Using Web-Based Technologies for Teaching

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Using Web-Based Technologies for Teaching

• Dr. Marina Stock McIsaac
• Arizona State University
• Presented at Wenzao Ursuline College of
• Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• June 5, 2008

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Alphabet of Learning

• b-learning, blended
• e-learning, electronic
• m-learning, mobile
• u-learning, ubiquitous

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Change in Pedagogy

• learning styles of the net generation
• implications of convergence of technologies
• formal vs. informal learning
• collective intelligence, collaborative learning
  
• virtual worlds and serious games

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Shift in teaching

• Facilitate independent learning
• Integrate learning tools into instruction
• Synthesize and communicate concepts
• Teach students to gather information
• Demonstrate best technology practices
• Collaborate in knowledge networks

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Pedagogy and technology integration
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social cultural interactive
distributed situated
ICT
Web2 knowledge construction
CoP scaffolded
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Learning is social and interactive
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social cultural interactive
distributed situated
ICT
Web2 knowledge construction
CoP scaffolded
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Social Constructivism

• Cultural mediation (Vygotsky) Any higher
  mental function was social at some point before
  becoming truly mental
• Social presence (Short et al.) The degree to
  which people feel connected to each other......
• Interaction (Moore, Muirhead) ...between
  learners, learner-teacher, learner-content,
  learner-interface...

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Learning is distributed and situated
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social cultural interactive
distributed situated
ICT
Web2 knowledge construction
CoP scaffolded
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Distributed Cognition
people think in conjunction and partnership
with others and with the help of culturally
provided tools and implements (Salomon, 1993,
p. xiii).
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Situated Learning
Situated cognition has emerged as a powerful
perspective in providing meaningful learning and
promoting the transfer of knowledge to real-life
situations.
Choi Hannafin
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Learning-Communities of Practice
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social cultural interactive
distributed situated
ICT
Web2 knowledge construction
CoP scaffolded
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Communities of Learning

• CSCL-Computer-supported communities of learning
• Networked CoP (communities of practice)
• Scaffolding

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Dimensions of Learning
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social cultural interactive
distributed situated
ICT
Web2.0 knowledge construction
CoP scaffolded
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Pedagogy and Web 2.0

• Collective intelligence
• User generated software
• Social construction
• Reflective environment for conscious thought

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Why ICTs?

• Student centered learning pedagogies
• Informal learning
• External influences
• Technology in the workplace

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Web2.0 Environments

• Open Source software (OSS)...
• Knowledge construction...Tappedin
• User generated content...Wikis
• Reflection of conscious thought...Blogs
• Student centered learning...Podcasts
• Virtual learning spaces... 2nd Life

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Educational Potential

• E-mail (communication)
• Blogs (dynamic communication, recent info)
• Moodle(socially constructed knowledge)
• Blackboard (discussion, assignments)
• Wikis (collaboration, feedback, assessment)

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Most popular

• MySpace (connect with others, blog, music)
• Facebook (social utility)
• You Tube (video sharing)
• Second Life (3 D learning environment)

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Yack Pack

• Yack-Pack allows multiple asynchronous
  opportunities for collaboration using voice and
  text.

O.Benavides
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Internet Telephony

• Students use Skype to work on group projects
  establishing teleconferences.

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Tappedin

• Students collaborate on group projects and share
  resources

O.Benavides
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Desktop videoconference

• Deborah Lowther speaks to Technology Integration
  Class

O.Benavides
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The use of blogs enables students and teachers to
post information on a secure site for discussion
and collaboration outside of the classroom.
O.Benavides
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Develop a web-based activity

• Select a lesson you would like to teach
• What is one new activity you could do using
  technology?
• How would this help your lesson?
• What do you need for the project?

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Hsieh Hsieh McIsaac_at_asu.edu
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