways+to+use+wiki+in+education

 

Some Case Studies: http://www.wikiineducation.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=76

 

Selected Innovate Live 2007 Spring webcasts:

The Innovate-Live Seminar Series is a series of webcasts produced by our partner, ULiveandLearn, that cover timely issues that arise when educators

attempt to use information technology tools to enhance the educational process writ broad. These seminars will be archived within the

Innovate-Live portal. Particularly relevant discussions may give rise to articles that could be considered for publication in Innovate. If you would

like to lead a seminar on an issue you regard as timely and important to the community, please send me a paragraph or two framing the issue and

suggest who would join you in the audio discussion. The deadline for the fall 2007 seminar series is August 15, 2007.

 

The 2007 spring seminar series is described below. If you would like to participate in any of these seminars, please go to http://www.uliveandlearn.com/PortalInnovate/ and either login if you have participated in a previous Innovate-Live webcast or take a minute to

register if you haven’t. (Registration is free.)

 

June 5, 2007, 1:00 PM EST

Designing Effective Asynchronous Learning in the Virtual 3D Environment

Seminar Leader: Christopher Keesey, Ohio University Without Boundaries

 

Ohio University has recently opened one of the first and most comprehensivevirtual campuses of any research institution in the country. The campus was

built in the Internet-based virtual world called Second Life.

 

This seminar will use Second Life as a frame for discussing how virtual environments like Second Life can enhance learning through asynchronous or

simulation-style exercises. Developments like Ohio University's effort demand that educators think creatively about how to exploit the potential

of these kinds of resources. That is to say, how do we seize the opportunities that virtual worlds provide to drive learning forward, as

opposed to simply extending the traditional classroom model of learning?

 

June 6, 2007, 3:00 PM EST

For Digital Immigrants Only: Creating Your Core Communication Network

Seminar Leader: Denise Easton, CEO, ULiveandLearn

 

There are a host of new online networks (e.g., Facebook, MySpace) that are used around the clock by digital natives, but tend to overwhelm digital

immigrants. However, these networks are increasingly important to all of us, for they link us with organizations and individuals with whom we do

business or with whom we wish to affiliate for personal/social reasons. The purpose of this seminar is to describe how we can manage online networks by

using rather simple tools freely available to all, and, thereby, create our own core communication network.

 

June 6, 2007, 4:00 PM EST

e-Portfolios: New Opportunities for a Timeless Instructional Strategy?

Seminar Leader: Glenn Johnson, Pennsylvania State University

Panel Members: Philip Burlingame, Pennsylvania State University

David Babb, Pennsylvania State University

Cara Lane, University of Washington

Vicki Lind, University of California, Los Angeles

 

Much attention has been focused on electronic portfolios of late. This attention comes from a number of perspectives, each with its own agenda in

mind. What is it about electronic representations of student learning that has higher education looking closely at what is essentially an

instructional strategy? Are there pedagogical efficiencies that can be taken advantage of? In what ways have e-portfolios impacted teaching and

learning on our campuses? From a different perspective, what are the institutional returns for this investment in time and resources? Are there

administrative efficiencies here that will allow us to evaluate learning on grander scales not possible before?

 

Another application of e-portfolio technology that is just beginning to be explored is in the area of cocurricular or out-of-class learning. Colleges

and universities provide extraordinary supplemental learning through workshops, lectures, internships, study abroad and student organization

leadership. Research is now under way to determine the value of using e-portfolios to communicate high expectations to students and to encourage

students to engage in reflective writing and self-authorship to connect their curricular and cocurricular learning experiences.

 

Are e-portfolios more than an instructional strategy? Promise abounds on all fronts, but can an e-portfolio be both student-centered and

institutionally valuable at the same time? And, to what degree does a compromise extinguish the promise? This seminar will consider all of these

questions in an attempt to evaluate the real promise--and peril--of electronic portfolios.

 

June 7, 2007, 1:00 PM EST

SMS as an Instructional Tool

Seminar Leader: Susana Sotillo, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Montclair State University

 

Preliminary results of an eight-month Short Message Service (SMS) pilot study on social networks and language functions show that students often

use SMS to request clarification of class assignments, readings, and exam questions posted to the university's course management system. Students

also use text messaging to justify absences or to request favors, such as letters of reference or research guidance. This seminar will explore the

use of SMS or text messaging between an instructor and college students at a large urban state university as a potential pedagogical tool for

encouraging active student participation. An important question that needs to be addressed is whether it is possible for an instructor to use text

messaging to pose an overarching question that addresses course goals and objectives (e.g., What is the nature of language? What functions do we

perform with language?). Would this type of question generate thoughtful student responses? Since text messaging is extremely popular among entering

freshmen, could the use of specific types of questions keep students interested in a semester-long conversation that would lead to what education experts refer to as the social construction of knowledge?

 

June 7, 2007, 4:00 PM EST

Engaging Students

Seminar Leaders: Stephen Soreff and Stan Freeda, New Hampshire Department of Education

 

Teaching means engaging students in the classroom and online. Small group work, stimulating problems, and humor are important engagement tools.

Online engagement is particularly challenging. Ice-breakers, captivating websites, videos, audio links, pictures, clever power points, and forums

help instructors gain and keep online student involvement. All participants are invited to share their experiences and tips of how they engage students

to enhance learning.