Practices and Technologies that Enhance Learning

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Practices and Technologies that Enhance Learning

• Cyprien Lomas
• clomas_at_educause.edu

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• Photo by Michael Stephens

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• Found on web at http//www.flickr.com/photos/micha
  elsphotos/
• Photo by Michael Stephens

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Rich Media sharing
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Learning with Technologies

• WebCT
• Personal Response Systems  
• Email? Discussion Boards
• Laptops in the classroom? Chat?
• Gaming, immersive environments?  

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Ancient Spaces
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I see you looking Perspective taking
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Mobile computing
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Mobile PDA based games
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Gaming and Industry
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Media Literacy
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Blogs
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News Readers
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http//del.icio.us/horizonvcop

• A measured step towards walking the talk.

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Podcasting
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VodCasting
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How do we keep up?
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• Students expect technology now.
• Very comfortable
• Use it as an extension of self.
• Changing Practices
• Sharing, collaborating, communicating in ways
  that we couldnt imagine with technology. E.g.
  facebook, places, location based games

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Of course these technologies are disruptive!
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Changing Ownership

• Who owns a interaction?
• What do you want to happen?
• It should reflect the needs of its users.

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How Do People Learn?
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It is out there

• We need to listen

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PRS at UBC
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Clickers

• Physics uses of clickers
• Sharing of best practices
• Transfer to other disciplines (Biology, Chemistry)

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Discussion in Large Classes
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The Dangers

• Win XP SP2
• Software upgrades
• 40 minute troubleshoot
• Letter to Newspaper
• Student election issue

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What can you do?

• How do you communicate to
• People you work with
• People you report to
• People who support you

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How can you

• Fit into an Institutional Strategy?
• Support it?

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