New Technology

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New Technology

• Jenae Burkart
• Learning Center Coordinator
• University of West Florida

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The LEARNING CENTER

• The Learning Center is the only multi-subject
  tutoring lab on campus.
• The Learning Center serves about 160 students per
  week and provides about 3,000 tutoring sessions
  per year.
• Within the last year we implemented a distance
  learning component to the LC and we call it ARGO
  Tutor.

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Why we did this

• About 2 years ago
• Requests for tutoring and services from FWB
  campus.
• There became a need to reach distance learners,
  working students, and students who attended
  satellite campuses.

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Whats the best way financially to provide this
service?

• Staff a tutoring lab in Fort Walton
• Pay for an online tutoring service
• AskOnline
• Model our own online tutoring site after the
  University of Floridas Tutor Time
• Live and pre-taped webcasts
• In addition to webcasts, the show ties in to the
  cable TV on campus so students can view tutor
  sessions from their room.
• The UF tutoring lab actually tutors more online
  than face to face.

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We decided to build our own
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ARGO Tutor Services

• Live and Archived Webcasts
• Online Paper Editing
• Podcasts
• Online Lectures

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The Studio

• Student Success had an office in building 52 with
  a large chalk board.
• Equipment
• Cannon GL2 Camera
• Tricaster
• Mixer and Microphones
• Document Camera
• Three desktop computers, one Apple laptop, and
  two tablet PCs.

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Camera

• Cannon GL2

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Tricaster

• Provides live webcast
• Edits webcasts
• Adds animation and actions
• Adds titles to live shows

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Microphones and Mixers

• Sound Board
• Microphones
• Headsets

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Miscellaneous

• Tablet PC
• Document Camera
• Speaker Phone

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Pre-taped webcasts and podcasts can be produced
for under 2,000.
Cannon Video Camera 300
Apple Laptop 1,200
iLife Software 100
Apple iPod 350
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Website

• www.uwf.edu/argotutor/
• View webcast schedule
• Log-in to live webcasts
• View archives
• Email questions
• Download study sheets
• D2L

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Current Projects

• CLAST Webcasts
• Weekly workshops
• Archives
• 115 English / Grammar
• 10 Mathematics
• Chat Sues Academic Foundations Seminar Class
• Students chose topics and were responsible for
  filming and editing.
• Time Management
• Dealing with Professors
• Dealing with Roommates
• Mamie Hixons Teacher Education Class

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Funding

• Assistant Dean, Angela McCorvey presented the
  concept in Deans meetings.
• Quality Enhancement Plan QEP.
• 2,000 from UWF Alumni Grant
• 2,000 from UWF Creative Activities Grant
• 15,000 from Dean Halonen and the Provost

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Problems

• Memory
• Purchased 400 GB external drive
• Space on H/I Drive
• Asked IT to increase space for LC website
• Use iTunes, Google, AOL, Yahoo, or YouTube
• Size of podcasts and webcasts during production
  and storage
• Quality vs. Quality.
• Permissions from IT
• Production time
• Editing, graphics, and music can take up to 4
  times the recording time.

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Where we want to go from here

• Full schedule of webcast tutoring.
• Podcasts and digital voice recordings of
  lectures.
• Collaboration with departments on campus.
• Counseling Center
• Career Center
• Advising

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QUESTIONS ? ? ? ?
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STUDENTS and TECHNOLOGY
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Digital Natives verses Digital Immigrants

• Digital natives use technology as their first
  option.
• Phone book vs. Online
• Dictionary vs. Wikipedia or Google

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The Millennial Generation

• Most culturally diverse and technology savvy
  generation.
• Grew up with technology. Technology is like a
  knife and fork.
• Feel that their skills and technology devices are
  more advanced than their instructors skills and
  universitys devices.
• Find new ways to cheat.
• Use technology devices 24/7 to communicate
  interchangeably (cell phone, internet, sidekick,
  PDAs). Created their own language through texting
  and IMs. Text as often as call on phone.
• Prefer to type than write.
• Identity and relationships online are mixed with
  offline. Most do not differentiate between the
  two.

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Web 2.0

• Refers to a second generation of
  Internet-based servicessuch as social networking
  sites, wikis, and communication tools that
  emphasize online collaboration and sharing among
  users.
• Blogger
• Wikipedia
• Flickr
• Del.icio.us
• Live Journal
• YouTube
• MySpace and Facebook

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New Technologies

• iPods (23 of college iPod owners have
  participated in a podcast)
• Cell phones, PDAs, sidekicks
• Blogs and Vlogs
• Blogger.com
• YouTube 12.6 million users
• Online Social Networks
• MySpace
• Facebook

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Social Networks

• An online social network is a site where
  individuals meet, connect, and communicate with
  others. These sites generally have member
  profiles, pictures, and a system for messaging.
• Myspace - 51 million users.
• College students often have MySpace and Facebook
  accounts.
• Rate your professor.
• Facebook 14 million users. Originally developed
  for college students only. 20,000 new members per
  day.

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Facebook

• Created by Harvard undergraduate student, Mark
  Zuckerburg in February of 2004.
• Within two months, Facebook expanded to other
  schools in the Boston area and then to the Ivy
  League and other prominent universities.
• It became a phenomenon, spreading rapidly to
  schools across the nation.
• By December 2004, the number of registered users
  exceeded one million.
• Reports now suggest 85 of all undergraduate
  students in the US have a profile on Facebook.
• Most undergraduates log on at least once a day if
  not multiple times a day.
• Must have and edu email address.
• Can only access own school network unless invited
  to be a friend by a member of another.
• Recently developed business, high school, and
  city versions.

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Facebook Benefits

• Meet new people
• Socialize
• Develop Identity
• Organize Groups
• Multiplies Network Exponentially
• Keep in touch with those at previous schools

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Community

• Join groups
• Get to know classmates, roommates, and dorm mates
  before semester begins.
• Refuse roommates based on member pages
• Send invitations to parties
• Say Happy Birthday
• Mourn death of friends
• Digital Narcissism

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Facebook Components

• Profile
• Friends List
• Pictures profile, friends, and albums
• Mini Feed
• The Wall
• Groups
• Search

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Facebook Problems

• Expulsion and Arrests
• Underage drinking
• Post pictures of selves and others
• Defamation of Character
• Employers and administrators check site
• Stalking
• Overall students provide too much information
  about themselves
• UWF
• Contributing to the delinquency of minors
• Rally squashed

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UWF Facebook August 2006
July accounts were recorded three weeks before
of the start of the Fall semester. Research
from NC State shows that close to 85 of their
freshmen have Facebook accounts (Stutzman, 2006).
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My thoughts

• Very few faculty know about Facebook and tend to
  know less than their students about new
  technology.
• Is this a concern?
• Research shows that students may be more
  technologically advanced but often they do not
  consider much beyond techs convenience.
• Should new media be considered when we teach
  media literacy?

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Questions ???