Enthusing Higher Education Getting Universities and Colleges to Play with Online Tools and Services

Enthusing Higher Education Getting Universities and Colleges to Play with Online Tools and Services Alexandre Enkerli http://enkerli.wordpress.com/ http://www.slideshare.net/Enkerli

Abstract
Online tools in higher education
Slow adoption
Obstacles
Advocacy
Generating enthusiasm
Playfulness
Format
Short presentation
Open discussion

Context
Moodle Lounge
EdTech
WiZiQ

Previous presentations
Spirit of Inquiry Conference
Free, Open, Flexible: Rethinking Learning Materials Online (Slidecast)
Online Tools and Learning (Ph.D. Seminar)
Centre for Teaching and Learning Services workshop
Exploring Online Tools for Teaching
Enthusing Higher Education: Getting Universities and Colleges to Play with Online Tools and Services

Bio
French-speaking ethnographer from Montreal
Temp lecturer
Anthropology, folkloristics, and sociology
Diverse universities (Canada and the United States)
Life online (social networks, blogs)

Alex’s Approach to Teaching
Diversity
Constructivism
Degrees of informality
Bridges between life and learning
Controversial Stance
“ Learning happens despite teaching”
Building context for learning

Alex’s Approach to Teching
Anti-deterministic
Tech and human life
Tools meant to be used
Tech enthusiasm
Play around with tools (rehearsal vs. performance)
Think about possibilities (“drift-off” in sales pitch)

Audiences to Enthuse
Learners
Teachers
Deciders
Entourage

Learners
Primary audience
Diverse
Backgrounds
Personal
Academic
Learning styles and Ways of Knowing
Different types and levels of motivation
Varying comfort level with technology
Institutional common ground

Teachers
Colleagues and friends
As audience
Potential collaborators
Potential adopters
Commonalities
Busy
Pressured
Trained as teachers
Varying comfort levels with technology

Deciders
Department heads/chairs
Academic issues
Administrators
Resource allocation
Technical staff
Micro-level decisions on support

Entourage
Spouse
Children
Friends
Acquaintances
Relatives
Oblique role
Sharing enthusiasm
Identity negotiation

Tech Identity
Luddites to technology enthusiasts (continuum)
Negative reactions to technology
Threat to livelihood
Amish-style adoption
Geek culture
Geek cred (“debugs binary code on the phone”)
From elegant solution to proof of concept

Advocacy
Anti-interventionism
“ Softer” than proselytism
Clueing in
Throwing ideas out there
«Mettre la puce à l’oreille»
Planting Landmines

Some Ways to Get Momentum
Assess comfort level
Making tools available
Not forcing
Low stakes
Emphasizing usefulness
Adapt to context
Accept unintended uses
Prompt occasionally
Encourage ongoing interactions

Some Online Tools
Moodle
Facebook
Diigo
RefWorks
WordPress.com
Blogger
Twitter
Slideshare
Wikipedia

Tools?
Obstacles?
Enthusiasm?

Enthusing Higher Education Getting Universities and Colleges to Play with Online Tools and Services Alexandre Enkerli http://enkerli.wordpress.com/ http://www.slideshare.net/Enkerli

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Enthusing Higher Education Getting Universities and Colleges to Play with Online Tools and Services

by Alexandre Enkerli on Jul 25, 2008

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