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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
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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SES
SME
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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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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