teaching, learning and technology

Learning Technologies Conference 2009

Denise MorganWide Bay TAFE

In the beginning…..

©Curriculum Corporation and National Archives of Australia, 2006.

From little things big things grow..

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What have I learnt?

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Key to effective e-learning is good educational design

Elements of learning settings

Learning Tasks

Learning Supports

Learning Resources

(adapted from Oliver & Herrington, 2001)

Elements of e-learning settings

Learning Tasks

Learning Supports

Learning Resources

ProblemsInvestigations

ProjectsTasks

Role plays

SchedulesInstructionsProcedures

Announcements

Books, papers, articles, notesDocuments, Manuals

References, Web linksCase studies, Lectures

Tutorials, quizzes,

simulations, worksheets

Assessments

Scaffolds, heuristics, strategies, templates

Teams, collaboration,

tutorials, conferences,

buddies, mentors

(adapted from Oliver & Herrington, 2001)

Remember….

• Technology has a role to play but learning depends on relationships– Between teacher and learners

– Between learners

Charmaine Siegmann…Business Teacher...Mt Isa

• ‘Extremely important. Students need teacher contact & support or it is easy to lose motivation.’

Jane McKellar….Teacher….Charters Towers

• ‘Intrinsic motivation might be what brings a student to a learning situation but not what keeps them there. External motivation keeps them rolling along’

Suzanne O’Brien…Educational Leader..

…..Brisbane North

• ‘Communication is vital….a motivator for the student to stay on track and complete the program’

Michelle Robinson….TAA Teacher

…Hervey Bay

Carolyn Allen…online student

‘I would not have remained motivated without regular contact with the lecturer and other students’

• ‘Students need to have feedback on how they are progressing. No support from the teacher results in very low completion numbers. Students forget and then time runs out and they never get it.’

Laurna Love…Coordinator… Business Programs.....Barrier Reef

Michelle Robinson….TAA Teacher…Hervey Bay

Ronald Goodwin….Team Leader…Electrical…Barrier Reef

• ‘Teacher presence is crucial to success’• ‘Our e-learning is self-paced but it is almost as if each

student has a personal trainer’

Jane McKellar….Teacher….Charters Towers• ‘A student can feel alone or hidden unless the teacher

is “present” and responsive.’

Question…….

• How do you personalise e-learning for your students?

• ‘Face to face introductions using Elluminate, videoconferencing, Skype, telephone…’

Jane McKellar….Teacher….Charters Towers

• ‘Being present, modelling interaction, responding quickly, creating a social situation’

Suzanne O’Brien…Educational Leader…….Brisbane North

Deb Kosturin…Information Technology Teacher…Barrier Reef

• Michelle Robinson….

TAA Teacher…Hervey Bay

•‘Good communication is the key…and activities to engage learners….forums, chats.’

Jay Mair….Educational Designer…Bundamba

Question…….

• What sort of e-learning interactions support and motivate your learners best?

Charmaine Siegmann

• ‘A combination of videoconferencing, chats and forums’

Paul Crosisca• ‘Opportunities to participate and enquire in

'live' discussion formats with teacher and other students.’

• ‘Collaborative activities like ‘quiz show sessions’. Peer collaboration builds a social group and promotes a fun environment in which to learn.’

Peter Rundle-Curry…Trade Teacher…Pimlico

Michelle Robinson….TAA Teacher…

Hervey Bay

Question…….

• Would you consider teaching without technology in the future?

Learning is a social activity.

Paul Crosisca

• ‘You have to use technology to enrich teaching. Concentrate on maintaining real people with real characteristics who do real learning.’

• ‘Technology has got to make it better, expand it, enrich it.’

• ‘The real benefit is it allows students in isolated, remote communities to undertake a course to change and improve their lives.’

• ‘Without the teachers passion and enthusiasm for teaching, it doesn’t matter if you are face to face or online’

Peter Rundle-Curry…Trade Teacher…Pimlico

Suzanne O’Brien…Educational Leader

Teaching and Learning has always been a highly social activity. Technology hasn’t

changed this. Or has it?

Remember….

Technology doesn’t change practice…people do”

(Loveless et al, 2001, p.63)

Have a great journey