Enhancing Teaching with Technology

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Enhancing Teaching with Technology

• Mahnaz Moallem, Ph.D.
• Watson School of Education
• Depart. Of Specialty Studies

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An Overview

• My beliefs about technology
• Seven principles of good practice
• Electronic technology principles of good
  practice
• Technology transformation My strategies
• Examples of my strategies
• Discussion

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My Beliefs about Technology

• Technology is more than hardware software
• Technology consists of the designs and the
  environments that engage learners
• It is not the technology that makes a difference
  in learning, it is the conditions under which the
  technology is used that makes a difference in
  learning
• Technology tools are best used in an open
  learning environment
• Technology must support learning-by-doing
  (process of knowledge construction), learning by
  conversing, and learning by reflecting

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Seven Principles of Good Practice

• Research shows that the following principles
  directly affect student learning
• Assess Prior Knowledge
• Communicate Expectations
• Consider Diversity in Learning
• Provide Social Interaction
• Use Continuous Assessment
• Provide Prompt Feedback
• Encourage Active Learning

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Assess Prior Knowledge

• Previous experience prior understandings Play
  an important role in learning
• The process of building new understandings is
  rooted in what we previously have experienced and
  understood

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Communicate Expectations

• Good practice communicates high expectations
• Expecting students to perform well becomes a
  self-fulfilling prophecy

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Consider Diversity in Learning

• Students learn process information in different
  ways
• Teaching would be more effective if differences
  in students' learning styles are considered

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Provide Social Interaction

• Social interactions play an important role in
  learning process
• Social interactions play a fundamental role in
  knowledge and skills acquisition as well as in
  socio-cognitive development

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Use Continuous Assessment

• An ongoing assessment of student progress
  increases learning
• Ongoing assessment also increases motivation
  interaction

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Provide Prompt Feedback

• Monitoring student Progress and Providing
  Feedback are essential
• Learners need information guidance in order to
  plan the next steps in their learning

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Encourage Active Learning

• Students learn best when they engage with course
  material actively participate in their learning
• Students must be meaningfully engaged in learning
  activities through interaction with others
  worthwhile tasks

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Technology Learning

• Technology plays an important role in learning
• Helps develop manage assessment of learning
• Provides opportunity for active learning
• Provides opportunity to offer diverse
  instructional strategies
• Provides opportunity for interaction immediate
  feedback
• Saves time in monitoring student progress

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How do I use Technology
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Assess Prior Knowledge

• I use technology to assess student prior
  knowledge
• Complete online self-assessment tests and quizzes
• Provide automatic feedback
• Use Student Response System

Technology Tools WebCT Quizlab SRS
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Consider Diversity in Learning

• I use technology to assess student cognitive and
  learning styles
• Complete online learning style Inventory
• Complete thinking styles multiple intelligences
  inventories
• Self assess to identify best strategies for
  learning

Technology Tools Soloman Felder Learning
Styles Sternberg-Wagner Thinking Styles Rogers
Indicator of Multiple Intelligences
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Consider Diversity in Learning

• I use technology to provide various
  instructional materials
• Provide pictures, diagrams, graphs, data
• Conversation, discussion, audiotapes
• Hands on activities
• Group individual assignments
• Multiple forms of assessment
• Opportunity for self-reflection

Technology ToolsPPT WebCT Deamweaver
Fireworks Insipiration Online multimedia cases
etc.
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Consider Diversity in Learning

• I use technology to make my course materials
  available to learners
• Have WebCT account for most of my courses
• Have comprehensive websites for my other courses

Technology ToolsWebCT Deamweaver Front Page
etc.
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Use Continuous Assessment

• I use technology to provide Continuous
  assessment strategies
• Have student submit online individual assignment
  as often as possible (provide either automatic
  response or read and provide feedback online
• Have students complete team activities in
  class/online
• Use large group discussion using questions posted
  by Student Response System (SRS)

Technology ToolsWebCT Internet SRS
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Provide Prompt Feedback

• I use technology to Providing feedback
• Automated feedback for self-assessment quizzes
• Peer feedback for team activities and projects
• Immediate formative constructive feedback
  during large group discussion using SRS
• Formative feedback as students work on their
  major projects

Technology ToolsWebCT (Student Presentation)
Quizlab SRS
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Active Learning

• I use technology to help students become active
  in their own learning
• Provide problem solving or project-based learning
  environment
• Emphasize self-reflection
• Provide opportunities for collaboration team
  activities

Technology Tools Deamweaver Front Page PPT
Illustration etc.
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Discussion
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What is SRS?

• A software developed by UNCW faculty senior
  students in Computer Science Program
• SRS is a Web-based classroom polling system that
  allows instructors to quickly measure student
  comprehension or opinion on a relevant subject
• SRS uses a combination of wireless networks,
  handheld computers, and a projector to allow
  users to submit and see the results

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How does SRS work?
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Contact Information for SRS

• For more information about SRS please contact
• Dr. Ron Vetter,
• Professor and ChairDepartment of Computer
  Science, UNCW
• Vetterr_at_uncw.edu
• Or visit the following site for more information
• http//aa.uncwil.edu/numina