Co-Presenter: Meaningful Conversations about EdTech: Transforming Student Learning. Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network 2016, November 10; Louisville, KY.

1. Olena Zhadko, Fran Glazer, Josie Baudier, Traci Stromie, Antonia Levy, Brad Wheeler
Meaningful Conversations about EdTech:
Transforming Student Learning
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2. Latinlink| US Media Consulting

3. Objectives/Agenda
1. Examine case studies to view opportunities for shifting
technology conversations from “nuts and bolts” to focus on
student learning.
2. Reflect on effective theory and research based instructional
design principles for technology adoption.
3. Review and develop guiding principles for assisting faculty
and institutions with decisions on selecting appropriate
education technologies.

4. Aziz, 2010
“Educational technology is the considered
implementation of appropriate tools, techniques,
or processes that facilitate the application of
senses, memory, and cognition to
enhance teaching practices and
improve learning outcomes.”
Image | Yarra Plenty Library

5. Why implement EdTech in a course?
(Svinicki and McKeachie 2011 & ECAR, 2013)Flaticon | Freepik

6. How does this look in a conversation with faculty?

7. Pixabay.com | Tarey

8. Goldilocks and the Three Technologies
“Have you heard of <insert tool>?”
“I love using <insert tool> it’s amazing!”
IF-AT Forms PollEverywhere i<Clickers

9. Large Class Learning
https://teach.its.uiowa.edu/group-work-strategies-gr
oup-processes-expert/group-work-best-practices

10. From Tracking to Accountability
Flaticon.com | Roundicons, Popcorns Arts, & Freepik

11. extended
conversations
every student has
a voice
VoiceThread

12. (Accessible) Course Videos for All!
➔ Connect to students in a more personal
way through voice and audio
➔ Teach a new tool which faculty can use
beyond intro videos; on their own
➔ Make course content accessible to all
School-wide initiative to include an introductory video made by
instructor in each online course site

13. Courting Serendipity
Pixabay.com | Lemonade

14. Educational Technology Conversations
Flacticon.com | VectorsMarket & FreePix

15. Educational technology conversations on your campus
Think-Pair-Share
● At what levels are you involved with EdTech
decisions?
● How do these conversations start?
● What is your institution’s process for EdTech
adoption?
Flickr | Oliver Tacke

17. EdTech: Theories of Adoption
Roger’s Diffusion of Innovations
http://rickwilsondmd.typepad.com/

18. EdTech: Theories of Adoption
Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) http://is.theorizeit.org/wiki/Technolog
y_acceptance_model

19. EdTech: Theories of Adoption
ADDIE
http://blog.commlabindia.com/elearni
ng-design/addie-elearning-model

20. NYIT Framework

21. What were their goals?
● How did you approach the situation?
● What was the criteria you use to select the tool?
● What aspects of the learning issue or technology tool factored
into the decision of technology adoption? (ex.: cost, training,
alignment to outcome)
● What areas did you as a practitioner have to research or better
understand?
● Do you see any similarities in your process and the frameworks
provided?
● How can you address gaps in the process and the needs of the
tool?

22. Large Group Debrief

23. Wikimedia Commons | US DOT
Earn a Badge: Individual Reflection
http://learning.nd.edu/podbadgeinfo/learner.html

24. QUESTIONS & THANK YOU!
Flickr | HBarrison

25. References
● Aziz, H. (2010). The 5 Keys to Educational Technology. The Journal: Transforming education through technology.
Retrieved from: https://thejournal.com/articles/2010/09/16/the-5-keys-to-educational-technology.aspx
● Dahlstrom, E., Walker, J. D., Dziuban, C., & Morgan, G. (2013). ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and
Information Technology, 2013. Louisville, CO. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/ecar
● Davis, F. D., Bagozzi, R. P., Warshaw, P. R. (1989). “User acceptance of computer technology: A comparison of two
theoretical models", Management Science, 35: 982–1003.
● NYIT Framework
● Oliveira, T., & Martins, M. F. (2010, September). Information technology adoption models at firm level: review of
literature. In European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (p. 312). Academic Conferences
International Limited.
● Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York: Free Press.
● Svinicki, M. D., & McKeachie, W. J. (2011). McKeachie's teaching tips : Strategies, research, and theory for college
and university teachers (13th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.