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Equipping Today’s Instructors for Tomorrow’s Students

Equipping Today’s Instructors for Tomorrow’s Students. CCNA R&S T3 Webinar. Cisco Networking Academy. Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0.1: A Checklist for Instructor Trainers Dennis C. Frezzo, PhD dfrezzo@cisco.com Senior Manager, Learning and Collaboration Engineering

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Equipping Today’s Instructors for Tomorrow’s Students

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  1. Equipping Today’s Instructors for Tomorrow’s Students CCNA R&S T3 Webinar Cisco Networking Academy • Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0.1: • A Checklist for Instructor Trainers • Dennis C. Frezzo, PhD dfrezzo@cisco.com • Senior Manager, Learning and Collaboration Engineering • On behalf of the Simulation, Assessment, Game Engineering Team • July 2013

  2. A Checklist for Instructor Trainers: Are You …. Installing PT 6.0.1 for CCNA R&S? Viewing Simulation Mode? Using PTSAs? Building Models? Telling Stories? Playing Games? Writing Activities? Collaborating?

  3. 1 Are You Installing PT 6.0.1 for CCNA R&S? Benefits: bug fixes, avoiding misconceptions, better interactions with assessment and gaming systems New features for you and your classes to build better models. Oh, and see “Help”! PT 6.0.1 is REQUIRED to use many curriculum practice activities, but also quizzes, Chapter exams, Practice and Actual Final Exams, and of course PTSAs

  4. Enhancements: IOS 15 Routers; IPv6 Features; HSRP; Octal Cable Server with 2 NICs Host Based Firewalls HSRP HWIC-8A

  5. 2 Are You Viewing Simulation Mode? Scientific Visualization is a crucial part of most STEM disciplines Consider PT Simulation mode a single-step, entire-network, packet sniffer Research shows the power of animations, packet tracing, and student “what if” questions Check out the protocol list! Device tables! Packet contents! Scenario features! QoS!

  6. 3 Are You Using PTSAs? Research indicates the utility of performance-based assessments PTSAs can improve the validity, fairness, and security of an your exam portfolio Automatically graded work product, process logs, and extensive feedback Isomorphic tasks (“task families”) allow for better security and/or multiple retakes for mastery

  7. Skills Assessment – PTSA

  8. 4 Are You Building Models? Research shows the power of learners building their own network models This process may be described as constructivist; as an “inquiry” process; as “what ifs” with “aha” moments Scaffolding can be heavy (lots of guidance) or minimal (more problem-based), individual or in teams, in-person or via social networking, compare/contrasting PT & real

  9. 5 Are You Telling Stories? Learning research emphasizes the importance of context, especially for motivation and transfer of learning to work contexts. Consider .pkz (like zip, with gfx) Curriculum .pka files are often (not always) written with a minimal amount of context to avoid cognitive overload (distraction) Stories provide context; but many times the best stories are localized to the learners

  10. Thanks to Bob Schoenerr, World Skills

  11. 6 Are You Playing Games? Research indicates that games have great educational potential Many types of NetAcad resources can be turned into games by social means We have two computer-based games, Packet Tracer Multiuser (PTMU) and Aspire Educational games that are both fun and teach useful networking skills are challenging for Cisco to develop; help us.

  12. PTMU: LAN Multiuser Agent

  13. 7 Are You Writing Activities? First, you need not, since there are: dozens of new PT 6.0.1 activities, hundreds of PT 5.3.x activities activities you personally have written But maybe you want to modify them? Maybe you want to translate or localize? Maybe you alone, or you and your peers, want to write your own, from “scratch”?

  14. Toolbox of Options:Richer, more frequent feedback To triangulate what students know, a student, their instructor, and NetAcad can draw upon this Assessment toolkit. Moving toward ubiquitous formative assessment. Shifting from knowledge feedback to feedback about skills and abilities. NOTE: Bolded items are moddable

  15. Variable Manager • Variables are associated with pools of multiple values. • Pools can be associated with seeds to determine which set to use from the pool.

  16. Isomorphs

  17. PT Assessment – Add Your Own • Create your own • PT has hundreds of gradable components • Add to your course • Please see also sessions entitled “Packet Tracer 6.0 and Beyond!”, and “Shake up and Shape Up PT Activities with Variable Manager and IsoMorph”

  18. 8 Are You Collaborating? You are part of a complex activity system If your preferred mode of collaboration is international, check out the PT community If your preferred mode of collaboration is more local, work with Sew Hoon, Kevin, Karen, and Giuseppe and your peers There is immense power and openness in the Packet Tracer Ecosystem. Be patient with Activity Wizard, Scoring Model and Scripting, as we prioritize student-facing features, not AW UX WE. ARE. PARTNERS.

  19. Resources on NetSpace Link to Packet Tracer Discussion Forum FAQs and Packet Tracer 6.0.1 Errata List Supplementary activities for curricula At A Glance Overview Presentation Instructor training materials Link to Instructor Guides Packet Tracer resource page Look for Upcoming PT 6.1 Beta (TBA) Wildcard: virtual PT activity scripting conference?

  20. Equipping Today’s Instructors for Tomorrow’s Students Academy Conference 2013 Cisco Networking Academy • Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0 and Beyond! • Addressing the Digital Divide • Dennis C. Frezzo, PhD • Senior Manager, Learning and Collaboration Engineering • On behalf of the Simulation, Assessment, Game Engineering Team

  21. Equipping Today’s Instructors for Tomorrow’s Students Academy Conference 2013 Cisco Networking Academy Assessing Student Learning in 2013: Surfing the Digital OceanHow do we know what our students know? Dennis C. Frezzo, PhD Senior Manager, Simulation, Assessment, and Game Engineering (SAGE) Telethia Willis SAGE Program and Project Manager, Assessment Cisco

  22. Equipping Today’s Instructors for Tomorrow’s Students Academy Conference 2013 Cisco Networking Academy • Cisco Packet Tracer Multiuser • What it does and how to make it work • Brad Anderson • Product and Program Manager – Packet Tracer • Bob Schoenherr • Global Competition Lead • NetAcad

  23. Equipping Today’s Instructors for Tomorrow’s Students Academy Conference 2013 Cisco Networking Academy • Shake up and Shape Up PT 6.0 Activities with • Variable Manager and IsoMorph • Steve Stiles Paul Burkholder • Instructor Instructor • Rhodes State College Rhodes State College

  24. Thank you!

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