The 21st Century Classroom
Exploring the potential for
instruction & learning
alejandra m. pickett
associate director
suny learning network
faculty development and instructional design
2001 Sloan-C Award for Excellence in ALN Faculty Development

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SUNY Learning Network
 30 of the 64 campus participate in SLN.
 3,000 online faculty.
 107 online degrees offered.
 100,000+ online student enrollments.
 4,000 + fully online courses.
 Average 90% student & faculty satisfaction.
 CC account for 67% of student enrollments.
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SLN Awards
2000 EDUCAUSE Award for Systemic Progress in Teaching and Learning
2001 Sloan-C award for Excellence in ALN Faculty Development
2002 Sloan-C award for Excellence in Institution-Wide ALN Programming
2003 Sloan-C Award for Excellence in Online Teaching
2006 USDLA 21st Century Best Practice Award - Online Technology - Higher
Education
2009 NUTN Distance Education Innovation Award
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Things to Consider Today
 What makes an effective learning
environment?
 Why might technology-enhanced
instruction be worth talking about?
 Keep in mind “the effects of
informational technolgies on Higher Ed.”
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Name that tool!
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Web 2.0
 http://www.appappeal.com/web-2-0-application-world-
mosaic/
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My top 10 list!
 in January 2008:
1. Twitter
2. SecondLife
3. Voicethread
4. Ustream
5. Audacity
6. Del.icio.us
7. Skype
8. edublogs (wordpress)
9. jing
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My top 10 list!
 Top 10 list for 2009:
1. seesmic
2. the flip video
3. youtube quickcapture
4. diigo & groups
5. Slideshare & groups
6. polldaddy
7. mogulus
8. Facebook groups and pages
9. Flickr & groups
10. rockyou, animoto, wordle, prezi
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1 Social Bookmarking
 http://diigo.com
 http://groups.diigo.com/groups/ETAP687
 Social bookmarking examples.
 http://del.icio.us/alexandrapickett
 http://www.diigo.com/user/alexandrapickett
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2 Twitter
 http://twitter.com
 microblog
 community of practice
 communication
 support
 professional development
 http://twitter.com/etap687
 http://twitter.com/alexpickett
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3 Blogs
 http://edublogs.org
 http://wordpress.com
 Blog hosting tools.
 http://etap687.edublogs.org
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4 Voicethread
 http://voicethread.com
 an online media album of any type of media (images,
documents and videos).
 make comments in 5 different ways voice (with a
microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a
webcam).
 and share them with anyone you wish.
 Icebreaking activity example:
http://voicethread.com/share/450225/
 http://voicethread.com/share/524903/
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5 Audacity
 http://audacity.sourceforge.net
 Audio editing/recording.
 http://sln.suny.edu/sln/public/original.nsf/dd93a
8da0b7ccce0852567b00054e2b6/543a6ea4d75
d0e0e852571c40061a368?OpenDocument
 Bonus cooltool
 http://tinyurl.com/5l83or
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6 Jing
 http://jingproject.com/
 Screen-capture/screen casting.
 http://www.screencast.com/t/whCXu3oj4b -
clarification
 http://www.screencast.com/t/gvb43kilynw -
how to..
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Did you know?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
faeTLfcgBA
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So, what are the effects of
information technologies on
higher ed?
 How will they affect your educational
institution?
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?
Any Questions?
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Join my networks!
 http://www.slideshare.net/alexandrapickett/slideshows
 http://www.twitter.com/alexpickett
 http://etap687.edublogs.org
 http://del.icio.us/alexandrapickett/
 http://www.youtube.com/user/alexandrapickett
 http://slnsummit.sln.suny.edu
 http://twitter.com/slnsolsummit
 http://flickr.com/photos/alexandrapickett
 http://www.spock.com/Alexandra-M.-Pickett-TFZBh10F
 http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrapickett
 http://www.pandora.com/people/alexandra.pickett
 Alejandra Subagja in Second Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/SUNY%20Learning%20Network/128/128/0
 Skype: alexandrapickett
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Thank You!
alejandra m. pickett
alexandra.pickett@suny.edu
http://www.slideshare.net/alexandrapickett
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