Faculty Development and

ICTDDTE, Universidade de Aveiro

Dr. Marina Stock McIsaacJanuary 26, 2007

(with thanks to Prof. Otto Benavides, CSU Fresno)

Why ICT’s?

•Student centered learning pedagogies

•Collective intelligence, user generated

•External influences

•Technology in the workplace

What is the problem?

•How can we incorporate technology?

•What is working well?

•What isn’t working well?

•Where are the problems?

•What needs to be done?

•What are the research areas?

Pedagogy and Web 2.0

•Collective intelligence

•User generated software

•Social construction

•Reflective environment for conscious thought

Impact of Web2 Summit

•Disruption of market control

•Appearance of start-ups

•Not packaged software, but services

•Not proprietary information, but collective intelligence

Examples of platforms

•Google (search engine, G-mail, Google map)

•Yahoo (e-mail, news, search)

•Second Life (virtual 3 dimensional, educational collaborative environment)

What is Web 2.0?

• http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

Principles and Practices

•Map

Most popular

•MySpace (connect with others, blog, music)

•Facebook (social utility)

•You Tube (video sharing)

Educational Potential•E-mail (communication)

•Blogs (dynamic communication, recent info)

•Moodle (socially constructed of knowledge)

•Blackboard (discussion, assignments)

•Wikis (collaboration, feedback, assessment)

More Educational Uses

•Tappedin (worldwide teacher prof. dev.)

•Skype (group projects, teleconferences)

•Yack-Pack (asynchronous voice and text)

•Marratech (desktop videoconference)

• ichat/isight (video, audio digital portfolio)

Blackboard DiscussionsBlackboard Discussions

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Students discuss assigned topics on-line

Students discuss assigned topics on-line

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TappedinTappedin

Students collaborate on group projects and share resources

Students collaborate on group projects and share resources

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Internet TelephonyInternet Telephony

Students use Skype to work on group projects establishing teleconferences.

Students use Skype to work on group projects establishing teleconferences.

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BloggingBlogging

The use of blogs enables students and teachers to post information on a secure site for discussion and collaboration outside of the classroom.

The use of blogs enables students and teachers to post information on a secure site for discussion and collaboration outside of the classroom.

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Yack -PackYack -Pack

Yack-Pack allows multiple asynchronous opportunities for collaboration using voice and text.

Yack-Pack allows multiple asynchronous opportunities for collaboration using voice and text.

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VideoconferenceVideoconference

Marratech offers the possibility to bring experts to the classroom

Marratech offers the possibility to bring experts to the classroom

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iChat/iSightiChat/iSight

Helen Barrett discusses digital Portfolios

Helen Barrett discusses digital Portfolios

Carol Anne McGuire shares Digital Stories

created by Blind Children

Carol Anne McGuire shares Digital Stories

created by Blind Children

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Bernie Dodge, creator of WebQuest virtually presents to Fresno State students from San Diego

State University

Bernie Dodge, creator of WebQuest virtually presents to Fresno State students from San Diego

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Professional Development: Research and Practice

•Are these useful pedagogical tools?

•Can they engage learners?

•Can they enhance learning?

•What are the problems?

•How can we address them?