How can technology help students develop an international perspective

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How can technology help students develop an
international perspective?
Gen Ed Goal 10
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Pedagogy First, Technology as the tool

• Additional Content
• Active learning
• Communication Tools

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Online Newsletter for Politics of Developing
Nations

• Students learn by doing
• Study contemporary economic, political and social
  issues in Third World
• Take on collaborative roles and produce a
  newsletter
• Research on the web and publish on the web

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Collaborative Web Projects
Introduction to Politics in Developing Countries
(POSC211)
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0nline Collaborative Newspaper
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Learning styles
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WebCT?
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The 3 Cs of Improving Learning

• Content
• Communication
• Collaboration

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Familiar Course Components
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Typical Online Delivery
Web
syllabus
handouts
lecture notes
Supplemental materials
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Typical Online Delivery
Web
E-mail

In Class
interaction with students
handouts
syllabus
grades
lecture notes
assignments
supplemental materials
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Course Management System
Powerful Solutions
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Course Management System
Password Protected
WebCT ID
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Administration

• a set of administrative tools to assist you in
  course management
• Grading
• Assignment submission (saves on printing)
• Tracking student progress

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ITUE Fellow describes use ofWebCT Communication
Tools
Faculty member skilled in both PBL and WebCT
Led class through a problem on justice for the
terrorists Used online groups in class to
address the problem
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Other technologies

• Commercial CD for simulation
• Web site like Valley of the Shadow
• Reflective Journalwrite or read and critique
  those of others.

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Winter Teaching, Learning and Technology Institute
Enjoy a month of teaching, learning and
technology events.
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Opening Extravaganza, Wednesday, January 7th116
Willard Hall Education Building

• 830-9 a.m.Continental breakfast and
  registration
• 9 a.m.-noonFaculty showcase
• Noon-130 p.m.Lunch and poster session
• 130-330 p.m.Instructional grant workshop

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Poster Session Presentations, contd
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Instructional grant workshop

• Informational
• For faculty who plan to apply for instructional
  grants this year
• Process, criteria, assistance
• Break-out sessions
• General Education goals,
• learning methods
• strategies.

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Sessions during the month

• WebCT Beyond Basics
• Creating Effective Quizzes and Surveys with WebCT
• Interactive Student Activities with WebCT
• Designing Accessible and Usable Web Sites
• Digital Video Resources at UD
• Global Citizenship Forum Information and
  inquiries

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Winter Teaching, Learning and Technology
Institute A Collaboration

• Information Technologies
• Center for Teaching Effectiveness
• General Education Initiative
• Institute for Transforming Undergraduate
  Education
• University Libraries
• and UD Online

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Winter Teaching, Learning and Technology
Institute A Collaboration

• Information Technologies
• Center for Teaching Effectiveness
• General Education Initiative
• Institute for Transforming Undergraduate
  Education
• University Libraries
• and UD Online

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To Register

• http//present.smith.udel.edu/calendar/index.php?m
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IT Support

• Half of IT support staff have masters degrees in
  education
• Wide range of skillsprogramming, digital media
  specialist, graphics, Course Management Systems
  expertise.
• Instructional designer
• Form support teams for faculty projects with
  Librarians and Center for Teaching Effectiveness
  staff

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Faculty Encouragement
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Showcase Faculty Work
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Institutional Support Elements of grant proposal
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Course Redesign Projects

• Biology
• Education
• Consumer Studies
• Plant and Soil Science
• Psychology
• ITUE small projects

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ITUE Technology Assistance Grants

• Grants staff and student time to apply active
  learning to a specific course
• Awarded to ITUE fellows
• 2 examples
• Harry Shipman and E-labs for Physics
• John Deiner and Online Newspaper for Political
  Science

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Departmental Support

• Chemical Engineering

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IT Support Lessons Learned

• To change the curriculum, need to change how
  faculty perceive teaching and learning
• Infuse the campus culture with a variety of ways
  for faculty to learn about pedagogy and to
  reinforce that learning
• Faculty readiness is one of the major factors to
  consider
• ITUE is one of the major sources of preparing
  faculty for both active learning and technology

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PBL projects

• John Deiner in Political Science
• Harry Shipman in Physics
• Charlene Hamilton in Nutrition and Dietetics

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E-labs in Physics