This document discusses the changing learning environment for 21st century students and the need to support educational technology in teaching. It describes how students' learning environment has expanded with increased access to places, times, and partners for learning. Communication and collaboration are central aspects of this new environment. The document advocates working with faculty to determine current technology use and desires, conducting surveys, and creating a plan to expand learning opportunities through technology while building upon existing practices. It provides examples of strategies like lectures, discussions and group work that can be adapted for both traditional and online learning environments using tools like Blackboard, Google, and Web 2.0 platforms.

1. Ann Larson
aclarson@gmail.com
November 5, 2010
for RIC Hiring Committee

2. Supporting the use of
Educational Technology in
Teaching and Learning
Moving forward to meet
the needs of Students in a
21st Century Environment

3. A Vision of Students Today

4. So what does this new
environment look like?
An Expanded Environment with:
 Place, Time and Partners in learning greatly
increased

5. So what does this new
environment feel like?
 Communication is
Central
 Collaboration is Key
An Expanded Environment where:

6. Communication is Central
 “pocket and under the arm technologies have
become a prevailing and almost indispensable part
of how we work, play and connect to each other.”
 You see learning that is fueled by questions.
 As students are formulating and asking questions,
they are engaged in conversations… conversing with
classmates, students in other classes, other experts,
the teacher … exchanges with print references .
- David Warlick - from Technology-Transformed Learning
Environments at http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/?p=2294

7. Collaboration is Key
For both Students and Educators
 Students
 “When we gather to produce, our ideas, talents, and
skills embody our final outcome.”
 “Important for students who will have to work with
others in some capacity to be able to problem solve”
 “Online collaboration is very different than in person
collaboration mainly because we don’t have nonverbal
cues to support our messages.”
Shelly Terrell - teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org
http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2010/11/02/educators-as-collaborators-25-
resources/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Teac
herBootCamp+%28TeacherBootCamp%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

8. Collaboration is Key - continued
For both Students and Educators
 Educators – members of learning communities –
pln’s

9. http://leadershipbootcamp.ning.com/forum/topics/perpetual-learning-machine
… from the ISTE Professional Learning Community

10. In support of student learning:
 Work with faculty to determine the current state
of technology use
 Determine the desire for and strategies for using
technology
 In the classroom
 Through online learning
Working Together

11.  Expand opportunities for learning through the use
of technology
 Find out the current state of technology use
through conversations: one-on-one and small
group
 Survey faculty (and students)
 Analyze the data collected
 Create a plan based upon conversations and
surveys
 Build upon current practices
Survey
Moving Forward

12. Start from Where you Are
 Use “early adopter” technology and eLearning
usage as models (and “early adopters” as
resources and promoters)
 Remember: “many instructional strategies for
online learning … are currently used in traditional
classrooms … and can be successfully adapted
for online learning.

13. Transitioning Strategies for
Online Learning
Traditional Classroom Strategies such as:
 Lecture
 Discussion
 Small group work
 Collaboration
 Case Studies
Are supported by the tools within Blackboard itself
as well as a multitude of Web 2.0 tools such as:
Google Tools, Blogs, Wikis, PollEverywhere

14. Enhanced Learning with
Blackboard
 Allows for continued conversation (via
discussion boards) and learning after class is
over
 Ease of communication with all students
 Provides a place to hold all course material in
a very organized way (students like classroom
notes and resources online)
 Provides an easy way to add additional
material on the fly
 Ease of assignment “collection”
 Use of online quiz option allows for automatic

15. Resources Supporting
Transition to Online Learning (or
– no need to start from scratch)
 Blackboard Community
 Illinois Online Learning
 ISTE
 Edutopia
 Elumination
 Nings, Blogs
 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day

16. Other Thoughts
 Podcasts or iTunes U for recorded lectures or
screencast explanations
 Increase Student in class Interaction with
 Clickers, Polls, Twitter, Back-channels

17. The time is right
 Rich in Content
 Available any where and any time
 Students, educators and community are
active partners
 Communication is Central
 Collaboration is Key
 Learning is personal and meaningful
An Expanded (Technology Infused) Learning Env

18. Credits
Simple Artwork -
http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj//FLClipart/Nouns/building/library.gi
f
Microsoft Office Clipart
Shelly Terrell - http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org
David Warlick - http://davidwarlick.com/2cents
Michael Wesch – Kansas State University
youtube video link -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
Steve Dembo – steve_dembo@discovery.com
ISTE Ning – leadershipbootcamp.ning.com
Illinois Online Network –
ion.uillonois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructionalstrategies

19. Video Summary – A Vision of Students
Today
• If these walls could talk ..
• Students talk through a collaborative Google Doc
• Talk about how they work: read 8 books/year, but 2300
web pages; write 42 pages/semester but 500 emails …
• Activities for the day add up to >24 hours – “we are multi-
taskers”
• “We’re lucky” compared with other people in the world
• Out of college they will probably get a job that doesn’t
exist today
• Some have suggested that technology can save us, but
then site that they often use of technology that isn’t
productive to learning
• Writing on a chalkboard: but what is missing? – photos,