The saga of Dr. Jacki Leak, Dept. of Women’s Studies SDSU and the adventures of bringing IT HOME to the “Hip Hop” Generation I Still Miss My Typewriter But It’s 2008 . . .

Classes: 2@ SDSU & 1@CSUSM Each class meets F2F, once a week, in a SMART classroom Total approximately 90-110 students @SDSU Mostly female Many Ipod-earbuds, laptops Returning students (avg1 per class) Reluctant “Tech-newbies” like me

Classes: 2@ SDSU & 1@CSUSM

Each class meets F2F, once a week,

in a SMART classroom

Total approximately 90-110 students @SDSU

Mostly female

Many Ipod-earbuds, laptops

Returning students (avg1 per class)

Reluctant “Tech-newbies” like me

Encourage early connections and development of trust Encourage perspective-taking, risk-taking and divergent thinking Integrate students’ personal experiences with class content Deconstruct perceptions about women Access and evaluate online resources relating to women Facilitate student-guided interactions with peers and with course content Minimize barriers to full class participation

Encourage early connections and development of trust

Encourage perspective-taking, risk-taking and divergent thinking

Integrate students’ personal experiences with class content

Deconstruct perceptions about women

Access and evaluate online resources relating to women

Facilitate student-guided interactions with peers and with course content

Minimize barriers to full class participation

BB tools Syllabus Announcements Assignments Gradebook Email Digital Dropbox Discussion board Course Information Survey/Test Course Documents Webquest

BB tools

Syllabus Announcements

Assignments Gradebook

Email Digital Dropbox

Discussion board Course Information

Survey/Test Course Documents

Webquest

Announcements & Discussion Board Icebreaker: interacting within the first week Ongoing dialogues throughout semester Announce course-related events & information-sharing Survey tool Dramatic gestalt Animated in class discussion

Announcements & Discussion Board

Icebreaker: interacting within the first week

Ongoing dialogues throughout semester

Announce course-related events & information-sharing

Survey tool

Dramatic gestalt

Animated in class discussion

Course Information and Course Documents became accessible resources for students to use “24/7” Posted powerpoints facilitated fewer interruptions of lecture & more efficient note-taking, but students still had to be present to fill in the gaps…

Course Information and Course Documents became accessible resources for students to use “24/7”

Posted powerpoints facilitated fewer interruptions of lecture & more efficient note-taking, but students still had to be present to fill in the gaps…

Online course evaluation On a scale of 1-5, “ 1” represented “no help” “ 5” represented “very much help,” Overall average for all questions was 4.3 (.88)

Online course evaluation

On a scale of 1-5,

“ 1” represented “no help”

“ 5” represented “very much help,”

Overall average for all questions was 4.3 (.88)

How much did the following help your learning ? Online instructions and sample assignments 4.13 Study guides posted on BB 4.38 Powerpoints 4.56 Connections to classmates 3.81 Resources on BB 4.25

How much did the following help your learning ?

Online instructions and sample assignments 4.13

Study guides posted on BB 4.38

Powerpoints 4.56

Connections to classmates 3.81

Resources on BB 4.25

Information given about BB 4.06 Individual support as a learner from peer interactions 4.19 How much has this class added to your Critical thinking ability? 4.00 Perspective-taking ability? 4.31 Skill in using BB? 3.81

Information given about BB

4.06

Individual support as a learner from peer interactions

4.19

How much has this class added to your

Critical thinking ability? 4.00

Perspective-taking ability? 4.31

Skill in using BB? 3.81

Help students begin to see & understand the perspectives of mature women Exploring multiple websites, evaluate & synthesize content Approximately half the students did this as an extra-credit assignment. A few students either didn’t read the instructions or for whatever reason, did not assume the age-appropriate perspective

Help students begin to see & understand the perspectives of mature women

Exploring multiple websites, evaluate & synthesize content

Approximately half the students did this as an extra-credit assignment. A few students either didn’t read the instructions or for whatever reason, did not assume the age-appropriate perspective

Student responses to 38 questions regarding the impact of the Webquest on the following: Ability to do online research Perspective-taking ability Understanding complex ideas Combining and making sense of information from multiple websites Understanding relationships between concepts

Student responses to 38 questions regarding the impact of the Webquest on the following:

Ability to do online research

Perspective-taking ability

Understanding complex ideas

Combining and making sense of information from multiple websites

Understanding relationships between concepts

1-5 scale “ 1”means “Not at all helpful” “ 5” means “Very much help” Overall results 4.3 (.78) average for all questions One student commented at the end of the survey, “I never thought about it before, but I know this is going to be about me someday”

1-5 scale

“ 1”means “Not at all helpful”

“ 5” means “Very much help”

Overall results 4.3 (.78)

average for all questions

One student commented at the end of the survey, “I never thought about it before, but I know this is going to be about me someday”

Emergence of an “after the second class” tutorial Online exam using Blackboard (OY!) Digital Dropbox is an excellent back-up for student submissions that do not successfully upload into the assignment tool. I almost forgot to do the final survey!

Emergence of an “after the second class” tutorial

Online exam using Blackboard (OY!)

Digital Dropbox is an excellent back-up for student submissions that do not successfully upload into the assignment tool.

I almost forgot to do the final survey!

Re-label links to websites to better reflect their content Explore possibility of giving online quizzes Explore how to make the discussion board less labor intensive… Do more online surveys earlier in the semester, including first week “about women” statements pre/post Revise the survey questions to be more content or BB tool specific

Re-label links to websites to better reflect their content

Explore possibility of giving online quizzes

Explore how to make the discussion board less labor intensive…

Do more online surveys earlier in the semester, including first week “about women” statements pre/post

Revise the survey questions to be more content or BB tool specific

I confess! I like technology I sold the typewriter , abandoned the age of Aquarius… I used the money to buy a one way ticket to join our students… In 21 st Century Cyberspace!

I confess!

I like technology

I sold the typewriter , abandoned the age of Aquarius…

I used the money to buy a one way ticket to join our students…

In 21 st Century Cyberspace!