Presentation for ACCUTE 2012 Conference

1. Using Educational Technology to Achieve a Truly
Collaborative Pedagogy in English Classrooms
Ann Gagné, Ph.D.
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

2. Defining Terms

3. What is Educational Technology
 LMS/CMS

4. Educational Technology
 Tools:
• Social Media
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Videos

5. Educational Technology
 Clickers
 Cel Phones
 iPads

6. Collaborative Pedagogy and the
Architecture of Learning

7. Broadcast Model Collaborative Model

8. What is Blended Learning?

9. Blended Collaborative Education and
Bloom’s Pyramid
Traditional Lecture Format Blended Learning

10. Flipping the
Classroom
#flipclass

11. Blended Learning Models
From http://www.knewton.com/blended-learning/

12. Blended Delivery Outcomes and
Practice

13. Rotation Blended Course Model
 Week One in class  In-class work:
delivery • Group work
• Collaborative exercises
building from online
work which leads to a
small written
assignment
• Guidance about
sources and concepts.

14. Rotation Blended Course Model
 Week Two Online  Online work:
delivery • Post sources
appropriate to the topic
• Analyze and discuss
sources
• Comment and give
constructive feedback
on the sources brought
in by peers.

15. Role of Instructor and Student in Blended
Delivery
 Role of the Instructor  Moderate and Curate
 Maintain an inclusive
environment
 Review evaluative
exercises and assign
grades
 Participate in
 Role of the Student discussions
 Perform research and
be prepared for
activities

16. Collaborative Blended Delivery:
Benefits and Considerations

17. One of Many Benefits: An Ethical Classroom
 How do you maintain  The synchronous and
and ethical and asynchronous nature of
inclusive environment in blended delivery
a blended delivery? supports students who
may be shy.

18. Considerations
 Hierarchy of LMS as mediating collaboration
 Role of instructor as moderator and curator

19. Ed Tech Requires a Different
Skill Set

20. Digital Literacy
 Reading  “Way-Finding”: Social
 Communicating and environmental
 Critical Thinking clues to navigate
information.
 Research
(From George Siemens:
 “Wayfinding” http://www.elearnspace.
org/blog/2011/09/06/coh
erence-sensemaking-
and-wayfinding/)

21. Seneca eLiteracy Modules

22. Attention Literacy
 Attention is a skill that  In an information
must be shaped and saturated environment it
practiced (Rheingold) is easy to tune out
 When students tune out
they are not engaged,
they are not learning
 #Contentfail

23. Educational Technology in
English Classes
The College / University Divide

24. Questions and Divides
College University
 Easier to use Ed Tech  Those with research
because of smaller mandates slower to use
class sizes digital technology

25. Issues Remaining
 Copyright
 BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and the ethics or
divides it can suggest
 Privacy

26. Contact
 Ann Gagne, Ph.D.
Instructor
Curriculum Lead
Faculty of Continuing Education and Training
Newnham Campus
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Twitter:@AnnGagne
Blog: http://www.allthingspedagogical.blogspot.ca/