4. So what does this new
environment look like?
An Expanded Environment with:
Place, Time and Partners in learning greatly
increased
5. So what does this new
environment feel like?
Communication is
Central
Collaboration is Key
An Expanded Environment where:
6. Communication is Central
“pocket and under the arm technologies have
become a prevailing and almost indispensable part
of how we work, play and connect to each other.”
You see learning that is fueled by questions.
As students are formulating and asking questions,
they are engaged in conversations… conversing with
classmates, students in other classes, other experts,
the teacher … exchanges with print references .
- David Warlick - from Technology-Transformed Learning
Environments at http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/?p=2294
7. Collaboration is Key
For both Students and Educators
Students
“When we gather to produce, our ideas, talents, and
skills embody our final outcome.”
“Important for students who will have to work with
others in some capacity to be able to problem solve”
“Online collaboration is very different than in person
collaboration mainly because we don’t have nonverbal
cues to support our messages.”
Shelly Terrell - teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org
http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2010/11/02/educators-as-collaborators-25-
resources/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Teac
herBootCamp+%28TeacherBootCamp%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
8. Collaboration is Key - continued
For both Students and Educators
Educators – members of learning communities –
pln’s
10. In support of student learning:
Work with faculty to determine the current state
of technology use
Determine the desire for and strategies for using
technology
In the classroom
Through online learning
Working Together
11. Expand opportunities for learning through the use
of technology
Find out the current state of technology use
through conversations: one-on-one and small
group
Survey faculty (and students)
Analyze the data collected
Create a plan based upon conversations and
surveys
Build upon current practices
Survey
Moving Forward
12. Start from Where you Are
Use “early adopter” technology and eLearning
usage as models (and “early adopters” as
resources and promoters)
Remember: “many instructional strategies for
online learning … are currently used in traditional
classrooms … and can be successfully adapted
for online learning.
13. Transitioning Strategies for
Online Learning
Traditional Classroom Strategies such as:
Lecture
Discussion
Small group work
Collaboration
Case Studies
Are supported by the tools within Blackboard itself
as well as a multitude of Web 2.0 tools such as:
Google Tools, Blogs, Wikis, PollEverywhere
14. Enhanced Learning with
Blackboard
Allows for continued conversation (via
discussion boards) and learning after class is
over
Ease of communication with all students
Provides a place to hold all course material in
a very organized way (students like classroom
notes and resources online)
Provides an easy way to add additional
material on the fly
Ease of assignment “collection”
Use of online quiz option allows for automatic
15. Resources Supporting
Transition to Online Learning (or
– no need to start from scratch)
Blackboard Community
Illinois Online Learning
ISTE
Edutopia
Elumination
Nings, Blogs
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day
16. Other Thoughts
Podcasts or iTunes U for recorded lectures or
screencast explanations
Increase Student in class Interaction with
Clickers, Polls, Twitter, Back-channels
17. The time is right
Rich in Content
Available any where and any time
Students, educators and community are
active partners
Communication is Central
Collaboration is Key
Learning is personal and meaningful
An Expanded (Technology Infused) Learning Env
18. Credits
Simple Artwork -
http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj//FLClipart/Nouns/building/library.gi
f
Microsoft Office Clipart
Shelly Terrell - http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org
David Warlick - http://davidwarlick.com/2cents
Michael Wesch – Kansas State University
youtube video link -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
Steve Dembo – steve_dembo@discovery.com
ISTE Ning – leadershipbootcamp.ning.com
Illinois Online Network –
ion.uillonois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructionalstrategies
19. Video Summary – A Vision of Students
Today
• If these walls could talk ..
• Students talk through a collaborative Google Doc
• Talk about how they work: read 8 books/year, but 2300
web pages; write 42 pages/semester but 500 emails …
• Activities for the day add up to >24 hours – “we are multi-
taskers”
• “We’re lucky” compared with other people in the world
• Out of college they will probably get a job that doesn’t
exist today
• Some have suggested that technology can save us, but
then site that they often use of technology that isn’t
productive to learning
• Writing on a chalkboard: but what is missing? – photos,
