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Thursday, March 03, 2005 |
Educating the Net Generation (an EDUCAUSE eBook). This book from EDUCAUSE was edited by Diane Oblinger and James
Oblinger. The book chapters can be viewed as html or pdf files; also, the
entire book is available as a large pdf file. "The Net Generation has
grown up with information technology. The
aptitudes, attitudes, expectations, and learning styles of Net Gen
students reflect the environment in which they were raised--one that is
decidedly different from that which existed when faculty and
administrators were growing up. This collection explores the Net Gen and the implications for
institutions in areas such as teaching, service, learning space design,
faculty development, and curriculum. Contributions by educators and
students are included."
I found Ch. 11 on "Faculty Development for the Net Generation" useful
in conveying how instructors can be assisted to make fuller use of
technology in teaching: "Current and future faculty are expanding their
understanding of the Net
Generation, technology, and pedagogy in an effort to improve teaching
and learning. For this to occur, Baby Boomer and Gen-X faculty, as well
as graduate students, need systematic support to develop and maintain
their own fluency in information technology to be FIT. Net Generation
students assume a technology-enabled context in much of their lives and
work; they exhibit a degree of digital literacy not necessarily shared
by faculty; and they too need the full complement of knowledge and
skills to be FIT."
Ch. 12 on "Learning Spaces" and Ch. 14 on "The New Academy"
and Ch. 15 on "Planning for Neomillenial Learning Styles" provide new
ideas, new perspectives, and descriptions of ongoing projects that
will be
helpful for professionals who assist faculty and students in the
application of educational technology. ____JH
[EduResources Weblog--Higher Education Resources Online]
9:24:59 PM  Google It!.
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Video of Teacher's Outburst is on
Web. This case is a pretty dramatic illustration of
the impact of technology in the classroom: a teacher's
apparently inappropriate behaviour finds itself posted as a
video on several websites. I don't think banning phones in
the classroom is the correct response. After all, students
have a right to say "Society surveils us, we surveil
back." Don't they? By Naomi Mueller, Asbury Park
Press, March 1, 2005
[Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily]
6:20:34 PM Google It!.
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Elements of Effective e-Learning
Design. In the recent discussion on ITForum I have been
seeing instructional designers say that the tenets of the
domain are more or less fixed and define instructional
design as a distinct profession. If so, then they would
probably resolve to the list in this paper: activity,
scenario, feedback, delivery, context and influence. Do you
suppose that's it? I can't help feeling there's more. By
Andrew R. Brown and Bradley D. Voltz, IRRODL, March 1, 2005
[Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily]
6:16:47 PM Google It!.
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Central Queensland University’s Course
Management Systems: Accelerator or Brake in Engaging
Change?. Think about this: "Nearly 45 percent of
the respondents believed that the university has
implemented Blackboard as an enterprise system as a way to
place additional controls on teaching and learning."
This appears in the middle of this fascinating article
contrasting teleological (or goal-based) and ateleological
(or process-based) development methodologies (where
'development' may refer to design, delivery, learning...)
and correspondingly centralized and decentralized processes
(see the chart adapted from Introna in the middle of the
article). It follows therefore that one's choice of process
is as much a political choice as a
pedagigical choice. Now resistance to a centralized LMS is
often characterized as resistance to change. But perhaps
the adoption of an LMS is (viewed as) an effective way to
maintain the status quo. Of course, that's my view. The
author, it seems to me, believes the LMS can be used to
support ateleological process. I have my doubts. By Jeanne
McConachie, Patrick Alan Danaher, Jo Luck, and David Jones,
IRRODL, March 1, 2005
[Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily]
6:13:58 PM Google It!.
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