Use of Technology in an Academic Setting

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Use of Technology in an Academic Setting

• A study of effective and ineffective use of
  technology by the faculty, staff and students of
• the University of Floridas
• Health Science Center

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Outline

• About Me
• About the Health Science Center
• Philosophical Beliefs
• Technology Classroom
• Positive Use
• Negative Use
• Preliminary Findings

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About Me

• Health Education
• Emory University
• 6 Years
• Effective use of Technology in Distance Education

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About the Health Science Center
Dentistry
Public Health and Health Professions
Medicine
Nursing
Pharmacy
Veterinary Medicine
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Philosophical Beliefs

• Ontology
• Idealist/Interpretivist
• Epistemology
• Constructivism

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Technology Classroom
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Positive Use Teaching
Match student learning styles
Facilitates organization
Effective use of classroom time
Increases feedback
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Negative Use Teaching

• Gratuitous
• Distracting
• Unsupported
• Forceful

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Preliminary Findings

• Will, skill and access
• Highest stages and change in attitude
• Self-appraisal

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Preliminary Findings

• Successful integration appears to require faculty
  will, skill and access to technology tools.

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Preliminary Findings

• Faculty advances in integration appear to proceed
  through a set of well defined stages, where the
  highest stages require change in attitude more
  than skills.

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Preliminary Findings

• Self-appraisal of level of technology integration
  can be effective in prescribing training for an
  educational professional.