Why it is important to explore and incorporate technology into our vocational teaching and learning activities now?

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S.T.A.R.S – Staff. Technology. Application Re-invigoration. Sustainably Colleen Hodgins

Tropical North Queensland TAFEOctober 14th 2010

TAFE Queensland Business Teaching and Learning Conference 2010

How do we find out what’s out there?

How do we source, explore and apply new educational technology to our learning and assessment context

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“While attention to choosing the appropriate technology for learning and assessment is a prerequisite,

it is the skill and attitude of the trainer and assessor that determines the effectiveness of technology integration into learning and assessment design.”

(adapted from http://techteaching.net/teachers.html)

1. Find all the people who have the same tattoo/ sticker as you.

2. Move and sit together, this is now your session group

3. Select a person who is happy to document your group’s ideas in this session on the paper supplied

4. Choose someone who has a mobile phone and is happy to text group comments in this session

5. Introduce yourself to your group

So….let’s give this presentation some activity

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Vision from 1962 of what educational technology would be in 1975

The Past

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The 2010 Horizon Report A qualitative research project established in 2002 that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative inquiry on college and university campuses within the next five years

The 2010 Horizon Report Trends

The abundance of resources

and relationships made

easily accessible via the

Internet is increasingly

challenging us to revisit our

roles as educators in sense-

making, coaching, and

credentialing.

People expect to be able to

work, learn, and study

whenever and wherever

they want to

The technologies we use are

increasingly cloud-based,

and our notions of IT

support are decentralized

The work of students is increasingly seen as collaborative by nature, and there is more cross-campus collaboration between departments

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Clarifying + Connecting + Communicating + Collaborating + Creating= Capability

Consider what you do now to design learning?

What technology could you use to enhance your learning design?

Clarifying

Connecting with colleagues

Collaborating

Creating

Capability

Consider how you design and conduct your assessment?

What technology could you use to enhance your assessment activities?

Clarifying

Connecting with colleagues

Collaborating

Creating

Capability

Effective assessment in a digital age - podcast

Podcast JISC – Ros SmithAdditional resources for e-assessment http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/assessment/digiassess/assessresource.aspx

Discuss in your group the 5-10 most useful technology tools you use in your teaching and assessment now.

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Send your groups results as a text message to 0419740583 with your 5-10 tools used in your teaching now

Why is this!

Some VET educators have issues with using emerging technology in their teaching and assessment activities?

When do you explore and use emerging technology or why don’t you?

How are you supported to incorporate educational technology in your teaching and learning now?

How do you support yourself?

Who, how, when, where and what is available?

Learning and Teaching Networks Communities of PracticeSearching wwwPractitioner website/blogsSocial software toolsMy.TAFEVideolinqResource BankWebconferencing

The Now

Top 100 technological tools

Identify and use the support mechanisms, people and networks that can help you explore and use emerging educational technology for enhanced learning and assessment

You are the professional VET educator this is your responsibility!

The Now

Technology that can enhance your learning resources

Teacher Tube, Slide-share, Google images, Presentations e.g prezi, my.TAFE, Podcasts, resource repositories, flickr, You-tube, blogs, wikis….

The Now

Technology that can enhanceLearning interaction and activitiesWebconferencing, videoconferencing, voice thread, blogs, wikis, forums – project work virtual tours, virtual spaces, smart phones, google-docs web-quests, my.TAFE…..

The Now

Technology that can be used to enhance your Assessment design

E-portfolios, POV glasses, Resource Bank, smart phones, flip-cameras….

The Now

Technology that can be used to enhance your Validation and moderation of assessment

Web-conferencing, google-docs, voice-thread, intranets, sharepoint, smart phones, email, videoconferencing

The Now

Technology can be used to enhance •evaluation

The Future

The 2009 Horizon report research trends

Technology is increasingly a means for empowering students, a method for communication and socialising, and a ubiquitous , transparent part of their lives.

The perceived value of innovation and creativity is increasing

Technology continues to impact how people work, play, gain information, and participate in communities

The 2009 Horizon report trendsThe way we think

about learning environments is changing

Practices for evaluating student work will evolve in response to the changing nature of learning and student preferences for receiving feedback

Ageing learning environments do not easily allow for embracing the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), or enable the sorts of learning support systems being promoted by modern theorists

The 2009 Horizon report trendsThere is a growing need for

formal instruction in key new skills, including information literacy, visual literacy, and technological literacy.

There is a growing recognition that new technologies must be adopted and used as an everyday part of classroom activities, but effecting this change is difficult.

To read more!http://wp.nmc.org/horizon-anz-2009/section/trends/

The Future: Surviving and thriving – Starring!

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The technology used in this presentation?

Our goal as educators is not to be a passive consumer of information or to simply tune in when the time is right, but rather to be attentive in a world where information is everywhere. To be peripherally aware of information as it flows by , grabbing it at the right moment when it is most relevant, valuable, entertaining, or insightful. Dana Boyd

Living in the stream of information -Danah Boyd http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUS

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Useful references!2010 Horizon Report http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2010/chapters/horizon-project/

Colleen Hodgins!Email: colleen.hodgins@deta.qld.gov.aucolleenhodgins2010@gmail.comTeacher blog: http://www.xanga.com/Moo_VirTQR Project PALM blog http://tqr2010projectpalm.blogspot.com/ VE-Mentoring presentation web 2.0 an informal Just in time online professional development program TNQIT 2008http://www.slideshare.net/colleenh http://au.linkedin.com/in/colleenhodgins my del.icio.us site

Pedagogy + Technology with a learner focus = 21st Century VET professional VET Educator

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