improving learning ... with technology
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Presentation at 2009 BYU Independent Study Instructors ConferenceTRANSCRIPT
Improving Learning... with Technology
Independent Study 2.0
Jon MottAsst. to the Academic VPBrigham Young University
2009 BYU Independent Study Annual Conference
Jon MottAsst. to the Academic VPBrigham Young University
2009 BYU Independent Study Annual Conference
learning is ...
teaching is ...
intent≠
outcome
goal strategy tactics
goalslearner
what do youwant your students
to become?
learningstrategy
learningtactics
measuring success
goal articulation=
defining success
technology=
tactics
problems(opportunities?)
what’s going on in their
brains?
“powering down”≠
engaged
embracethe change
"We can't go on
together with
suspicious minds.”
The King
new technology=
new possibilities
informationoverload
3,000,000 Tweets /
Day80,000,000 YouTube Videos
13,000,000 Wikipedia Articles200,000,000 Facebook Accounts
3,600,000,000 Photos on Flickr40,000,000,000 GB Data / Year
the future is now
simplify!
“If you can Google it,don’t teach or
test it.”
David Wiley
knowledgeable
knowledge-able
Michael Wesch
“Nobody is smarterthan everybody.”
research tools
productivity tools
collaborationtools
visualization
assessment
engagement
99%99%
gaming*principles*
social networking
85.2%85.2%
learning networks
If you don’t knowwhat you want yourstudents to become,
it doesn’t matterwhat you do.
goal strategy tactics
Image Credits (by slide #)
3. “Square Peg” http://flickr.com/photos/xrrr/2321685873/ 5. “Learning to Ride” http://flickr.com/photos/j_wijnands/365189918/ 7. “Learning the Hard Way” http://www.flickr.com/photos/23912576@N05/3289897472/8. “The Hard Way ...” http://www.flickr.com/photos/frazernash/2650227489/10. “Roadmap to Highways of the Sky” http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/2986906503 11. “Operation Desert Storm” http://www.flickr.com/photos/edoug/2966065288/ 12. Guy Strapped to Jet http://www.guypilon.com/CanadianAirForce.jpg 13. Guys in “Jets” http://www.omrlp.com/uploads/images/canmadianairforce.jpg 16. “Metamorphosis” http://www.flickr.com/photos/chekabuje/458359900/ 17. “legos” http://www.flickr.com/photos/12160152@N03/3541965667/ 18. Legos Capitol cc-by-nc @jonmott20. “Learning by Doing” http://flickr.com/photos/52609761@N00/2290679982 22. “0 267” http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonandbev-adams/2363086110 24. “Growth Charted” http://www.flickr.com/photos/pierrelaphoto/258068798 25. Media Objects http://vistaicons.com 27. Student w/ Scantron Image From “A Vision of Students Today” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o) 28. “Scantron Triforce” http://www.flickr.com/photos/dooom2000/3044127020/ 29. “Success! Undergrad Graduation” http://www.flickr.com/photos/m00by/2539347606/ 31. “Fast Food Drive-Thru Attendant” http://www.flickr.com/photos/pine_red/140919614 32. “I wish for a fulfilled life” http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanchow/3517557789/ 35. “tools” http://www.flickr.com/photos/gordonr/42555739/ 36. “Uh Ken ... Wrong Tool Buddy” http://www.flickr.com/photos/tino_m/2459217557 37. “Computer fail” http://www.flickr.com/photos/spcummings/3631142010/ 40. “Waiting for Time to Pass” http://www.flickr.com/photos/fake_eyes/342753239/ 42. “Sneaky Messages” http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommyhuynh/1219122548/ 43. “Typical” http://www.flickr.com/photos/22916851@N08/2213292811/ 44. “16/365: Chinese New Year” http://www.flickr.com/photos/nin3rszxd/3230241116/ 46. “Using the iPod Book” http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctabu/117954644/in/photostream/ 47. “165.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoe-campbell/3714841958/ 48. Notes in Class cc-by-nc @dbiser50. Elvis http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis_presley.jpg 55 & 56. Wikipedia Book http://www.rob-matthews.com/index.php?/project/wikipedia /57. “information hydrant” http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2595497078/ 58. Star Trek Pad v. Kindle http://digg.com/design/Kindle_2_vs_Star_Trek_Pad 81. Students using clickers http://www.citl.ohiou.edu/index.cfm?pageID=29 84. Game Race cc-by-nc @jonmott 89. “On Facebook” http://www.flickr.com/photos/anna-b/3218868484/
References
“Alumna sues college because she hasn’t found a job http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/03/new.york.jobless.graduate
Free Hugs Campaign http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
Larry Cuban, Oversold & Underused: Computers in the Classroom (2001, Harvard University Press).
Robert Leamnson, Thinking About Teaching & Learning (1999, Stylus) http://books.google.com/books?id=gUzUQ9EQ-8QC&dq=leamnson&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Cell Phones - Time to Lift the Ban on Mobiles in the School Setting? http://www.openeducation.net/2009/02/08/cell-phones-time-to-lift-the-ban-on-mobiles-in-the-school-setting/
The Cluetrain Manifesto, http://cluetrain.com
Michael Wesch: “From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-Able”http://hosted.mediasite.com/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=edd5f8a1a0ad4e2fbacee11257dd2950
“20 Online Fact Checkers” http://cain.blogspot.com/2009/08/20-online-fact-checkers-and-reference.html
Wesch: World Simulation Game http://mediatedcultures.net/worldsim.htm
Wiley: Intro to Open Education http://open.byu.edu/ipt692r-wiley/quests
“Student Faces Expulsion Over Facebook Study Group” http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2008/03/Student-Faces-Expulsion-over-Facebook-Study-Group.aspx