Integrating Internet-based Technology into Teaching/Learning

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Integrating Internet-based Technology into
Teaching/Learning

• Presenters

2003 COABE Conference ---- Portland, OR
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Integrating Internet-based Technology into
Teaching/Learning

• What does this terminology mean for you?

• What should the goals for Integrating
  Internet-based Technology into Teaching/Learning
  include?

• What are some reasons for Integrating
  Internet-based Technology into Teaching/Learning?
  

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Integrating Internet-based Technology into
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• The role of technology is to
• expand those factors that determine learning
  outcomes and
• manage the teaching and learning process
• (Burge and Roberts 1993 Ehrmann 1997,
  1998 Whitesel 1998).

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Reasons for using technology in education

• provides opportunities for more learner-centered
  instruction
• permits instruction to be contextualized
• allows students to explore, make mistakes, and
  learn from their errors
• leads to more active and interactive modes of
  instruction and
• results naturally in greater collaboration,
  cooperation, and small group work

(Gillespie 1998 Kearsley and Shneiderman 1998
Petraglia 1998).
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• Billions of dollars have been spent to bring
  computer technology into K-16 classrooms.
• Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology
  Program (PT3).
• Since 1999, Congress has devoted over 275
  million. Ninety-five Grants ((48 million) were
  awarded, in June 2000 to address the challenge of
  developing technology proficient future
  educators and to transform teacher preparation
  programs into 21st-century learning environments.
  
• AACTE-Microsoft Innovative Teachers Program
• Nearly 50 million in software licenses and
  online community-building tools have been awarded
  under the program to SCDEs that partner with
  local school districts to provide
  technology-related professional development
  opportunities to faculty members, prospective
  teachers, and practicing teachers.
• Despite these investments only 20 percent of
  the 2.5 million teachers currently working in our
  public schools feel comfortable using these
  technologies in their classrooms (U.S. Department
  of Education, 1999).

Source http//www.ed.gov/pubs/promisinginitiati
ves/pt3.html
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• How many dollars have been spent to bring
  computer
• technology into adult education classrooms?

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• Internet-based Technologies
• Internet-based
• internet
• e-mail
• listservs/discussion boards
• video-conferencing
• white-boards
• Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)

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• To achieve the desired outcomes of
  integrating technology into the adult education
  classroom, teachers must encourage to
• Use technology to shift the emphasis from
  themselves to the adult learner in teaching and
  learning
• Understand that technology should be integral to
  the teaching and learning process
• See that technology enables the instructor to
  becomes a facilitator of learning as well as a
  planner, guide, and mentor and
• Use technology to move the focus away from
  low-level cognitive tasks to higher-order
  thinking skills.

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• PDA Uses in Higher Education
• In 2001, University of South Dakota started
  requiring its freshmen to bring Palm hand-held
  computers to class, along with their notebooks
  and texts.
• Wake Forest University programmers are working on
  software that would let professors use their
  PDA's to control PowerPoint presentations, turn
  on VCR's from across the room, and quiz students
  on course material.
• Drexel University has installed a wireless Web
  service that allows students to pick up class
  schedules, grades, and campus news on their
  PDA's.
• Stanford University law students participated in
  a study, supported by West Publishing, that
  examines the effectiveness of putting legal-study
  materials on PDA's.
• Marketing students at Bentley College have used
  their PDA's as clipboards during market-research
  assignments.
• Dartmouth College, the University of Iowa's
  business college, and Duke and Brigham Young
  Universities all require students to have
  hand-held devices for some classes.
• VCU is implementing infrared kiosks around
  campus so that mobile PDA users can easily
  HotSync to the network to use email and download
  web clipping content. Other projects are under
  discussion such as the possibility of hosting a
  higher education PDA conference at which
  presentations can be made and ideas shared.
• Faculty members in Counseling and Human
  Development Services (CHDS) at Kent State
  University have conducted research and training
  using some of the most current PDA technology. An
  analysis of how such technology can be integrated
  into the role and function of Counselor Educators
  and Health Educators is currently being analyzed.

Carlson, s. (2002, October 11). Are Personal
Digital Assistants the Next Must-Have Tool? The
Chronicle of Higher Education. 49, (7), p. A33
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• PDA Uses in Public Schools
• ? University High School (Irvine, CA) --- Part
  of a national pilot program for the first
  handheld device specifically designed for use in
  ongoing classroom testing - the Classroom Wizard
  from Scantron Corp. This technology allowed
  teachers to administer pop quizzes at any time.
  The answers are scored instantaneously and posted
  on the student's desktop computer in realtime,
  while class is in session. In a glance, the
  instructor can immediately identify and follow
  the comprehension level of each individual in the
  entire class, make necessary adjustments to the
  lesson or assist individual students who need a
  little extra help. Hudgins, B. (2001) T.H.E.
  Journal,29 (5), p. 46.
• ? Smithtown School District (Smithtown, NY)
  --- In a partnership with local vendor Symbol
  Technologies Inc. and education reseller
  SchoolSoft, Santa Monica, CA, the school district
  has begun to use handhelds in the classroom to
  collect grades, take attendance and keep track of
  student records. Pepe, M. (1999, Nov. 15).
  School district uses handhelds in class to
  wirelessly record grades, attendance data.
  Computer Reseller News. 869, p.281.
• ? The Childrens Technology Workshop (Toronto,
  Ontario, Canada). The Childrens Technology
  Workshop uses handheld computers with children to
  view step-by-step directions and plans for the
  robots they are building. They also use the
  handhelds to watch AVI movies that are created as
  a part of the mission-based projects. An example
  might be a student-created video simulating an
  emergency transmission from Mars to Earth from
  stranded colonists. http//www.k12handhelds.com/ca
  sestudy

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• Newer Technologies in Higher Education
• Transportable Satellite Internet System (TSIS)
  Provides local wireless capabilities to
  geographically remote locations and other sites
  lacking terrestrial connectivity. Developed by
  OARnet, ITEC-Ohio, the Ohio State University and
  a partnership with American Distance Education
  Consortium (ADEC)
• Newer Technologies/Applications in Adult
  Education
• AlphaSmart
• AlphaSmart 3000 allows adult learners to enter
  and edit text, then send it to any computer for
  formatting or directly to a printer. Its
  portability allows adult learners to use it
  anywhere and anytime - in the classroom, at home,
  or on field trips. Its low cost provides
  technology access to an entire classroom of 30
  students for the price of three to four
  computers. The AlphaSmart 3000 extends technology
  dollars, to increase technology access, and to
  alleviate the equity issues at school.
• Dana is a true alternative to the laptop. It
  combines the affordability of a handheld with the
  ergonomic benefits of a notebook computer. Adult
  learners can print directly to many USB or
  IrDA-enabled printers add MultiMediaCard or SD
  (Secure Digital) cards and easily exchange files
  with many popular PC applications like Microsoft
  Word and Excel.

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Adult Education Teacher Success
Indicators increased number of teachers
incorporating use of education technology as a
regular part of their instructional techniques
increased satisfaction level of teachers with
the level of support for using education
technology increased opportunities for all
adult learners to gain experience with computer
technologies and develop technological skills
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Adult Learner Success Indicators increased
number of learners incorporating use of education
technology as a regular part of their learning
and parenting applications increased
satisfaction level of learners with the level of
support for using education technology
increased opportunities for children and
spouses of all adult learners to gain experience
with computer technologies and develop
technological skills