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Presentation file for Alexandre Enkerli's workshop on exploring online tools for teaching. Concordia University's Centre for Teaching and Learning Services (CTLS), November 12, 2007.
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Exploring Online Tools For TeachingAlexandre EnkerliDepartment of Sociology and AnthropologyConcordia Universityhttp://enkerli.wordpress.com/http://www.slideshare.net/Enkerli
Introduction
• Overwhelmed?– Internet use by students– Internet use by colleagues
• Technology changes–Accompany teaching changes
• What can be done?–Moodle–Facebook–Other tools
Workshop
•Exploration of tools▫Inside classroom▫Outside classroom
•Presentation▫Experiences, learning contexts
•Round-table discussion▫Some issues with educational technology
Plan
•Self-introductions•Presentation on tools•Discuss other tools•Discussion on issues
Why Am I Here?
•Nobody special (PTF at Soc. and Anthro.)•“Free, Open, Flexible: Rethinking
Learning Materials Online” (Spirit of Inquiry)
•Tech/Teach backgrounds•Use of Online Tools•Ph.D. seminar
Computer Technology
•“Wannabe geek” (online since 1993)•Hang out with “geeks”•Blogger since 2005
Teaching
•Ghost of Piaget•Diverse teaching experience (Qc, NB, IN,
MA)•Informal and formal teaching•Bridges between life and teaching•“Born to teach” Facebook group
Controversial Stance?
•“Learning happens despite teaching”•“Tools meant to be used”
▫Think about possibilities (“sales pitch”)▫Anti-deterministic
Participant Introductions
Presenting Tools
Tools to Cover
•Moodle•Facebook•RefWorks•Slideshare
MoodleA Free, Open Source Course Management System for Online Learning
Moodle
•Learning/Course Management System•Virtual Learning Environment•Also: Sakai, Oncourse, Blackboard,
WebCT•“Interactive course website.”
▫Provide content▫Do activities
Moodle Use
•Platform (modules, applications)•Resources (content) or Activities
(interaction)•Constructivist model•Teacher-student connection•Moodle community
Moodle Issues
•Outside authentication (ConU)•Training/documentation•Versions•Some confusing tools•Toward social networking
FacebookA social utility that connects you with the people around you
•800 lbs. gorilla•Social phenomenon•“Where students are”•Social networking system•Platform with applications
Facebook and Learning
•Socialisation•Peer-learning•Informal learning•Discovery•Use as CMS
Facebook Issues
•Black hole? (“Addictive”)•Commercial site (advertising)•Scarcity of dedicated learning tools•Lack clear roles•“Where students are”
RefWorksYour online research management, writing and collaboration tool
RefWorks Use
•Online citation manager▫“Web-enabled EndNote”
•Concordia availability•Library catalogues (CLUES, MUSE...)•Google Scholar integration•Desktop integration (Microsoft Word)•RefShare
RefWorks Issues
•Few students really use•Cumbersome login (ConU)•Few databases (PubMed, OCLC Trial)•Missing some Endnote features?
▫Attachment▫Formatted list▫Handheld/PDA
SlideShareYouTube for PowerPoint
SlideShare Use
•Upload before class•Edit during class•Embed after class•Slidecast (with sound)
Slideshare Issues
•PowerPoint/PDF/OpenDocument•Changed fonts•Posting delays•Indirect editing (unlike Zoho show)•Cumbersome audio synchronisation
Other Tools
Other tools
•Google Docs▫Had to learn
•Skype•Screens•Email feedback
Blogspot
•Comments•Feedback on assignments•Comfortable expressing themselves•Interconnect after class (Moodle gone)•Semi-public•Successful
Research use of Web
•Online databases•Instead of entertainment•Patrick Labelle•Research librarians
Online Workshops•Dreamweaver•References from face-to-face workshop•Professional video•Program application•RefWorks workshop?•Download/show•IITS and CTLS•Refresher
Basecamp?
•Storage•Large•Closed/private
Discuss Issues
Discuss Issues (examples)
•Comfort•Luddites and fear of technology•Shelters or windmills•Teacher control•Online/offline learning•Informal/formal learning•Resources (time, money)
Attitudes•Technology proficiency•“Old-Fashioned”•Outside help•Want to learn•Experimentation•Concentrating on teaching vs. tools•Facebook too public•Textbook/didactic•Technology helps
Time-consumption
•To learn•To use•To control•Focus on teaching
Moodle frustration
•Abandon (lack of support)•Open Source (could be dealt with)•Assignment use•Came from Site Generator•Own way to use
Expectations
•Ex. PowerPoint•Not about entertainment•Pandering to expectations•Bells and whistles, “Wow factor”
▫Tangible product of/for teaching
Pleasing students
•Bother to show up?•Online evaluation
▫Teaching expectations Tenure system Part-time
•Learning styles▫Ways to remember▫Grades
Student Diversity
•Non-traditional students•Students not sold on empty PowerPoint•Get to understand learning/teaching
Change in university climate•Service-based learners•Deep-level learners•Change in proportions•Autodidact/self-learning•Our expectations•As process•Disciplines•Excitement
Legal Issues?
•Getting out of hand•Lawsuits?•“Paranoid fascist”•Student diversity
Comfort level•Students’
▫Not that comfortable•Teacher’s
▫Added stress for setting up (logistics)▫Resource person (individual support)▫We’re also learners
Hope!•Been using a tool, comfortable
▫Need for something else?•Use constructively/critically•Not prison•Special population