The document discusses improving learning through the use of technology. It argues that goals, strategies, and tactics need to be aligned, with the goal being to define what students should learn. Technology is presented as a tactic that can be used to achieve learning strategies. A variety of technologies and tools are described that can help with engagement, collaboration, assessment, and access to information. The document advocates embracing new technologies and possibilities to simplify learning and make students more knowledgeable and able.

1. Improving Learning ... with Technology Independent Study 2.0 Jon Mott Asst. to the Academic VP Brigham Young University 2009 BYU Independent Study Annual Conference

2. learning is ...

4. teaching is ...

6. intent ≠ outcome

9. goal strategy tactics

14. goals learner

15. what do you want your students to become?

19. learning strategy

21. learning tactics

23. measuring success

26. goal articulation = defining success

34. technology = tactics

39. problems (opportunities?)

41. what’s going on in their brains?

45. “ powering down” ≠ engaged

49. embrace the change

50. "We can't go on together with suspicious minds.” The King

52. new technology = new possibilities

54. information overload

57. 3,000,000 Tweets / Day 80,000,000 YouTube Videos 13,000,000 Wikipedia Articles 200,000,000 Facebook Accounts 3,600,000,000 Photos on Flickr 40,000,000,000 GB Data / Year

58. the future is now

59. simplify!

61. “ If you can Google it, don’t teach or test it.” David Wiley

62. knowledgeable

64. knowledge-able Michael Wesch

66. “ Nobody is smarter than everybody.”

67. research tools

70. productivity tools

74. collaboration tools

77. visualization

79. assessment

83. engagement

84. 99%

85. gaming *principles*

88. social networking

89. 85.2%

90. learning networks

96. If you don’t know what you want your students to become, it doesn’t matter what you do.

97. goal strategy tactics

98. http://www.slideshare.net/jonmott [email_address] http://jonmott.com http://twitter.com/jonmott

99. Image Credits (by slide #) 3. “Square Peg” http://flickr.com/photos/xrrr/2321685873/ 5. “Learning to Ride” http://flickr.com/photos/j_wijnands/365189918/ 7. “Learning the Hard Way” http://www.flickr.com/photos/23912576@N05/3289897472/ 8. “The Hard Way ...” http://www.flickr.com/photos/frazernash/2650227489/ 10. “Roadmap to Highways of the Sky” http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/2986906503 11. “Operation Desert Storm” http://www.flickr.com/photos/edoug/2966065288/ 12. Guy Strapped to Jet http://www.guypilon.com/CanadianAirForce.jpg 13. Guys in “Jets” http://www.omrlp.com/uploads/images/canmadianairforce.jpg 16. “Metamorphosis” http://www.flickr.com/photos/chekabuje/458359900/ 17. “legos” http://www.flickr.com/photos/12160152@N03/3541965667/ 18. Legos Capitol cc-by-nc @jonmott 20. “Learning by Doing” http://flickr.com/photos/52609761@N00/2290679982 22. “0 267” http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonandbev-adams/2363086110 24. “Growth Charted” http://www.flickr.com/photos/pierrelaphoto/258068798 25. Media Objects http://vistaicons.com 27. Student w/ Scantron Image From “A Vision of Students Today” ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o ) 28. “Scantron Triforce” http://www.flickr.com/photos/dooom2000/3044127020/ 29. “Success! Undergrad Graduation” http://www.flickr.com/photos/m00by/2539347606/ 31. “Fast Food Drive-Thru Attendant” http://www.flickr.com/photos/pine_red/140919614 32. “I wish for a fulfilled life” http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanchow/3517557789/ 35. “tools” http://www.flickr.com/photos/gordonr/42555739/ 36. “Uh Ken ... Wrong Tool Buddy” http://www.flickr.com/photos/tino_m/2459217557 37. “Computer fail” http://www.flickr.com/photos/spcummings/3631142010/ 40. “Waiting for Time to Pass” http://www.flickr.com/photos/fake_eyes/342753239/ 42. “Sneaky Messages” http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommyhuynh/1219122548/ 43. “Typical” http://www.flickr.com/photos/22916851@N08/2213292811/ 44. “16/365: Chinese New Year” http://www.flickr.com/photos/nin3rszxd/3230241116/ 46. “Using the iPod Book” http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctabu/117954644/in/photostream/ 47. “165.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoe-campbell/3714841958/ 48. Notes in Class cc-by-nc @dbiser 50. Elvis http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis_presley.jpg 55 & 56. Wikipedia Book http://www.rob-matthews.com/index.php?/project/wikipedia / 57. “information hydrant” http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2595497078/ 58. Star Trek Pad v. Kindle http://digg.com/design/Kindle_2_vs_Star_Trek_Pad 81. Students using clickers http://www.citl.ohiou.edu/index.cfm?pageID=29 84. Game Race cc-by-nc @jonmott 89. “On Facebook” http://www.flickr.com/photos/anna-b/3218868484/

100. References “ Alumna sues college because she hasn’t found a job http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/03/new.york.jobless.graduate Free Hugs Campaign http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4 Larry Cuban, Oversold & Underused: Computers in the Classroom (2001, Harvard University Press). Robert Leamnson, Thinking About Teaching & Learning (1999, Stylus) http://books.google.com/books?id=gUzUQ9EQ-8QC&dq=leamnson&source=gbs_navlinks_s Cell Phones - Time to Lift the Ban on Mobiles in the School Setting? http://www.openeducation.net/2009/02/08/cell-phones-time-to-lift-the-ban-on-mobiles-in-the-school-setting/ The Cluetrain Manifesto , http://cluetrain.com Michael Wesch: “From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-Able” http://hosted.mediasite.com/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=edd5f8a1a0ad4e2fbacee11257dd2950 “ 20 Online Fact Checkers” http://cain.blogspot.com/2009/08/20-online-fact-checkers-and-reference.html Wesch: World Simulation Game http://mediatedcultures.net/worldsim.htm Wiley: Intro to Open Education http://open.byu.edu/ipt692r-wiley/quests “ Student Faces Expulsion Over Facebook Study Group” http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2008/03/Student-Faces-Expulsion-over-Facebook-Study-Group.aspx