Agenda for tonight

WelcometoLeadership and Technology (EDER 679.10 L.92 )From Calgary With Asst. ProfessorDr. Eugene G. Kowchmay 14, 2003, Seminar One(A Synchronous Meeting using VCLASS AudioConferencing Technology)

Housekeeping Agenda for tonight • Introductions - getting to know each other • Vclass Tips • WebCT Tips • An overview of the Course • The Calendar: Groups: What’s Due when • A context for Technology & Leadership

Introductions Class Introductions A Guide… • My Name is… • My Location / what it’s like where I live… • My professional practice today (K-12, Higher Ed, Industry, Government) • My interests outside work (and learning) include…. • Presently, I develop instruction for…. • I’m in my Nth course in the M.Ed program.. • From this course, I would like to achieve… • With all this education I am getting, I would ideally like to …. • My experience in Leadership is….

Housekeeping Audio Conferencing (Vclass) Communication Tips • Ten second idea.. Use the X symbol by your name if you are experiencing tech difficulties - let’s try the (check) and ( X) signals… • Positive discourse really counts online - it makes the learning community stronger and we don’t feel so remote from each other (Praeger, 1999). • The message center is great - but it can distract you from the interactive goings-on. • For Centra-Experienced Users - What’s new with Vclass • You can run it on a Mac computer • We are all new Vclass users! • Only the instructor can load your Power Point files • There are new tech support numbers, protocols (see course outline) • There is no breakout room feature just yet • We will use WebCT mail as our mail host for this class: http://webct-a.ucalgary.ca • You should have email turnaround in 2 days (ekowch@ucalgary.ca) • Recordings are available of the class sessions

Housekeeping WebCt Hints • We may use these features in your WebCT Environment • To link to the Course Home Page:http://www.ucalgary.ca/~ekowch/67910s03/679s03home.html • To email each other & send attached files • Put the Subject of your email in your “To” message please • To engage in discussion threads on new topics • To chat in real time using text, -- students can get a transcript of that Chat from Gene (email me) • Hints about Discussion Threads: • 1. Respond to an item by pressing “post” while the message you respond (to) is on the screen. “Compose” message is a NEW message, not a response to an existing message. • 2. Include URLs if you like - make your note significant - I do not do a statistical check of “inputs”.. I read for content in the discussion • 3. Reflect on the readings / class discussions in your debates - keep an eye on the purpose of the course. • 4. Brief, poignant responses mean a lot to your fellow students as they read the threads. No post should be longer than a printed page - if it is longer, I suggest you use WebCT email or post the extra bit in the Coffee lounge..:-)

Email Guidelines: EDER 679.10 Make sure your Subject Line really is the Subject :-) Gene will only be checking WebCT email for EDER 679.10 regularly. Make sure attached file names reflect the contents of the file please.

Housekeeping Agenda for tonight • Introductions - getting to know each other • Vclass Tips • WebCT Tips • An overview of the Course • Readings • Deliverables / Assignments / The Contract • Specifics: Assignments

Overview Course Overview • Text Books: • None! All reading materials are provided for you, online in your WebCT environment. • All readings can be found in the “Course Content” (the open book icon) in WebCT Topics or themes in the course: • ICT Leadership • ICT as a Teaching and Learning Tool • Assessing ICT Needs • ICT Personal Development • ICT Security, Ethicsand Policy Issues

679 Assignments / Deliverables / A Contract (Due June 2, 2003) Max. Grade • Ten Postings on Topics (see course outline) • Two Document reviews from the Topics (Course content link) • A Group Presentation on One Topic (in Powerpoint) • An Individual Synthesis Paper on your learning in EDER 679.10 • A Group ICT Project • An integration plan for a subject area or unit or, • A school ICT assessment plan or, • A literature review of an ICT leadership Topic or Area • An annotated bibliography of a particular ICT leadership Topic or Area • A Recorder Report on one of the Group ICT Project Meetings • A Change Agency Posting on an ICT Leadership Topic (see tech tips) • A Reflection on Online Learning posting to the WebCT Disc. Area • Outside the box… evidence of innovation in research and analysis exceeding expectations - evidence of the use of new scholarship, theory and practice • In your learning… truly breaking new ground in the subject B+ A- A A+

May you be visited by only One friendly dolphin at a time this spring …

The Ten Postings All posts are in the WebCT Discussion Area (By topic): Minimums: • Your student introduction / your ICT orientation • ICT Leadership Discussion Posts: • one response to the instructor’s presentation and • One response to the student group presentation • ICT as a teaching and learning tool: • One response to the student group presentation • Assessing ICT needs & Developing ICT Standards: • One response to the student group presentation • ICT Security Issues • One response regarding the student group presentation • ICT Group Projects • A response to each Student Group presentations (3 maximum posts per)

The 2 Document Reviews: Due May 21st @ 9PM • Like a book report…. No longer than 4 pages double spaced !! • Refer to the Course Content Readings in Each Topic… choose 2 documents and review them: • Suggested Format: • Abstract of this work (what the document’s point is) • My Analysis of this work • Outline the key points in the paper • Comment on the points as you like (A+ : use references in your scholarly critique in Grad classes - or the work is “opinion” (B-) • My Interpretation of this work(do this step for extra “points”..(optional) • Outline the Pros and Cons of selected parts of the argument • My Conclusion about this work • Recap your analysis, state the thesis of your interpretation, and conclude with your synopsis of the intent of this paper and … for extra points… offer your critical analysis of the paper’s main theme (using your interpretation). • Post the work to the appropriate Discussion Thread as text or as an attachment saved in a .rtf format.

Group Presentation on a Topic • Create a Power Point Presentation of any size on one of the Course Topics • Email it (as a WEBCT email attachment) to Gene per the deadlines on the WebCT Calendar. • Gene will post it to a web page (location TBA) for all to see. • Make your synthesis a grad student piece… use critical thinking, but don’t fall into the trap of offering a lot of opinion without using supporting references to scholarly literature (as citations in the PowerPoint).. • Otherwise, it’s not considered graduate level work (it’s opinion :-) • Challenge us to think about leadership and technology. Make us think!

The Group ICT Project A Group ICT Project This is your chance to really “take apart” a topic from the course and expand upon it - explore the topic in more depth. You can use Vclass “on the fly” sessions to “meet” and share ideas (See Maria Soos to book your group Vclass session) Your project will be posted as an attachment to a discussion thread posting in the appropriate Topic Category. Your choices for the Group Project include: • An integration plan for a subject area or unit or, • A school ICT assessment plan or, • A literature review of an ICT leadership Topic or Area • An annotated bibliography of a particular ICT leadership Topic or Area

How we got here: A snapshot ofET (Educational Technology)andLeadership Developments over time

History of ET 1940s: Instructional Media EmergeEducational Technology and R&D Emerges • The end of WWII created thousands of military personnel who had to be trained rapidly. • The Government created thousands of instructional films. • The basic ET or Instructional Design development team began: SME Producer Designer

History of ET 1950s: Programmed Instruction and Task Analysis Emerge… • Skinner’s operant conditioning / Behaviorist perspectives emerge • optimal human learning could be achieved by careful control and reinforcement of behavioral objectives • Programmed instruction evolved: • Clear behavioral objectives • Small instruction frames • Self pacing • Active learner response to inserted questions • Immediate feedback as to correctness of response (Heinich, 1990). • It was dead boring.

History of ID 1960s: ET Systems Approaches Began • Glaser & Gagne developed “The Conditions of Learning” • Different classes of learning objectives were related to appropriate designs for instruction - based on Communication Theory Learning Architects Learning Product Builders vs

ET & LeadershipA journey from Objective to Subjective (and back?) Subjective (The Truth is Relative in Leadership and Technology) Objective (The Truth is Known in Leadership and Technology)

ID Context The Contexts of Educational Technology* • Utilization • Media Utilization • Diffusion of Innovations • Implementation & Institutionalization • Policies and Regulations • Development • Print Technologies • Audiovisual Technologies • Computer Based Technologies • Integrated Technologies ICT You are here Theory • Design • Instructional Systems Design • Message Design • Instructional Strategies • Learner Characteristics • Performance Design • Leadership • Project Management / Consultation • Team Building & Planning • Resource Mgt. (Human & $.) • Delivery System Mgt. • Information Mgt. Practice *(Kowch after Fitzgerald, AECT, 2002)

The History of Education Leadership - a snapshot(from: Sociological Paradigms and Organizational Analysis (Burrell & Morgan, 1993) Sociology of Radical Change Radical Humanism Radical Structuralism Solopsism Critical Theory Existentialism Conflict Theory Subjective Objective Phenomenology Action frame Of reference Social System Theory Hermeneutics Interactionism Interpretive Sociology Functionalist Sociology Sociology of Regulation

NEXT WEEK See the Calendar for all Deadlines/Dates • Recommended Readings for this next week: • You choose! Deliverables for May 21st • In the STUDENT PRESENTATION section (in WebCT): ReadLEADING, LEARNING AND THINKING WITH INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (D. YEE)(there are questions to respond to at the end of the reading - so please respond to them and to other student comments in the Discussion Forum after May 28th… (see # 5 below) • Group Presentation #1 is due to me (Powerpoint Presentation WebCT Email attachment) at 9:00 Wednesday, May 27th. Group, you may also attach the .ppt to a Discussion Posting in the Discussion ICT Leadership forum. • The next morning, that Powerpoint will be on the course home page for all to see as well: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~ekowch/67910s03/679s03home.html • Students who are not in the Leadership group are to submit a posting to the Discussion in the ICT Leadership forum after the presentation

Adieu from Calgary for now !our next Live session is optional next Wednesday, May 21st at 7 PM Mountain time - we can discuss anything you like.

Agenda for tonight