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Empowering Teachers with More Pluggable Educational Technology
Dr. Charles Severance emphasizes the importance of empowering teachers through adaptable educational technology, particularly open source learning management systems. He critiques the reliance on traditional educational software and advocates for flexible tools that integrate seamlessly into existing environments. His long-term goal is to enable teachers and learners to effectively select, utilize, and enhance technology for improved teaching and learning outcomes.
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- 1. Empowering Teachers withMore Pluggable Educational Technology Dr. Charles Severance Clinical Associate Professor University of Michigan School of Information www.dr-chuck.com http://www.slideshare.net/csev
- 2. Dr. Chuck's Book •Available as a paper-book on Amazon, CreateSpace • Available for Kindle or Nook • Grouchy teacher focused on building innovative software fighting with management
- 3. Web 2.0 IsAWESOME! I love it when people say that we don't need educational technology any more - just use a blog, wiki, RSS feed, diggo, and a few other free things and voila! You can teach!
- 4. Web 2.0 IsAWESOME! I love it when people say that we don't need educational technology any more - just use a blog, wiki, RSS feed, diggo, and a few other free things and voila! You can teach! This sounds a lot better in a keynote speech than in real life.
- 5. Case Study: AmandaSeverance • Senior in Special Education • Technology in the Classroom Curse • Eleven different accounts • Setup required technical support 2:35
- 6. http://www.vimeo.com/24144611 4tvirtual
- 7. Open Source isAWESOME! With an Open Source Learning Managment System, you can change it and add new innovations without waiting for your vendor!
- 8. Open Source isAWESOME! With an Open Source Learning Managment System, you can change it and add new innovations without waiting for your vendor! This sounds a lot better in a keynote speech than in real life.
- 9. An Important Lesson... •Students and Teachers literally do not care at all if their learning software is open source • They are limited by the software that is installed and upgraded by their local IT staff • IT organizations fear innovation even if their software is open source
- 10. The Problem... • Teachersand students need flexibility in their environment • We need to bring the tools and content that the teachers need into the environment they already have rather than making a new environment for every new tool of content
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- 12. Can the Tool/Content Solve this? LEARNING TOOL OR CONTENT
- 13. Can the Tool/Content Solve this? LEARNING TOOL OR CONTENT No.
- 14. A Bit ofPersonal History...
- 15. Internet: TCI Show08 http://www.vimeo.com/4275919 1:22 0:52
- 16. Sync-O-Matic www.syncomat.com 1997
- 17. 2000 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~csev/csev/projects/cb2k/index.htm
- 18. 2001 http://bit.ly/gGQ1e7
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- 20. Dr. Chuck Travel2004-2006
- 21. Dr. Chuck -Up in the Air
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- 24. Cat Herding 2007-02 Ant Farm
- 25. Self-Service Exit Interview Bring enterprise-level open source LMS into the Market Collect bright worldwide developer community and achieve sufficient adoption for sustainability X Enable the rapid creation of new tools 08-2007 X Create a "Learning Tool App Store" X Empower teachers to write, share and use lots of tools
- 26. Teach Relax Reflect Recharge 2007-2008
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- 29. Tools Commercial Interoperability Common Publishers Cartridge LMS Open Source Standards 2008 www.imsglobal.org
- 30. Early Work on Standards • IMS Learning Tools Interoperability • Lots of convincing and cajoling (and beer) • Strategic chess game • Sakai, Blackboard, Moodle, ... 2009 http://www.vimeo.com/7825070 1:48
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- 33. Joseph Berkovitz <info@noteflight.com> www.noteflight.com 3:44 http://videos.noteflight.com/MoodleBasicLTI.mov
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- 43. 2004 2008 1995 2011 1997
- 44. Enagaging open source,creating standards, engaging propretary vendors, evangelizing ideas, doing demos, building "plumbing", all are important activities... my long-term goal is to empower teachers and learners as to how they select, use and expand, technology to help themselves teach and learn...
- 46. App Store forLearning Applications
- 47. Thank You Dr. Charles Severance University of Michigan School of Information www.dr-chuck.com @drchuck