1. Teaching with Technology
Recommended practices for online and in the classroom
Tawnya Means, PhD
Director, Center for Teaching, Learning & Assessment
Warrington College of Business Administration
University of Florida
St. Ambrose University – February 2015

2. Technology Pervasiveness
* Technology is Everywhere!
12 million college students currently take one or
more classes online
Expected to exceed 22million within 5years!
http://mashable.com/2012/05/06/tech-collegae-infographic/

3. 53%
would rather give up
their sense of
SMELL
instead of their
technology
http://flic.kr/p/3HeeU | http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/todays-global-youth-would-give-up-their-sense-of-smell-to-keep-their-technology-122605643.html

4. http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1208/EIG1208.pdf

5. report they have slept with or next
to their phone
send text messages
say “technology use” defines their
generation
Pew Research Group (2011)
24%
88%
83%
Millennial students…

6. College students…
http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/publications/survey/grade-change-2013
7.1 million
6.1 %
400,000
take at least one class online
growth rate in adoption (2013)
more students online vs. prior year

7. We have moved past this…
https://flic.kr/p/nxwAhn

8. https://www.suitabletech.com/beam/
This is on the horizon…

9. What is happening now?
https://flic.kr/p/nxwAhn

10. A little overwhelming?

11. http://flic.kr/p/8onrZH

12. http://flic.kr/p/993MhT

14. Bite sized technologies

15. But it shouldn’t be about the
technology!
It’s about learning!
(with a twist)
I AGREE
It’s about both.

16. How can we use technology?
Three C Framework
Grossman, E. & Means, T. (2014), From Tablet and Stylus to Tablet and Stylus: An Almost 6,000-Year Revolution in Technology for Teaching and Learning

17. http://www.ntrepidcorp.com/timestream/

18. https://ufl.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_24vNw3VAR5GotlX

19. https://www.mindomo.com/

20. https://trello.com/

21. https://piazza.com

22. https://twitter.com

24. Shift from…
http://flic.kr/p/ds1DRo

25. http://flic.kr/p/azgEdB
Instructor focus…

26. To student focus: Get Active!

27. DEMONSTRATION

29. Business Model Canvas
1. Go to groupzap.com
2. Click Start
3. Enter your email address and name your
board
4. You’re in (like Flynn)

30. StudentVideo
1. Download Jing
2. Set up Screencast account
3. Record
4. Share your link
5. You’re a genius!

31. Student Presentations
• Go to www.slideshare.net (see example)
• Click Sign Up
• Use LinkedIn or Facebook or create
• Click Create Now -> Drag and Drop or Upload
• Piece of cake!

32. Polls, Surveys and Quizzes
1. Go to http://polleverywhere.com
2. Create your first poll (no signup needed)
3. Choose how you want people to respond
4. Run with it!

33. Polls, Surveys and Quizzes
1. Go to http://www.socrative.com/
2. Choose teacher login (use Google)
3. Manage -> Create a quiz
4. Send students to
http://b.socrative.com/student
5. Easy peasy!

34. APPLY IT

35. Your turn
• Choose an activity
• Consider how technology can enhance the
activity (no fluff)
• Choose a technology
• Create your technology enhanced activity

36. A few places to start…
Piazza: www.piazza.com and Prulu: www.prulu.com
Join Me www.join.me and Skype: www.skype.com
Twitter (#hashtag): www.twitter.com and Facebook (groups)
Bitly: www.bitly.com and Jing: www.techsmith.com/jing.html
Biz model fiddle: www.bmfiddle.com and Slack: www.slack.com
Storify: www.storify.com and Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com
Voicethread: www.voicethread.com and Slideshare: www.slideshare.net
Realtime Board: realtimeboard.com/ and Scriblink: www.scriblink.com/
Mindomo: www.mindomo.com andTimestream: www.GetTimestream.com
For more ideas, see Design on a Dime, Dell & Griebling: http://bit.ly/14G7nvs or Go2Web2.0 http://www.go2web20.net/

37. What did you create?
http://flic.kr/p/6K1B4

38. LESSONS LEARNED

39. Teaching with technology
• choose the right tool for the
right reason
• pedagogy FIRST
• technology LAST
https://flic.kr/p/4nJb8t

40. Try one new thing
https://flic.kr/p/68QFDp

41. Small things make a big difference
https://flic.kr/p/8vBVVr

42. Warp the space-time continuum…
https://flic.kr/p/35jTcv

43. It’s ok to ask for help…
https://flic.kr/p/7Gy4UX

44. Failure won’t kill you…
https://flic.kr/p/6qXFFm

45. Keys to failing gracefully…
• Set student expectations
• Communicate well
• Have a backup plan
• Be flexible
(and learn from your failures)

46. Contact
All Creative Commons licensed works used in this presentation are licensed for use and the legal code is at:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode
Tawnya Means, PhD
Director, Center for Teaching, Learning & Assessment
Warrington College of Business Administration
tawnya.means@ufl.edu
352-273-3237
@UFTawnya