Edupreneurship Dr. Steven Hornik Kenneth Dixon School of Accounting University of Central Florida 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Edupreneurship “ is the relentless pursuit of opportunity, without regard to the resources currently controlled by the educational institution, without regard to the technology currently available to educators or their students and without regard to the technology educators and students are currently comfortable using”. (Robert Bloomfield/Byers Sellers 07/28/08 The Virtual Chalkboard ) 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

“ is the relentless pursuit of opportunity, without regard to the resources currently controlled by the educational institution, without regard to the technology currently available to educators or their students and without regard to the technology educators and students are currently comfortable using”. (Robert Bloomfield/Byers Sellers 07/28/08 The Virtual Chalkboard )

Today’s Opportunities Communicate with Students Collaborate with your Students Engage your Students Tools you control 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Communicate with Students

Collaborate with your Students

Engage your Students

Tools you control

How Teaching Undergrad is changing Less Face-to-Face More on-line May lead to isolation Less ability to interact with Professor Less interaction with students Larger classes (my case) Fall 2007 - 293 Spring 2008 - 194 Fall 2008 - 707 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Less Face-to-Face

More on-line

May lead to isolation

Less ability to interact with Professor

Less interaction with students

Larger classes (my case)

Fall 2007 - 293

Spring 2008 - 194

Fall 2008 - 707

There is No Such Thing as a “Digital Native” I don’t use technology because Students are Used to it Students Demand/Expect it I use technology if it supports my Pedagogy Communication is Key Engagement with topic is Key If Students can improve Learning Outcomes 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

I don’t use technology because

Students are Used to it

Students Demand/Expect it

I use technology if it supports my Pedagogy

Communication is Key

Engagement with topic is Key

If Students can improve Learning Outcomes

Tools I Use Communication Tools Instructor to Student Camtasia Studio Creation and Delivery of online lectures Student to Instructor Concept Map Are the students understanding the material? Bi-Directional Meebo Web based Instant Message Twitter “ What are you doing now” Jing Screen capture tool Course Delivery / Learning Platform Second Life™ 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Communication Tools

Instructor to Student

Camtasia Studio

Creation and Delivery of online lectures

Student to Instructor

Concept Map

Are the students understanding the material?

Bi-Directional

Meebo

Web based Instant Message

Twitter

“ What are you doing now”

Jing

Screen capture tool

Course Delivery / Learning Platform

Second Life™

Camtasia Studio Desktop capture utility that creates video for playback Used for PowerPoint narration Call-outs, Zoom In and Out Full control of output Flash, iPod, WMV, etc. Produce once, output many times 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Desktop capture utility that creates video for playback

Used for PowerPoint narration

Call-outs, Zoom In and Out

Full control of output

Flash, iPod, WMV, etc.

Produce once, output many times

Benefits to Online Lectures Break up long lectures into smaller more palatable chunks Students can listen/view when they have: Time Energy No Distractions Students can rewind and watch over and over again. 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Break up long lectures into smaller more palatable chunks

Students can listen/view when they have:

Time

Energy

No Distractions

Students can rewind and watch over and over again.

How often would you view one of the lectures? 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Concept Maps Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Graphical Tools Organizing & Representing Knowledge Consist of: Concepts Circles or Boxes Relationships between concepts Line connecting concepts Linking words or phrases describing relationship Propositions Two or more concepts connected using linking words 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

Graphical Tools

Organizing & Representing Knowledge

Consist of:

Concepts

Circles or Boxes

Relationships between concepts

Line connecting concepts

Linking words or phrases describing relationship

Propositions

Two or more concepts connected using linking words

Concept Map Structure Hierarchically structured More General Concepts at the Top More Specific, less general at the Bottom Cross-Links Shows how different concepts are related to each other Learning Theories Hierarchical Structures Places new knowledge in a framework Progressive Differentiation As understanding increases More concepts, ideas (deeper) Integrative Reconciliation Interrelationships discovered between concepts 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Structure

Hierarchically structured

More General Concepts at the Top

More Specific, less general at the Bottom

Cross-Links

Shows how different concepts are related to each other

Learning Theories

Hierarchical Structures

Places new knowledge in a framework

Progressive Differentiation

As understanding increases

More concepts, ideas (deeper)

Integrative Reconciliation

Interrelationships discovered between concepts

Student Maps Accrual Method of Accounting Accounts Receivable Accounting for Bonds 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Accrual Method of Accounting

Accounts Receivable

Accounting for Bonds

Instant Messaging Before Meebo My IM account is via Yahoo, my user name is shornik I would get a handful of IM’s throughout a semester Students don’t have Yahoo IM Students won’t get another IM account I’d forget to turn on my IM 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

My IM account is via Yahoo, my user name is shornik

I would get a handful of IM’s throughout a semester

Students don’t have Yahoo IM

Students won’t get another IM account

I’d forget to turn on my IM

Meebo Web Based Instant Messaging IM with any service: Yahoo, AIM, MSN, Google Talk, Jabber ... Integrate IM into your course web-site This was the key! 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Web Based Instant Messaging

IM with any service:

Yahoo, AIM, MSN, Google Talk, Jabber ...

Integrate IM into your course web-site

This was the key!

06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008 Meebo In Action....

Twitter - What is it? LifeBlogging Exchanging text messages with friends Via Web Via Phone! What are you doing? In 140 characters Seems exceedingly dumb.... At first Then it becomes addictive 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

LifeBlogging

Exchanging text messages with friends

Via Web

Via Phone!

What are you doing?

In 140 characters

Seems exceedingly dumb....

At first

Then it becomes addictive

Twitter 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Twitter – How can you use it? Wouldn’t it be great if our students thought about accounting ALL the time? Have you used a classroom clicker to keep your students engaged? Create a Twitter Account Have students follow your account My personal account: shornik My class account: acg2021 Follow your students account Then have some fun... Send students text messages The bank reconciliation process requires adjustments to the bank and book balances, name the adjustments made to the bank balance. 12:10 PM February 20, 2008 from web 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Wouldn’t it be great if our students thought about accounting ALL the time?

Have you used a classroom clicker to keep your students engaged?

Create a Twitter Account

Have students follow your account

My personal account: shornik

My class account: acg2021

Follow your students account

Then have some fun...

Send students text messages

The bank reconciliation process requires adjustments to the bank and book balances, name the adjustments made to the bank balance. 12:10 PM February 20, 2008 from web

Twitter - Responses 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Jing – What is it Developed by TechSmith Developers of Camtasia and SnagIt “ The always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere.” 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Developed by TechSmith

Developers of Camtasia and SnagIt

“ The always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere.”

Jing Examples: http://screencast.com/t/ZuajNlJV 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Examples:

http://screencast.com/t/ZuajNlJV

Second Life ™ Really Engaging Accounting 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Second Life ™ Research Setting 3-D Multi-User Virtual Environment (MUVE) Created by Linden Labs Is Not a game There are no inherent goals or outcomes Social Virtual World Your presence is represented by an Avatar how you communicate and interact with other avatars and objects All Content of the Virtual World is created by Residents who retain IP rights to their creations Has a working Economy based on the Linden Dollar Current exchange rate ~$250L to $1 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008 Robins Hermano

3-D Multi-User Virtual Environment (MUVE)

Created by Linden Labs

Is Not a game

There are no inherent goals or outcomes

Social Virtual World

Your presence is represented by an Avatar

how you communicate and interact with other avatars and objects

All Content of the Virtual World is created by Residents who retain IP rights to their creations

Has a working Economy based on the Linden Dollar

Current exchange rate ~$250L to $1

Second Life ™ Statistics 14,445,712 Registered Users – July 22 nd 2008 1,181,521 have logged on in last 60 days Median Concurrency 51,406 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

14,445,712 Registered Users – July 22 nd 2008

1,181,521 have logged on in last 60 days

Median Concurrency 51,406

Second Life ™ Education Stats Educational Islands October 2006 ~ 60 July 2008 ~ 1,200 Linden Lab CEO Education is one Killer App for Virtual Worlds 17 of 20 top US Universities have land in Second Life ™ 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Educational Islands

October 2006 ~ 60

July 2008 ~ 1,200

Linden Lab CEO

Education is one Killer App for Virtual Worlds

17 of 20 top US Universities have land in Second Life ™

3-D Accounting Equation The model allowed students to visualize how a debit or credit would increase or decrease the different account types the impact that increase or decrease would have on the accounting equation As students interacted with the model they received feedback from the model (in the form of text chat) what a particular debit or credit transaction was doing whether or not a particular transaction was balanced. 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

The model allowed students to visualize

how a debit or credit would increase or decrease the different account types

the impact that increase or decrease would have on the accounting equation

As students interacted with the model

they received feedback from the model (in the form of text chat)

what a particular debit or credit transaction was doing

whether or not a particular transaction was balanced.

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Assignments 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Interactive T-Account Students become game pieces Enables students to practice their understanding of the concept of normal account balances Feedback is provided Correct responses Incorrect responses Wrong side Correct type Wrong type, Correct side Wrong side, Wrong type 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Students become game pieces

Enables students to practice their understanding of the concept of normal account balances

Feedback is provided

Correct responses

Incorrect responses

Wrong side Correct type

Wrong type, Correct side

Wrong side, Wrong type

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T-Account Data 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Student Study Groups 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

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Follow my Journey http://mydebitcredit.com 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

http://mydebitcredit.com

Second Life Resources Second Life™ Educators (SLED) https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators SLED Blog http://www.sl-educationblog.org/ New Media Consortium http://sl.nmc.org/ SimTeach Wiki http://www.simteach.com/ 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Second Life™ Educators (SLED)

https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators

SLED Blog

http://www.sl-educationblog.org/

New Media Consortium

http://sl.nmc.org/

SimTeach Wiki

http://www.simteach.com/

Student Rank of Most Useful Tools 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008 Fall 2007 Spring 2008

Be an Edupreneur! Questions? 06/04/09 CTLA Anaheim August 2008

Questions?