Download - TalkTech: An Exploration of Technology Trends, Digital Media, and Culture Across Continents
TalkTech:AnExplorationof
TechnologyTrends,DigitalMedia,andCultureAcrossContinents
Dr.DianaAndoneE-LearningCenter
PolitehnicaUniversityofTimisoara,
Timisoara,Romania
MarkFrydenbergComputerInformationSystemsDepartment,BentleyUniversity,Waltham,MA,USA
DigitalLiteracySocial
Networking Transliteracy MaintainingPrivacy
ManagingDigitalIden@ty
Crea@ngContent
OrganizingandSharing
Reusing/Repurposing
FilteringandSelec@ng
Self-Broadcas@ng
(SteveWheelerhLp://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/)
ProjectGoals• Workwithstudentsfromanothercountrytoresearchatechnologytopicandpresentthoseresultsusingcollabora@vemul@mediatools
• Iden@fyandusebothsynchronousandasynchronoustoolstocommunicatewithinterna@onalpartners
• Produceatangibleworkproductwithinadesignatedperiodof@me
TalkTech2010-2015Mul@culturalOnline–different@mezonesSimulaterealworldworkinanITcompanyStudentsfreelychoosethetools,communica@on,working@meandhoursAllstudentsfinishedanddeliveredthear@fact
OurInterests• Howcantheuseofweb-basedcollabora@ontoolsto
completeagroupprojectencourageordevelopdigitalliteracyskills?
• Howdoesstudents'useofsocialmediaintheirpersonallivesinfluencethetoolstheyusetocommunicateandcollaborateonlineforaclassproject?
• Whatsuccessesanddifficul@eswouldstudentsexperienceastheylearnnewtechnologiesandrespondtothechallengesassociatedwithworkinginaglobalenvironment?
TalkTech2008–2015StudentsBentley
• IT101,IntrotoInforma@onTechnology
• 45studentsperyear• SpokeEnglish• Frequentlyusetheweb,
computers,andmobiledevices
• Age18-19
UPT• TMM,TechnologiesofMul@media
• 50studentsperyear• SpokeEnglish• Frequentlyusetheweb,
computers,andmobiledevices
• Age21-22707 students involved, no dropout
Technology Trends 2014 1. 3DPrin@ng2. AugmentedReality3. BigData4. BitCoin5. Crea@veCommons6. CrowdSourcing7. EventPlanning
8. MobilePayments9. OpenData10. PrivacyOnline11. TheInternetofThings12. VideoStreaming13. VoiceRecogni@on14. WearableDevices
Tech Trends & Issues 2015 • Howisaugmentedrealitybeingusedinvariousbusinessesor
industries(healthcare,educa@on,marke@ng,sales,etc.)?• Howdoessocialmediainfluenceconsumerexperiences?• Whatarethemostpopularmessagingapps,andwhousesthem?• WhatarethebiggestcybersecuritythreatsfacingInternetusers
today?• Howdoesstreamingaudioandvideoimpacttheentertainment
industry?
Tech Trends & Issues 2015 • CanorshouldyoulicenseyourphotosusingCrea@ve
CommonslicensingonInstagram,Flickr,andothermediasharingsites?
• Doesinforma@onprivacymaLerintheageofbigandopendata?
• WhenitcomestotheInternetofThings,arewethereyet?Ifnot,whatispossibleinthefuture?
Tech Trends & Issues 2015• HowsmartareVirtualPersonalAssistantappssuchasSiri
andCortana?Eachgroupmembershouldtryadifferentoneandcomparethem.
• Whatfactorsaremostimportantinincreasingtheadop@onofmobilepaymenttechnologies?
• HowdopersonallivestreamingvideoappssuchasPeriscopeandMeerkatchangethewayinforma@onissharedovertheInternet?
Tech Trends & Issues 2015• Researchopen-sourcemappingappssuchas
OpenStreetMap,HereMapsandWaze.WhatfeaturesdotheseappshaveoverGoogleorBingMaps?
• HowdomobiletechnologiesandtheInternetenablenewbusinessmodelsthroughcrowdsourcing?
• AreMOOCsthreateningthefutureorvalueofatradi@onaluniversityeduca@on?
• Arewearabledevicesafad,orthefuturedirec@onforstayinghealthy?
ToolsusedbystudentsTask Tools
align time zones timeanddate.com chat Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Google Hangouts create and host audio SoundCloud create and host video Vine, Periscope, YouTube, PowToon 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 share screens join.me, Google Hangouts
StudentaktudestowardTechnologies1. Mobilephone/smartphone2. SMS–textmessaging3. iPod/mp3player4. Searchengines(suchasGoogle)5. Onlinechat(Yahoo,MSN,Googlechat,
others)6. VoIP(Skype,Hangouts,GoogleTalk,etc.)7. Mobilechat(WhatsApp,Viber)8. Onlinevideo(YouTube,etc.)9. Onlinephotosharing(Flickr,Picassa,etc.)10. Onlinegames11. Blogs12. Wikipedia13. Onlinesocialnetworks(Facebook,or
others)14. TwiLer15. Collabora@veWri@ng(GoogleDocs/Drive,
MicrosomOfficeOnline,etc.)
Collabora@on• Skypeis"avaluabletoolwhentryingtocommunicate…"
• itis"importanttohaveagoodinternetconnec@onwhentalkinginterna@onally."
• SkypeandGoogleHangoutswere"problema@cat@mes."
Desirability
pickthewordsthatbestdescribeyourexperienceinpar@cipa@ngintheproject,thentorankthemonascaleofonetofive
Outcomes ü Introducedstudentstocurrenttechtrendsü Requiredstudentstobecrea@veandresourceful
intheiruseoftechandcollabora@ontoolsü Studentsdemonstratedabili@estoresearch,
collaborate,andcommunicateonlineü Allgroupscompletedtheprojectsuccessfully
DigitalLiteracy✔Social
Networking Transliteracy MaintainingPrivacy
ManagingDigitalIden@ty
Crea@ngContent
OrganizingandSharing
Reusing/Repurposing
FilteringandSelec@ng
Self-Broadcas@ng
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CONTACT
http://www.slideshare.net/diando70/
MarkFrydenbergSeniorLecturer
[email protected]@checkmark
Dr.DianaAndoneDirector,e-LearningCenter,
[email protected]@diando70