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On the right SIDE

On the right SIDE. Exploring a new ID model for Distance Education. TxDLA Conference March, 2008. Who are we?. Michael Sullivan, Associate Professor Janice Butler, Assistant Professor University of Texas at Brownsville Online M.Ed. – Educational Technology. Adult Learners.

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On the right SIDE

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  1. On the right SIDE Exploring a new ID model for Distance Education TxDLA Conference March, 2008

  2. Who are we? • Michael Sullivan, Associate Professor • Janice Butler, Assistant Professor University of Texas at Brownsville Online M.Ed. – Educational Technology

  3. Adult Learners • Psychologically & physically comfortable • Actively participate • Collaborate with peers • An eclectic approach to learning • MUST have a purpose -- Zemke & Zemke (1984)

  4. Class time well spent • Hope courses solve problems (relevant) • Irritation factors: • long lectures, • interminable sitting • absence of doing

  5. Millenials • Engaged • Meaningful, relevant • Applicable now • Challenging • Fun* • Collaborative

  6. Old Model other ID decisions tools • Dick and Carey • ADDIE • ???

  7. New Model • Objectives • Assessments • Level I • Level II • Tools

  8. Leveraging the tools… • What do you use? • Synchronous vs. Asynchronous • Wimba Voice Tools • Articulate • Respondus • StudyMate • Camtasia • PPT

  9. SoftChalk • SL • Ning • Wikis, Blogs • Jing • Flash • Podcasts • Open Source • Chalk

  10. Web 2.0 Tools – First Life • Wikis* • Google Docs* • Blogs* • Podcasting* • Del.icio.us • Twitter • RSS Feeds • Wimba Presentation

  11. Wimba Live Classroom* • Skype* • Voice Emails/feedback* • Skrbl • Tegrity • Pronto • Voice Discussion Board • Soft Chalk*

  12. Focus on Low-Threshold • YouTube* • VoiceThreads • Google MashUps • Jing Project • PhotoStory 3* • CamStudio, Wink* • Camtasia*

  13. Scenarios • EDTC 6355 • EDTC 6320

  14. Authentic Assessments • Level I • Are our students learning? • Level II – • Are their students learning? How do we know?

  15. 44 respondents in UTB graduate distance ed classes – Ages 22-60

  16. Sessions Attended

  17. I feel more connected to the instructor using Wimba.

  18. I feel more engaged with other students...

  19. Wimba encouraged me to complete the course.

  20. I prefer that online courses use Wimba Live Classroom.

  21. Recommendations other ID decisions tools

  22. Essentially, hermeneutics involves cultivating the ability to understand things from somebody else’s point of view, and to appreciate the cultural and social forces that may have influenced their outlook. • Gadamer’s Hermeneutics

  23. Questions?

  24. Resources Gadamer's Hermeneutics (n.d.) Retrieved Jarch 22, 2008 from https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/citd/holtorf/3.10.html Learning as an adult (n.d.). Retrieved February 6, 2008 from http://www.studygs.net/adulted.htm Muir, M. (2006),. The Millenials: Who they are & how they learn. Retrieved March 2, 2008 from http://www.mcmel.org/workshops/Millennials.ppt_4perPage.pdf Zemke, R., & Zemke, S. (1984) 30 things we know for sure about adult learning. Innovation Abstracts(6)8. Retrieved January 23, 2008 from http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/adults-3.htm

  25. Web 2.0 Social Collaboration Tools • http://www.solutionwatch.com/515/back-to-school-with-the-class-of-web-20-part-2/ • http://www.solutionwatch.com/519/back-to-school-with-the-class-of-web-20-part-3/ • http://davidwarlick.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HarnessingTheNewShapeOfInformation • http://www.go2web20.net/ • http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/web2edu/ • http://mashable.com/2007/10/25/web2-value/

  26. Photo Credits • Slide 3: From http://www.sxc.hu/profile/iofoto • Slide 4: Purchased http://www.dreamstime.com • Slide 5: by Stefan K from http://www.sxc.hu • Slide 7: http://www.apple.com • Slide 10: Screenshot personal computer at http://docs.google.com/Presentation?docid=dftkhjk6_215c8kwr4g4&hl=en • Slide 11: Screenshot personal computer • Slide 12: Screenshot personal computer at http://www.voicethreads.com • Slide 13: Screenshot personal computer at http://www.go2web20.net • Slide 23: From http://www.phillwebb.net/History/TwentiethCentury/Continental/Phenomenology/Gadamer/Gadamer.jpg

  27. Contact Information Michael Sullivan • Mike.sullivan@utb.edu Janice Wilson Butler • Janice.butler@utb.edu

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