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Enhancing Learning through Technology Web 2.0 Tools 4 Effective Teaching/Learning Experience VPMP Polytechnic Institute, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India) 12/19/2009 1 Dr. Dilip Barad: [email protected]: Bhavnagar University

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This presentation is on "Web 2.0 Tools for Effective Teaching/Learning Experience" It was presented in workshop at VPMP Polytechnic Institute, KSKV Univeristy, Gandhinagar. Gujarat.

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Enhancing Learning through Technology

Web 2.0 Tools 4 Effective Teaching/Learning Experience

VPMP Polytechnic Institute, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India)

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The movement in this workshop is from theosis to praxis . . .

• B e s t r e s u l t s a r e g e n e r a t e d a t t h e e n d o f

t h e d a y, o n l y i f b e s t i d e a s a r e g e n e r a t e d a t

t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e d a y.

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Questions…

• What is web 2.0 tools?• What to ‘enhance’?• What is ‘teaching-learning experience’?• How to use tools?• How to enhance teaching learning

experience?• WHY ???

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I. Why? Learning Styles

• No two individuals are similar, neither in their teaching nor in the learning styles. Each and every class is unanimously a class of mixed- ability. The IQ test of the class (or for that matter any such tests) may display common ability among the class/group but psychologically all have different abilities in their learning.

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• The ‘Psychological Types’ as described by C. G. Jung and Myers-Briggs Type indicator - which divides personality types along four dimensions: introvert-extrovert, sensing-intuitive, thinking-feeling, and perceiving-judging. (Jung, 1921 & Myers, 1998)

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• As and when the ‘Personality type theory’ is applied to the educational phenomenon, it has substantiated the existence of a variety of learning styles (and complementary teaching styles).

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No single learning style is appropriate for everyone.

• While some students assimilate visual information best, others prefer auditory information.

• While some students prefer information to be structured as facts about things, others prefer a structure based on relationships among things.

• While some students prefer starting with first principles and using deductive reasoning, others prefer starting with examples and using inductive approaches. (Sivilloti and Pike, 2007).

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Three types of learners:

• From the perspective of personality type theory, the edu-researchers have identified three main types of learners, viz. visual, auditory and tactile / kinesthetic.

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Learning Styles

• A. Visual (65%):• B. Auditory (30%)• C. Kinesthetic / tactile learner (5%)

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II. WHY? Technology???

• B’coz change is the species of life…• Every new age has its own problems and has to

solve them …• The journey – from the symbolic language of

pre-historical man to the symbolic language of e-Modern teacher…

• Advancement form Oral – Spoken word to written word… writing is also a technique…

• Four major advances in pedagogy…12/19/2009

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The Blackboard

• The inventor or introducer of the blackboard deserves to be ranked among the best contributors to learning and science, if not among the great benefactors of mankind.

• Josiah Bumstead -1841.• From Wayne’s introduction to the WikiEducator Project.

http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Pschlicht

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The Printing Press

• Johannes Gutenberg – inventor of European technology of printing…

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The Motion Picture

• The motion picture is the most revolutionary instrument introduced into education since the printing press.

• Hoban 1940.• http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Pschlicht

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Television

• It now seems clear, however, that television offers the greatest opportunity for the advancement of education since the introduction of printing by movable type.

• Stoddard 1957.• http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Pschlicht

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Computers and Internet

• The impact of computers on society, and hence on education, has been compared to that of movable type and the printing press since Gutenberg.

• Caffrey and Mossman 1967• http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Pschlicht

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• How well are we doing, given all these technological innovations in education?

• Even today, the number of kids not going to school is larger than kids going to the schools…

• CAN WE MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE???

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III. WHY? Research on pedagogy

• Min Liu, Zena Moore, Leah Graham, Shinwoong Lee – A Look at the Research on Computer-based Technology Use in Second Language Learning – Review of Literature 1990-2000.

• 21 Journals and 246 Articles• Two Research in USA and UK• Two research in Gujarat – Kadi Uni.

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Research in UK Universities• Goodwyn, A., et al., 1997. The future curriculum in English and

IT: how teachers and student teachers view the relationship. Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education, 6(3), pp. 227-240.

• A study of student teachers of English from three universities in England to establish what their attitudes were towards ICT and to identify key influences on their practice and their thinking.

• The study suggests that these students have a broader view of literacy than is currently predominant in schools and this view positively embraces the role of ICT in literacy.

• Findings suggest that this cohort of newly qualified English teachers have a positive and committed attitude towards the use of ICT in the current and future literacy curriculum. (UK)

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Research in America• Karchmer, R., 2001. The journey ahead: thirteen teachers report

how the internet influences literacy and literacy instruction in their K-12 classrooms. Reading Research Quarterly, 36 (4),pp. 442-466.

• This report explores ICT-literate primary and secondary teachers' perceptions of how the internet has or has not changed the way they taught reading and writing in their classrooms.

• Findings indicated that the teachers viewed the internet's influence on reading and writing as an extension of traditional literacy skills but had difficulties finding internet materials written for a range of reading levels. Teachers were teaching skills of evaluating internet materials in more depth and at a much earlier stage. (USA)

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Research in Gujarat – Kadi University

• IMPACT OF CALL MATERIALS IN TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR AT HIGH SECONDARY LEVEL – Mehul Rana

• Experiments with some ICT tools to enhance communication skill among undergraduate students of Business Administration – Jitendra Vaghela

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Findings:

• The results asserted that the possibilities of computer technology as a tool could include increasing language learners’– Self-esteem– Vocational preparedness– Language proficiency– Overall academic skills

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Answers to WHY?

• 1. Learning Styles• 2. Technological advancements• 3. Pedagogical research

• Most importantly: GER – 9% of Gujarat; 11% India…

• If we want it to be @ 25% - imagine how many colleges, universities, teachers, support staff will be required..!!..!!

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Benefits of ICT in TELL

• Memory• Understanding• Cognition of idea• Dissemination of learning• Delivery of content• Affects larger group of students• ‘collaborativeness’• -------------- infinity ……………..12/19/2009

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Just as…

• … the secret of wisdom is hidden in philosophy

• …. That of human actions in History• …. That of Art in Criticism…• Similarly, modern educational pedagogy is in

practical usage of Web 2.0 Tools…

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Let us now list some of the web 2.0 tolls useful in enhancing L-S-R-W Skills

Genre of Tools:• Blog – text/audio/video• e-Groups• Discussion Forums• Wikis• Social networking• LMS/CMS

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Tools for specific purpose

• Web 2.0 Tools for Teacher• Ref: Nik Peechy’s Blog• 10 Web tools for English teacher

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1.

• Tokbox:• a synchronous and asynchronous video

conferencing and communication tool.• www.tokbox.com

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2.

• a tool for the creation of web based audio discussion threads

• www.voxpop.com

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3.

• the web based pronunciation dictionary, works and what it can offer teachers and learners.

• www.forvo.com

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4.

• a tool for the creation of web based dictation activities

• www.listen-and-write.com

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• the web based video activity creation tool • www.eslvideo.com

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• a web based tool for creating online presentations

• www.280slides.com

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7.

• a very simple tool for creating animated movies

• http://www.dfilm.com/live/moviemaker.html

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8.

• A web based 'sticky notes' notice-board• www.wallwisher.com

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9.

• A web based tool for creating graphic representation of texts based on word frequency

• www.wordle.net

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10.

• A simple tool for keeping a web based journal• www.penzu.com

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Online examples…

• Audacity for e-Content- Listening and Speaking skills• Groups – for discussion – writing skills• Social networking site: orkut – comments on images –

testimonials – scraps…• Blog: http://b4t.blogspot.com – Story Writing• Video blogging… How to?• Wikieducator – online content updating…• Moodle for evaluation ---• Analysis of evaluation --- • Surveygizmo for survey/feedback ---12/19/2009