rehumanizing classes through technology

Rehumanizing Classes through Technology

Kelvin Thompson, Ed.D.John Raible

Center for Distributed Learning

Hallowell’s Human Moments by kthompso404 on Flickr CC BY 2.0 Licensehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/53256849@N05/7691997840

Human Momentsthose moments when we feel connected to

someone or something outside of ourselves and in the presence of what matters

Edward Hallowell, M.D.

“Human Moment” Stories

Read More About It

Reading List: Rehumanizing Through Technologies http://bit.ly/readinglist_rehumanizing

Annotated List of Technologieshttp://bit.ly/technologies_rehumanizing

Technologies

Suggested Technologies• Free!• Fairly dependable• Useful in all modalities• Mobile-friendly• Range of uses

Survey of Many• Most free• Some single function– Interaction– Assessment– Content

Rehumanizing Through Technologies

1. What we ask for in use of technologies2. What we offer in use of technologies

WHAT WE ASK FOR

Non-scored activity

Scored activity

Attention

Involvement

Participation

Contribution

Active learning

A Range of Student Engagement

A Range of Student Engagement by Dr. Kelvin Thompson available at http://bit.ly/rehumanizing_slides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/deed.en_US.

Non-scored activity

Scored activity

Attention

Involvement

Participation

Contribution

Active learning

A Range of Student Engagement

Informal Formal

A Range of Student Engagement by Dr. Kelvin Thompson available at http://bit.ly/rehumanizing_slides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/deed.en_US.

Technologies

Suggested Technologies• Free!• Fairly dependable• Useful in all modalities• Mobile-friendly• Range of uses

Survey of Many• Most free• Some single function– Interaction– Assessment– Content

Non-scored activity

Scored activity

AttentionInvolvement

Participation

Contribution

Active learning

A Range of Student Engagement

Informal Formal

A Range of Student Engagement by Dr. Kelvin Thompson available at http://bit.ly/rehumanizing_slides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/deed.en_US.

Attention

• Ensure the learners are ready to learn and participate in activities by presenting a stimulus (Gagne, 1992)

• Accomplished by presenting content or posing a question.

• Frequency is key

Suggested Technology

• Finding Content– Wylio (Creative Commons image search engine)

http://www.wylio.com – TED Ed (search videos by academic subject)

http://ed.ted.com

• Link in Pages tool of Webcourses@UCF or project in class.

Suggested Technology

• Interaction– Remind101

http://Remind101.com • One-way text messaging from instructors to

students.

– Webcourses@UCF Notificationshttp://bit.ly/notifications_guide • Multimodial notification system. SMS, Facebook,

Twitter, and e-mail.–Webcourses@UCF Announcements

Non-scored activity

Scored activity

Attention

InvolvementParticipation

Contribution

Active learning

A Range of Student Engagement

Informal Formal

A Range of Student Engagement by Dr. Kelvin Thompson available at http://bit.ly/rehumanizing_slides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/deed.en_US.

Involvement

• Creating an “buy-in” or “attachment” to the course.

• Guide students to content and communities

Suggested Technology

• Content– “GoogleJockeying” within class session

• http://bit.ly/googlejockey_description

• Questions/Input– Clickers– PollEveryWhere or Socrative

http://polleverywhere.com or http://socrative.com – Online “One Minute Paper” using Form in Google

Docs• See http://bit.ly/sample_feedbackform

Non-scored activity

Scored activity

Attention

Involvement

ParticipationContrib

ution

Active learning

A Range of Student Engagement

Informal Formal

A Range of Student Engagement by Dr. Kelvin Thompson available at http://bit.ly/rehumanizing_slides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/deed.en_US.

Participation

• The number of unsolicited responses volunteered (Burchfield & Sappington, 1999)

Suggested Technology

• Input/interaction– Backchannel for class– See video case study “Twitter Experiment”

http://bit.ly/twitter_casestudy – Clickers, Polling, Online Questionnaires– Generate/up vote good questions

• Google Moderator, Quora, etc.http://moderator.google.com or http://www.quora.com

– Webcourses@UCF Discussionhttp://bit.ly/discussions_guide

• Group or whole course discussion forum

Non-scored activity

Scored activity

Attention

InvolvementParticipation

Contribution

Active learning

A Range of Student Engagement

Informal Formal

A Range of Student Engagement by Dr. Kelvin Thompson available at http://bit.ly/rehumanizing_slides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/deed.en_US.

Contribution

• Adding knowledge or ideas to a group

Suggested Technology

• Diigo (social bookmarking site)http://diigo.com

• Twitter http://www.twitter.com – public microblogging site

• HootCoursehttp://hootcourse.com – similar to Twitter however can be restricted only

to your class

Non-scored activity

Scored activity

Attention

InvolvementParticipation

Contribution

Active

Learning

A Range of Student Engagement

Informal Formal

A Range of Student Engagement by Dr. Kelvin Thompson available at http://bit.ly/rehumanizing_slides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/deed.en_US.

Active Learning

• Instructional methods that focus the responsibility of learning on students (Bonwell & Eison, 1991.)

• Accomplished through authentic tasks– Creation of materials/content– Drawing own conclusions based on information

Suggested Technology• Google Docs (collaborative)

http://docs.google.com • Office 365 (similar to Google Docs)

http://bit.ly/office365_info • Media Production

– Jing (screen capture)http://techsmith.com\jing

– iMovie/Windows MovieMaker– Audacity (audio recorder)

• Webcourses@UCF Pages http://bit.ly/pages_guide – “wiki” style area where students can all edit the same document online)

• Webcourses@UCF Discussionhttp://bit.ly/discussions_guide – Group or whole course discussion forum

WHAT WE OFFER

Strategies to Consider

1. Start teaching with networked technologies and information2. Look for ways to make technologies RE-humanizing rather

than de-humanizing3. Foster active, higher-level learning4. Model human interactions via technology5. Design learning activities in which students meaningfully

interact via technologies6. Become a learner within digital info-abundant environment7. Learn to surf the (info) wave8. Learn when to use/re-mix information resources9. See knowledge/learning as “perpetual beta”

See http://bit.ly/thompson_csu2012

Strategies to Consider

1. Start teaching with networked technologies and information

2. Look for ways to make technologies RE-humanizing rather than de-humanizing

3. Foster active, higher-level learning4. Model human interactions via technology5. Design learning activities in which students meaningfully

interact via technologies6. Become a learner within digital info-abundant environment7. Learn to surf the (info) wave8. Learn when to use/re-mix information resources9. See knowledge/learning as “perpetual beta”

See http://bit.ly/thompson_csu2012

Look for ways to make technologies RE-humanizing rather than de-humanizing

• give every student a voice via technology (e.g., discussion forum, blog, VoiceThread, BYOT/D)

• give everyone access via technology (practice Universal Design for Learning; anticipate accommodations)

• take an assignment and make it social via technology (e.g., not just an audience of one; not just locked up in a course management system)

Considerations

BYOD?• Some studies indicate that 95% of college

students bring cell phones to class each day - May, 2012

• Nationwide, 88% of adults have cell phones with the majority (55%) using for internet access

• 61% of US adults own a laptop computer - Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2012

http://bit.ly/pew_data http://bit.ly/may_data

Ethical/Legal Issues

• Privacy• FERPA• Accessibility

FERPA Recommendations

• Assume conservative FERPA interpretation• All official communications (including grades)

in CMS• FERPA/Web2.0 statements in course

documents• No required personally identifiable information

on public web

http://bit.ly/ferpa_coursedocs

Accessibility Recommendations

• Adopt a “universal design for learning” mindset.• Assume you will have accommodation needs.– Select new media/technologies with accessibility in mind.– Think: “What will I do differently to make old accessible?

• Plan A: Do that now (e.g., script everything).• Plan B: Be prepared to take action when needed.

• Assume that it is all up to you.– Educate yourself.– Take initiative.– Be grateful when help is available.

http://bit.ly/online_accessibility

Cautions

• Time commitment (beware of diminishing returns)

• Some students resist “active learning”• Your results may vary– Strive for balance– Keep It Simple Starting (KISS)

Read More About It

Reading List: Rehumanizing Through Technologies http://bit.ly/readinglist_rehumanizing

Annotated List of Technologieshttp://bit.ly/technologies_rehumanizing

A Personal Action Plan

• Reflect upon today’s session• Identify at least one idea you can put into

action• Write down how you will apply the idea• Tell one other person what you plan to do• Exchange contact info and plan to touch base

Keep the Conversation Going• What success stories do you have in “connecting” with students

using technologies?• What new ideas have you encountered?• What obstacles do you see in implementing particular technologies

in your courses?• What new technologies/strategies are crossing your path?

HootCourse: Share links/ideas in micropostings:http://bit.ly/hootcourse_rehumanizing

Editable GoogleDoc: Share insights, notes, or resources as you wish: http://bit.ly/sharing_rehumanizing

Stay in Touch

Dr. Kelvin ThompsonAssociate DirectorUCF Center for Distributed Learningkelvin@ucf.edu@kthompso on Twitter407.823.0462

Mr. John RaibleInstructional DesignerUCF Center for Distributed Learningjohn.raible@ucf.edu407.823.1093