Technology Advocate Presentation

1. Technology Advocate Presentation: Google
Docs - from a Higher Education perspective

2. Web 2.0 presentation – a tool to use:
Google Docs
What is…
Google Docs?
It is a free web based application that allows
for the composition of documents,
spreadsheets, etc to be created, edited, and
stored online. Most importantly, it is a great
example of COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGYCOLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGY.

3. Collaborative Technology
• Collaborative Technology is any virtual
application that allows for the interaction of
two or more people with the goal of
accomplishing a task.
• With the emergence of Web 2.0
modalities, it allows for the coming
together of people both synchronously
and asynchronously to work in partnership
on many ideas and/or projects.

4. Why Collaborative Technology in
Higher Education…the benefits…
“Collaborative and Socially oriented theories of
learning is a major trend in higher education…”
(Ishtaiwa & Aburezeq, 2015).
• Collaborative tools improve
student achievement and
performance.
• Promotes students’ active
participation and
engagement
• Improves knowledge
construction
• Enriches the learning
process (Ishtaiwa &
Aburezeq, 2015)
CT also…
• Improves student interaction
with peers, instructors, and
course materials
• Provides and interesting and
motivating learning
environment
• Provides a flexible platform
for thinking, reflection, and
discussion
• Allows for students to
participate anytime and
anywhere

5. WHY?

6. Google Docs is…
• A Web 2.0 tool – a term first coined in
2004, “Web 2.0” has come to represent a
“social phenomenon embracing an
approach to generating and distributing
web content…characterized by open
communication, decentralization of
authority, and freedom to share and re-
use…” (Collis & Moonen, 2008).

7. Why Google
Docs?
As a Web 2.0/collaboration
technology, Google docs
allows for the following:
•Communication
•Collaboration
•Connectedness
•Learning Communities
•Cloud Computing
•Little-to-no-cost

8. Innovation in Higher
Education…
• Web 2.0 tools are already in use by college
students without the promotion of them by the
higher education institution.
• Students are ready and are making “extensive
use Web 2.0 tools…” (Collis and Moonen, 2008)
• Adopting Google Docs institution wide would be
a smooth transition for a technologically savvy
student population

9. Innovation in Higher Education
cont’d…
• Google docs is user-friendly software that
supports the teaching and learning process
• Instructors are empowered to create well
designed online activities that will encourage
students to participate in the new learning
environment
• This tool will allow students to ask for help,
comment, discuss, reflect, and propose new
ideas and thoughts thus taking advantage of this
platform and increasing collaborative behavior.

10. National Educational Technology
Standards…
While the ISTE standards are for the Pk-12
setting, they can be easily transferred to
students of the higher education setting;
while the level of education is more
advanced the outcomes are universal…

11. ISTE standard for students that
Google Docs can and will support:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Research and Information Fluency
• Critical Thinking, Problem Solving,
and Decision making
• Digital Citzenship
• Technology Operations and Concepts

12. References
1. Collis, B; Moonen, J. Web 2.0 tools and processes in higher education:
quality perspectives. Educational Media International. 45, 2, 93-106, June
2008. ISSN: 09523987.
2. Ishtaiwa F, Aburezeq I. Full length article: The impact of Google Docs on
student collaboration: A UAE case study. Learning, Culture And Social
Interaction [serial online]. December 1, 2015;7:85-96. Available from:
ScienceDirect, Ipswich, MA. Accessed March 2,
3. Understanding Educational Technology Trends and Issues
http://online.tarleton.edu/Home_files/EDTC_538/Week_2/Week_27.html
4. Web 2.0 In Higher Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlQgKJgeEgg