andone microprojects -shanghai 2014
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Micro - projects for simulating working at global level Presentation during International Conference on Ubiquitous Learning, 30-31 May 2014, Shanghai, China, organised by Shanghai Open University http://2014conference.sou.edu.cn/ Nowadays the ubiquitous use of online and mobile collaboration tools enables participants in different locations to create knowledge and work together. This paper shares the results of several micro-projects done in the last 7 years in which first-year introductory technology students from Bentley University in the United States and fourth-year multimedia students from Politehnica University of Timisoara in Romania worked together in an online global educational environment to research technology trends and create multimedia artifacts that shared their findings.TRANSCRIPT
Micro-‐projects for simula2ng working at global level
Dr. Diana Andone
Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
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Digital students & Technology
Take tehnology for granted
Digital students
They are not “the many”….
Digital students
need to control - online activity, communication, eLearning environment�
Digital students
Crea2ve creators
Global workforce
TalkTech project 2008-‐2013 UPTimisoara Romania
Bentley University, Boston, USA
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TalkTech 2008 – 2013 Where We Are
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TalkTech 2008 – 2013 Students
Bentley University • IT 101, Informa2on
Technology • 50 students • Spoke English • Web literate • PC Literate • Age 18-‐21
UP Timisoara • TMM, Technologies of
Mul2media • 40 students • Spoke English • Web literate • PC Literate • Age 21-‐24
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587 students involved, no dropout
TalkTech 2008 – 2013 Students
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ViCaDiS campus
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TalkTech 2008 – 2013 2008
• Create a web page with images, a video, a PowerPoint or Google presenta2on, a recorded audio conversa2on, or a combina2on of any of these that presents your group’s understanding of a current issue in technology and culture
• Post content and group progress to a collabora2ve Google Site TalkTech2008
2009
• Research a web-‐based collabora2on tool
• Create a wiki page with images, blog entry, video or video tutorial of a tool; post link on ViCaDiS
2010
• Create a short video evalua2ng two similar online collabora2on tools (screen sharing, forms, presenta2ons, video conferencing, scheduling, project management, mind mapping) from the perspec2ves of usability and entrepreneurship
• Summarize findings in a Google Doc or video. UL 2014
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TalkTech2010 project
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TalkTech 2008 – 2013 2011 • Create a presenta2on in which your group analyzes and discusses the poten2al of
various start-‐up Internet companies • Use VoiceThread to add comments or narra2on to the presenta2on’s slides;
integrate in ViCaDiS blog 2012 • Create a presenta2on in which your group researches innova2ve methods used in
business by promising start-‐up companies • Use VoiceThread to add comments or narra2on to the presenta2on’s slides;
integrate in ViCaDiS blog 2013 • Research popular web or mobile apps • Create an interac2ve image using ThingLink Annota2ons must include audio and
video clips in which interna2onal partners appear simultaneously discussing their topic
• Post ThingLink to ViCaDiS blog
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TalkTech 2008 – 2013
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TALKTECH 2013 TOPICS • 1. Most Popular Android Apps • 2. Most Popular iPhone Apps • 3. Most Popular Cloud Storage Providers • 4. Most Popular Social Media or Technology Blogs / Podcasts • 5. Most Popular Travel Web Sites • 6. Most Popular Google Products • 7. Most Popular Web Adver2sing Services • 8. Most Popular Photo Sharing Sites • 9. Most Popular Social Networking Sites • 10. Most Popular Social Bookmarking Sites • 11. Most Popular Health and Fitness Apps • 12. Most Popular Mapping Sites and Apps • 13. Most Popular Video Conferencing / VOIP Services • 14. Most Popular Online or Mobile Payment Services or Apps • 15. Most Popular Videostreaming sites and Apps
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TalkTech 2013 Student Use of Technologies
• 1. Mobile phone • 2. SMS – text messaging • 3. iPod /mp3 player • 4. Search engines (Google/Bing) • 5. Online Messaging (Yahoo, G-‐Chat,
etc) • 6. VoIP (Skype, Google Talk, etc) • 7. Mobile chat (WhatsApp/Viber) • 8. Online video (YouTube) • 9. Photo Sharing (Flickr, Picasa) • 10. Online games • 11. Blogs • 12. Wikipedia • 13. Facebook • 14. Twiier • 15. Collabora2ve Wri2ng Apps
(Google Docs/Office Web Apps)
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Task Tools
align time zones timeanddate.com
chat Facebook, Yahoo! IM,Google Hangouts
create and host audio SoundCloud
create and host video YouTube, Screencast-o-Matic
create interactive images ThingLink
edit audio Sound Forge
edit images PhotoShop, Paint.net
edit video Windows Live Movie Maker
email Gmail, Outlook
hold video conferences Google Hangouts, Skype
record video mobile phone camera apps
schedule meetings Doodle
search the web Google, Bing
share photos Flickr, Tumblr
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TalkTech2013 Desirability Test
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TalkTech 2008 – 2013
• Mul2cultural • Online – different 2mezones • Simulate real world work in an IT company • Students freely choose the tools, communica2on, working 2me and hours
• All students finished and delivered the ar2fact
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TalkTech 2008 – 2013
• Connec2vist OER -‐ xOER • introduced students to real-‐world technology topics and trends and facilitated their use of a variety of OER and tools within an interna2onal educa2onal context
• create the learning and working environment for producing the final ar2fact, in a self-‐organized, networked-‐based and quite omen complex and chao2c manner
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Digital students
enjoy enhanced interactivity and connections perceive their learning environment as boundless no single approach leave the power of choice of the ‘right one’ to the
student
CONTACT Dr.eng. Diana Andone Director e-Learning Center Tel: +40.256403300, Email:
[email protected] Web Elearning.upt.ro
UPT – CeL Campus Virtual www.cv.upt.ro
@diando70
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