1. Emerging Learning Technologies: Blackboard and Beyond http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o Facilitators: Catherine Paul & Emily Renoe, UBC
2. Introductions Facilitator Bios: Emily + Catherine Introduce yourself to your colleagues next to you: What does emerging learning technologies mean to you? Why should you care about emerging learning technologies?
3. Discussions What Emerging Technologies (ETs) are you currently using in your courses? Remember ETs can be anything…. i.e.Abacus? Crayons? Social media tools like Twitter? Facebook?
4. Our Timeline Introductions – 20 min Discussions and definitions – 40 min Case Studies (tool demo) – 45 min Group Activity – 45 min Sharing and wrap-up – 30 minutes
5. Objectives Upon completion of this workshop, participants will: Reflect upon the results of using learning technology in instruction and consider ways to adapt lessons accordingly Be able to discuss advantages and disadvantages and prospects of using learning technology in your teaching practice Consider ways of incorporating learning technology into your Blackboard or other CMS course. Learn one thing that you didn't expect to learn.
6. What are Learning Technologies? A few definitions: …learning technologies encompasses information and instructional technology, as well as communications tools, applications and systems that support learning. –educause Learning technology- also known variously as e-learning, instructional technology and educational technology, is the use of technology to support the learning process. – educause
7. Resources Horizon Report - UK JISC – Joint Information Systems Committee - UK
8. Use of Learning Technologies in Higher Ed Now Using collaborative learning technologies (Web 2.0) leads to development of a new sense of communities of interest and networks, and also of a clear notion of boundaries in web space. Advice and guidance is available to institutions, but there is no blueprint for implementation of Web 2.0 technologies, and each is currently deciding its own path Deployment of learning technologies is in no way systematic and the drive is principally bottom up, coming from the professional interest and enthusiasm of individual members of staff
22. As of June 2009, Flickrit claims to host more than 3.6 billion images.[ Self Expression http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulobrandao/2762313433/
23. Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Estimates put the number of users between 6 and 10 million users. http://twitter.com/ Relating as more experienced co-creators rather than employers
24. Preziis a free web-based tool that helps you create dynamic presentations- replacing powerpoint! Estimated number of visits per day to prezi are 577,636
25. Sharing enthusiasm for common interests http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/
27. YouTube is a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos, and view them in MPEG-4 format. There are over 300,000,000 account on YouTube, and 200,000 videos are uploaded every day! Social media changes… who we can reach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
28. Facebook is a free-access social networking directory website. It is an electronic directory made up of individuals’ photographs and names. As of May 09, there are 200 million active users. Social media changes… how many people we can reach
