an introduction to new web technologies for education jean-claude bradley e-learning coordinator...

An Introduction to New Web Technologies for Education

Jean-Claude Bradley

E-Learning Coordinator College of Arts and Sciences

Drexel University

June 30, 2006

Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeAnd

Lehigh Career and Technical Institute

Terms We’ll Use

PodcastingScreencastingVodcasting

RSSAtomBlogWiki

BloglinesBlogger

Feedburner

FALSE

TRUE

RSS feed

Podcasting Requires an iPod

Wikis are addictive

Content

AssessmentInteraction

Wiki-Centric Open Courseware Model

Blog

E-mail

Surveys

Tests

Quizzes

MultimediaImages

Text

Wiki

Lecture Recording

podcast

vodcast

WorkshopsCMS

Games

Content

AssessmentInteractionBlogs

CMS

Games

E-Learning is multi-dimensional

email phone

blog

wikipodcastSENDER RECEIVER

NEW

OLD

PUSH

PULL

Sharing Ideas

RSS

• Really Simple Syndication

• Puts the receiver in control

• Connects the right sender and receiver

• Can’t be spammed

It’s all about easier ways to share ideas

vodcast

podcast

blog

wikiscreencast

Integrating Learning Tools

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

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 otherRSS technologies)

Podcasting: the automatic distribution of audio files to computers or portable audio devices through a subscription system

Screencasting: the delivery of audio and screen capture recordings via download or streaming media links

Platform: blog

Component: Content

Channel: podcasting

Platform: WebCT/ blog

Component: Content

Channel: screencasting

Vodcasting: the automatic distribution of video files to computers or portable audio devices through a subscription system

Risk Minimization inAn E-Learning Migration Strategy

chalkboard

overheads

laptop

Tablet PC

recording

VoluntaryOnline quizzes

Tests/exams

Student feedback Student behavior

procrastination

OFFLINE

laptop

HYBRID FULLY ONLINE

Paper quizzes/tests

No quizzes

screencastarchive

podcastarchiveC

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NT

AS

SES

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NT

Email or survey

Lecture Recording Process

Start Camtasia or CamStudio Recording

Teach on laptop or tablet PC as usual

Stop Camtasia Recording

Convert avi to Flash

Upload to Server (screencast)

Modularize Podcast/Vodcast

CORE

OPTIONAL

Platform: blog

Component: content

Channel: screencast, podcast, lecture notes

Platform: blog

Component: interaction

Channel: comments

Using Blogger and Feedburner to create podcasts

Podcasting MP3s and PDFs through iTunes

Vodcasting through iTunes with password protection (optional)

View vodcasts on iTunes or on a video iPod

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%subscribed

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CHEM 24189 students

CHEM 24364 students

Natural migration from F2F to screencast/podcast channels

CHEM 241 no Drexel students in winter term

Long term trends for Open Courseware RSS feeds

In World Lecture Hall

Who is using the class blog?

Platform: blog

Component: interaction

Channel: FAQ, comments

Platform: blog

Component: assessment

Channel: post assignments

Platform: blog

Component: interaction (student-student)

Channel: advice in blog post

Feedback-Intensive Teaching Strategy using WebCT

Voluntary Quizzes

Test

Automatic Make-up

Review in workshops

Platform: WebCT

Component: Assessment

Channel: Quiz

Procrastination (mean days)

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Correlation of procrastination with performance

One day procrastinated = 5% drop in score

Platform: WebCT

Component: Assessment

Channel: Quiz

Replication of the Bottom-Up Model: Michelle Francl at Bryn Mawr

The Game Platform: The EduFrag Project

Assessment Content Interaction

Quizzes in a 3-D world

The StudyRoom

Student-StudentCollaboration orCompetition

Instructor GuidedTours

First Person Shooter Modding(Unreal Tournament)

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

Platform: game (Unreal Tournament)

Component: content, assessment

Channel: quiz questions on walls

Platform: game (Unreal Tournament)

Channel: chat, body gestures

Component: interaction

The EduFrag Wiki and Blog: Open Source Collaboration

Platform: game (Wheel of Orgo), blog

Component: interaction, content, assessment

Channel: Tablet PC, F2F

MakeGames: The Class that Didn’t Run

Don’t Underestimate the Impact of Open

Courseware and RSS

Take-home message

Think in terms of multiple channels and platforms to meet your teaching objectives

http://drexel-coas-elearning.blogspot.com

http://drexel-coas-talks-mp3-podcast.blogspot.com

http://edufrag.blogspot.com

Bottom-up open courseware strategies have an important role to play in global education