Facilitating in Live Virtual Conferencing - Technology Trends Presentation

1. Elluminate Set up Welcome to Elluminate Live Conference While you are waiting for the session to start: Configure your microphone and speakersTools menu Audio Audio Setup Wizard Follow the prompts.

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3. What We Will Do Today Explore Elluminate Features Examine Technology Trends and their Intersection with Teaching & Learning Reflect on Implications for Teaching & Learning

4. Communicating Arrange Windows For Polling Raise Hand Send Text Msg Talk

5. Polling in Elluminate Will you be teaching an online course this academic year? Click green check  – Yes Click red X for -No

6. Participant Info Window Raise/Lower Hand Emoticons Step Away

7. Direct Messaging Window Send a Text Message Public Private

8. Connection Speed Set your Connection Speed based on your Internet connection

9. World Map Click the wand on the left, then select an icon at the bottom of the page, and click on the area of the world that you are from. Type your name as well.

10. Elluminate Live Web Conferencing Tool Multi-mediawebcam – video audio two-way white board – images, presentations Interactive writing polling assessment of learning

11. Who are the Learners?

12. Who are the Learners? Social – Team oriented Multi-tasking Style Experiential in LearningReal Life Experiences Digital, Connected Reading Shallow May Lack Critical Thinking Skills Visual & Kinesthetic

13. Shift in Learning Approach UnstructuredPeer to Peer Informal User as Creator & Contributor Personalized Pull EnablingSource: Amar Dhaliwal VP EngineeringSabaJeff Weinberger Knowledgemanagement Saba Structured Hierarchical Formal Expert lecture Prescribed Push Delivering

14. Technology & Learning Learning Informal Social Networks FaceBook Peer to Peer Sharing/Networks Flickr, Delicious Less Hierarchical Learning more Informal and Collaborative Intersection of Technology & Learning

15. How is e-Learning Changing? More collaborative peer to peer learning Creation of Communities of Interest Co-creation User as Creator Open Source M-Learning

16. Social Media

17. Technology Shift Web 2.0 Create, Connect, Collaborate Social Software Networks – Open SourceAllow you to do something BlogWebloghttp://electronicportfolios.org/blog WikiCollaborative siteWikipedia http://www.wikipedia.com File Sharing e.g.Music Google Facebook

19. More Social Media Tools Flickr Digital Photo Sharing Web Sitehttp://www.flickr.com DeliciousSocial Bookmarkinghttp://del.icio.us Video HostingYouTube RSSBloglineshttp://www.bloglines.comA way to collect in one spot current posts of interest from given web sites. It can come from almost any source such as Newspapers, blogs, communities of interest etc.

22. Assumptions Everyone Knows a little/no one knows a lot Content is always changing Wiki –Free Collaborative software Everyone can add to, edit page Create dynamic collective knowledge repository Source: Redefining the Role of the Learning Organization Collaborative and Informal Models and Roles of Learning Technologies Aug/06 Amar Dhaliwal Engineering Saba,and Jeff Weinberger, Marketing Saba

24. New Technology Trigger

25. Disruptive Innovations Generally slow to be adopted Dramatic change when broad adoption occurse.g.Mobile DevicesNow Widespread applications for GPS, hospitals, museums, Work Source: cited in Adapted from Clayton M. ChristiansonThe Innovator’s Dilemma, 1997 Cambridge MAHarvard Business School Presscited in Abel, R.J.. 2005. What’s Next in Learning Technology in Higher Education. A-HEC in-Depth2 (2) Oct., 2005. Lake Mary, FL:The Alliance for Higher education Eompetitiveness, Inc. from http://www.a-hec.org/research/in-depth_articles/whats_next1005/wahts_next1005_toc.htm

26. Strategies for Effectiveness How will using technology help to address the learning outcomes? Will the learning experience be improved?

27. Brainstorm 1 Use for Elluminate in Your Context

28. Reflection Question Collective Wisdom or Rise of Amateurism?What do you think? How will you participate in this evolution with your students?Thanks for Attending

29. Facilitator: Shirley Lesch

31. Other Students

33. Trends? Pros Cons