Technology Today: Gone Tomorrow

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Technology Today Gone Tomorrow

• Jana L. Jasinski
• Department of Sociology Anthropology
• 2003 Faculty Summer Institute

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Technology Facts

• The rate of growth of Internet use in the United
  States is currently two million new Internet
  users per month
• In 2001 174 million people in the US used
  computers
• Almost every young adult (18-24) who attends
  school or college uses a computer (95.9)

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How do college age students use the Internet?
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According to the U.S. Department of Education

• Computers The new basic of American Education
• Internet The blackboard of the future

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• Technological literacy--meaning computer skills
  and the ability to use computers and other
  technology to improve learning, productivity, and
  performance--has become as fundamental to a
  person's ability to navigate through society as
  traditional skills like reading, writing, and
  arithmetic.

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• Institutions of higher education, businesses,
  foundations, and other organizations will need to
  shoulder a large share of the effort to integrate
  technology into schools.

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How has technology been used?

• Computers (1980s)
• Drill and practice
• Teaching programming skills
• Computers (1990s)
• Emphasis on computers as tool for learning
  content
• Shift to emphasize problem solving in-depth
  learning

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How can technology be incorporated into the
college curriculum?

• Communication tools
• Learning communities
• Student / Faculty
• UCF Student / UCF Student
• Students Worldwide / Students Worldwide
• Learning tools
• Tools of access

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How Has Technology Primarily Been Used?
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How are course-specific web sites used by faculty?
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What is the impact of technology on teachers?

• Email correspondence with students
• Average of 2.7 hours per week
• Faculty using email or course websites
• Average 5 hours more of work per week
• More time on research activities
• Technology vs. No-Technology use
• Fewer average contact hours

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Technology Allows.

• Access to new and different types of information
• Greater ability to manipulate information
• Graphic displays of information
• Controlled experiments
• Communication of results and conclusions in a
  variety of media to teachers, students in the
  next classroom, or students around the world.

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Benefits of technology

• High school level technology access ? skills
• Organizing complex information
• recognizing patterns
• drawing inferences
• communicating findings
• Students with access vs. without access
• Superior organizational and problem-solving
  skills

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What is the debate about technology in higher
education?

• Does the rush to incorporate technology threaten
  the social aspects of learning?
• Does communicating primarily over the internet
  interfere with other forms of communication?
• Can we keep up with technological advancements?

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• How has technology worked (or not) for you?