Designing for Difference: Issues for teaching, learning and technology Colleen Carmean Arizona State University

What’s Different? Society Digital Natives Social Technologies

Society

Digital Natives

Social Technologies

What’s Not Different?

Teaching in Traditional Institutions of Higher Education

Design 2.0: Responding to the Stakeholders Society Institution Faculty Learners

Society

Institution

Faculty

Learners

Society Better Critical Thinking Skills Better Communication Skills (written, oral and visual) Better Teaming & Collaboration Skills Greater Expectations Report of AAC&U

Better Critical Thinking Skills

Better Communication Skills (written, oral and visual)

Better Teaming & Collaboration Skills Greater Expectations Report of AAC&U

Institution Relevancy Responsibility Resilency personal communication with ASU West campus Provost Mark Searle 2005

Relevancy

Responsibility

Resilency

personal communication with ASU West campus Provost Mark Searle 2005

Faculty Stability Evidence of Value Seamless Integration Barone & Hagner (2001)

Stability

Evidence of Value

Seamless Integration

Barone & Hagner (2001)

Learner Research Theory: deeper learning is social, active, contextual, fosters ownership and encourages engagement http:// www.west.asu.edu/nlii/learningtable.htm Reality: Learners now demanding new skills and expressing new expectations (Greater Expectations Report of AAC&U)

Research Theory: deeper learning is social, active, contextual, fosters ownership and encourages engagement http:// www.west.asu.edu/nlii/learningtable.htm

Reality: Learners now demanding new skills and expressing new expectations (Greater Expectations Report of AAC&U)

Field-Based Evidence for alternative environments Gaming Military and Online Initiatives Questionable Assessment Studies River City Prensky.com Second Life Research

Gaming

Military and Online Initiatives

Questionable Assessment Studies

River City

Prensky.com

Second Life Research

Personal Field Work NG-CMS Digital Learners Online Learning Meaningful Learning Emergent Learning (self-directed, informal, sharing outcomes)

NG-CMS

Digital Learners

Online Learning

Meaningful Learning

Emergent Learning (self-directed, informal, sharing outcomes)

Areas for Exploration NG-CMS Next Gen Learners Shifting Expectations on the Academy & Faculty Mobile Computing Independent learning

NG-CMS

Next Gen Learners

Shifting Expectations on the Academy & Faculty

Mobile Computing

Independent learning

NG-CMS Smart Agency Tools for Learning Natural Integration with Portal Services

Smart Agency

Tools for Learning

Natural Integration with Portal Services

Next Gen Learning Student as Consumer Digital Learning Anytime/Anywhere Access

Student as Consumer

Digital Learning

Anytime/Anywhere Access

Emergent Learning Just-in-time Informal Shared results Web 2.0 tools…

Just-in-time

Informal

Shared results

Web 2.0 tools…

Mobile Computing iPods Web phones Wireless everywhere 1:1 Initiatives

iPods

Web phones

Wireless everywhere

1:1 Initiatives

Where are We Going? Horizon Report 2007: user created content, social networking, mobile learning, virtual worlds/gaming, new scholarship New Media Consortium

Horizon Report 2007: user created content, social networking, mobile learning, virtual worlds/gaming, new scholarship

New Media Consortium

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