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Reflections on Several Decades of Teaching with
Technology
Prof. Burks Oakley II Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign 1 November 2006
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Early 1980s

• SPICE Simulation Program with Integrated
  Circuits Emphasis

CSO Computer Lab - Room 146 EEB (EEB was renamed
Everitt Lab in 1988)
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Early 1980s

• SPICE Simulation Program with Integrated
  Circuits Emphasis

CSO Computer Lab - Room 146 Everitt
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Mid-1980s

• PSPICE PC version of SPICE
• IBM PC dual floppy disks (A drive and B
  drive)
• Intel 8088 4.77 MHz, 64k RAM,
• Dual 5.25" floppies (160 kbytes each)

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1989 Ed Tech Board

• Apple Macintosh SE computer
• 8 MHz, 1 meg RAM, 20 meg hard drive
• HyperCard - originally released with System
  Software 6 in 1987

Apple Seedlings Program - 17,555 (including
matching funds). Thanks to Bob Jones and Gail
Hawisher
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HyperCard

• HyperCard Stacks for Introduction to Circuit
  Analysis
• 101 Success Stories of Information Technology in
  Higher Education The Joe Wyatt Challenge, J. V.
  Boettcher, ed. McGraw-Hill, 1993.
• The pointing-finger cursor used for navigating
  stacks later found its way into the first web
  browsers, as the hyperlink cursor.

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ToolBook

• Interactive Tutorial Courseware for Introduction
  to Circuit Analysis, IBM Innovations Program,
  UIUC Educational Technologies Board, 1992,
  12,612.
• Developed a version of the HyperCard software to
  run under Windows 3.0 (3.1??) using Asymmetrix
  ToolBook.

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CircuitTutor

• CircuitTutor
• Macintosh and Windows versions
• Formed TutorWare, Inc.
• Published by Addison-Wesley

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CircuitTutor Homework Quiz

• Integration of Macintosh Computers with the
  Campus Network A Critical Step in the Continuing
  Development of Macintosh-Based Courseware, Apple
  Strategic Development Grant Program, UIUC
  Educational Technologies Board, 1992, 13,287.

Apple Quadra 800 - 33 MHz 68040 processor, 8 MB
RAM, 230 MB hard drive, price 5000, OS was A/UX
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CircuitTutor Homework Quiz
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Asynchronous Conferencing

• Need for asynchronous conferencing
• PacerForum Spring 1994 semester
• Ran on AppleTalk network (installed ARA servers)

Thanks to Roy Roper!!
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PacerForum

• Asynchronous conferencing

http//www.ece.msstate.edu/hagler/Aug1996/002/cd/
pf.htm
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PacerForum

• Asynchronous conferencing

http//www.ece.msstate.edu/hagler/Aug1996/002/cd/
pf.htm
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Online Learning Environment

• CircuitTutor Homework Quiz
• PacerForum

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Online Learning Environment

• CircuitTutor Homework Quiz
• PacerForum

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Online Learning Environment

• Published first archival journal article on a
  CD-ROM Special Issue on the Application of
  Information Technologies to Engineering and
  Science Education
• A Virtual Classroom Approach to Learning Circuit
  Analysis, IEEE Trans. on Education 39287-296,
  1996.

http//www.ece.msstate.edu/hagler/Aug1996/002/cd/
oakley.htm
http//www.ece.msstate.edu/hagler/Aug1996/037/cd/
index.htm
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Progression Ed Tech

• Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning
  Environments (SCALE) - 1995
• Faculty Fellow in VPAA office ALTHE95,
  ALTHE96
• University of Illinois Online - 1997
• University of Illinois Global Campus (?) 2007
• Lannys branch CITES Educational Technologies

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Progression Conferencing

• PacerForum AppleTalk network
• FirstClass TCP/IP
• Lotus Notes
• WebBoard
• Blackboard WebCT (complete CMS)
• Illinois Compass
• Moodle (open source)

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Progression Net Access

• 2400 baud modem, 4800 baud modem
• ARA server
• 9600 baud modem, 14.4 kbps modem
• 28.8 kbps modem, 56 kbps modem
• Ethernet (category 3, CAT 5)
• DSL cable modem
• Wi-Fi

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Progression Quizzing

• CircuitTutor
• Mallard Donna Jean Brown ECE 290 Diane
  Musumeci Italian 101
• Illinois Compass

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Progression Gradebook

• John Schmitz Virtual Classroom Interface (VCI)
• Campus Gradebook
• Illinois Compass

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Progression Evaluation

• ICES paper form
• EOL Evaluation OnLine

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Progression Community

• Listserv
• Moodle community
• Wikis

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Progression E-Mail

• Eudora (1988)
• Outlook (1997)
• Gmail (2004)

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Progression Information

• FTP, Fetch, Gopher
• Mosaic
• Netscape (version )
• IE
• Firefox

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Progression Audio

• File downloading
• Streaming (RealPlayer)
• File downloading (Podcasting)

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Progression Presentations

• Streaming (RealPlayer RealPresenter)
• Impatica
• Camtasia
• Enhanced podcasts

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Progression Synchronous

• AOL Instant Messenger
• Skype
• Elluminate

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Progression Dark Side of Web

• Turn-It-In
• Ad-Aware
• SpyBot Search and Destroy
• Windows Defender
• Firewalls
• McAfee Anti-Virus
• Spam spam filters
• Phishing

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Progression Web

• Web 1.0
• Web 2.0

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Progression e-Learning

• FTP, Fetch, Gopher
• Google

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Ed Tech Things I dont use

• Video, Tablet PC (Lanny Arvan)
• Shockwave (Deanna Raineri)
• Screen Capture (Camtasia)
• Clickers in the classroom

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Progression Computing

• The Future of Computing Technology
• R. Reddy, Carnegie Mellon Univ.
• Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997.
• By 2000, one can reasonably expect that a Giga
  PC capable of a billion operations per second
  with a billion bits of memory for under 2000.
  The question is what will we do with all this
  power? How will it affect the way we live and
  work? This paper provides one point of view on
  these topics.

http//ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumb
er644824
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Progression Computing

• Then Macintosh SE computer
• Now Dell Latitude D410 ultraportable
• Windows XP Professional
• 2.0 GHz processor
• 2.0 Gbytes RAM
• 80 Gbyte hard drive
• Weight 3.8 pounds
• Wireless 802.11a/g
• Docking station with
• DVD CD-ROM

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Progression Ed Tech

• Technology is much more in the background now
  students use the Internet for

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Progression Ed Tech

• Educational technologies to improve student
  learning
• Educational technologies to improve student
  access to higher education complete online
  courses and degree programs

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The Pedagogy of Podcasting

• Podagogy the pedagogy of podcasting
• The power of the spoken word
• Appeals to auditory learners
• Anytime, anyplace m-learning
• Can listen multiple times for review
• Bring in guest lectures, debates, virtual field
  trips, campus seminars, etc.
• Office hours (iCube)
• Student presentations

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iPods on campus
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Creating a Podcast

• Audacity inexpensive microphone
• High-end system
• Samson C01 mic
• Marantz PMD660

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UIS Online Enrollments
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Penetration of Online Learning

• In the Fall 2006 semester at UIS
• 41 of the students took at least one online
  course
• 25 of the students took online courses
  exclusively
• 27 of all course credits were generated by
  online courses
• Online majors made up 20 of UIS headcount
  enrollment
• The online course enrollments (numbering 3224)
  were 18 greater than they were during the Fall
  2005 semester

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A Small Regional Campus

• Due to e-tuition, UIS is now attracting a
  national (and international) audience
• 39.4 of the online majors are now from
  out-of-state
• For the Fall 2006 semester, UIS has online
  students living in 46 states, Washington DC, and
  Guam. Online students also are enrolled from a
  number of countries other than the USA

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More than Just Courses

• Student services are now available online
• Admissions
• Advising and counseling
• Financial aid
• Help desk
• Library resources
• Placement and career services
• Tutoring, writing center

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Katrina Sloan Semester
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Sloan Semester Results

• Online catalog listed 1,322 courses from 158
  institutions in 38 states
• Applications from 1,725 students
• 4,256 course seat requests, leading to 2,827
  enrollments by SloanSemester students over 3
  million in tuition waived by providing
  institutions
• 5,385 enrollments by native students
• 8,212 total enrollments

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Reflections on Several Decades of Teaching with
Technology
Burks Oakley II web http//www.burksoakley.com/
e-mail oakley_at_uiuc.edu
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