An Introduction to New Web Technologies for Education

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An Introduction to New Web Technologies for
Education
Lehigh Carbon Community College And Lehigh Career
and Technical Institute
Jean-Claude Bradley
E-Learning Coordinator College of Arts and
Sciences Drexel University
June 30, 2006
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Terms Well Use
TRUE
Podcasting Screencasting Vodcasting RSS Atom Blog
Wiki Bloglines Blogger Feedburner
RSS feed
Wikis are addictive
FALSE
Podcasting Requires an iPod
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Wiki-Centric Open Courseware Model
Lecture Recording
Images
Text
Multimedia
podcast
Games
vodcast
Content
Tests
Wiki
E-mail
Assessment
Interaction
Surveys
Blog
Quizzes
CMS
Workshops
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E-Learning is multi-dimensional
Content
CMS
Assessment
Interaction
Blogs
Games
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Sharing Ideas
OLD
email
phone
PUSH
RECEIVER
SENDER
podcast
wiki
blog
PULL
NEW
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RSS

• Really Simple Syndication
• Puts the receiver in control
• Connects the right sender and receiver
• Cant be spammed

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Its all about easier ways to share ideas
blog
vodcast
wiki
screencast
podcast
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Integrating Learning Tools
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Does a Podcast Make a Sound if it Lives Behind a
Firewall?

• Anyone Can do it so Someone Will do it
• Either be First or be Forgotten
• High Quality Open Courseware is Inevitable

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Barriers to Open Courseware

• Time Risk
• Failure Risk
• Intellectual Property Risk
• Institutional Recognition

Approaches to Open Courseware

• Top-Down (CMS, formal peer-review,
• institutional oversight)
• Bottom-Up (blogs, wikis, podcasts and other
• RSS technologies)

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Platform WebCT/ blog
Screencasting the delivery of audio and screen
capture recordings via download or streaming
media links
Component Content
Channel screencasting
Podcasting the automatic distribution of audio
files to computers or portable audio devices
through a subscription system
Platform blog
Component Content
Channel podcasting
Vodcasting the automatic distribution of video
files to computers or portable audio devices
through a subscription system
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Risk Minimization in An E-Learning Migration
Strategy
OFFLINE
HYBRID
FULLY ONLINE
screencast archive
laptop
laptop
recording
CONTENT
chalkboard
podcast archive
Tablet PC
overheads
Paper quizzes/tests
Voluntary Online quizzes
Tests/exams
ASSESSMENT
No quizzes
Student feedback
Student behavior
procrastination
Email or survey
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Lecture Recording Process
Start Camtasia or CamStudio Recording
Teach on laptop or tablet PC as usual
Stop Camtasia Recording
CORE
Convert avi to Flash
Upload to Server (screencast)
OPTIONAL
Modularize
Podcast/Vodcast
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Platform blog
Platform blog
Component content
Component interaction
Channel screencast, podcast, lecture notes
Channel comments
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Using Blogger and Feedburner to create podcasts
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Podcasting MP3s and PDFs through iTunes
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Vodcasting through iTunes with password
protection (optional)
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View vodcasts on iTunes or on a video iPod
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Natural migration from F2F to screencast/podcast
channels
CHEM 241 89 students
CHEM 243 64 students
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Long term trends for Open Courseware RSS feeds
CHEM 241 no Drexel students in winter term
In World Lecture Hall
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Who is using the class blog?
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Platform blog
Component interaction
Channel FAQ, comments
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Platform blog
Component assessment
Channel post assignments
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Platform blog
Component interaction (student-student)
Channel advice in blog post
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Feedback-Intensive Teaching Strategy using WebCT
Voluntary Quizzes
Platform WebCT
Component Assessment
Test
Channel Quiz
Review in workshops
Automatic Make-up
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Correlation of procrastination with performance
Platform WebCT
Component Assessment
Channel Quiz
One day procrastinated 5 drop in score
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Replication of the Bottom-Up Model Michelle
Francl at Bryn Mawr
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The Game Platform The EduFrag Project
First Person Shooter Modding (Unreal Tournament)
Assessment
Content
Interaction
Student-Student Collaboration or Competition Inst
ructor Guided Tours
Quizzes in a 3-D world
The Study Room
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EduFrag Design

• Modularity
• Simplicity
• Quiz-Based Not Simulation
• Portability of textures
• Flexible gameplay modes non-competitive maze,
  race, deathmatch, capture the flag, king of the
  hill, etc.
• Even in competitive play gore level can be
  adjusted for each player

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Platform game (Unreal Tournament)
Platform game (Unreal Tournament)
Component interaction
Component content, assessment
Channel chat, body gestures
Channel quiz questions on walls
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The EduFrag Wiki and Blog Open Source
Collaboration
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Platform game (Wheel of Orgo), blog
Component interaction, content, assessment
Channel Tablet PC, F2F
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MakeGames The Class that Didnt Run
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Dont Underestimate the Impact of Open Courseware
and RSS
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Take-home message
Think in terms of multiple channels and platforms
to meet your teaching objectives
Bottom-up open courseware strategies have an
important role to play in global education
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