TalkTech: An Exploration of Technology Trends, Digital Media, and Culture Across Continents

TalkTech:AnExplorationof

TechnologyTrends,DigitalMedia,andCultureAcrossContinents

Dr.DianaAndoneE-LearningCenter

PolitehnicaUniversityofTimisoara,

Timisoara,Romania

MarkFrydenbergComputerInformationSystemsDepartment,BentleyUniversity,Waltham,MA,USA

WhereWeAre

Globalworkforce

DigitalLiteracySocial

Networking Transliteracy MaintainingPrivacy

ManagingDigitalIden@ty

Crea@ngContent

OrganizingandSharing

Reusing/Repurposing

FilteringandSelec@ng

Self-Broadcas@ng

(SteveWheelerhLp://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/)

need to control - online activity, communication, eLearning environment�

Digitalstudents

Computa@onalthinking

Crea%vecreators

ProjectGoals•  Workwithstudentsfromanothercountrytoresearchatechnologytopicandpresentthoseresultsusingcollabora@vemul@mediatools

•  Iden@fyandusebothsynchronousandasynchronoustoolstocommunicatewithinterna@onalpartners

•  Produceatangibleworkproductwithinadesignatedperiodof@me

TalkTech2010-2015Mul@culturalOnline–different@mezonesSimulaterealworldworkinanITcompanyStudentsfreelychoosethetools,communica@on,working@meandhoursAllstudentsfinishedanddeliveredthear@fact

OurInterests•  Howcantheuseofweb-basedcollabora@ontoolsto

completeagroupprojectencourageordevelopdigitalliteracyskills?

•  Howdoesstudents'useofsocialmediaintheirpersonallivesinfluencethetoolstheyusetocommunicateandcollaborateonlineforaclassproject?

•  Whatsuccessesanddifficul@eswouldstudentsexperienceastheylearnnewtechnologiesandrespondtothechallengesassociatedwithworkinginaglobalenvironment?

ProjectDebrief:Skypingin

ProjectDebrief:Skypingin

TalkTech2008–2015StudentsBentley

•  IT101,IntrotoInforma@onTechnology

•  45studentsperyear•  SpokeEnglish•  Frequentlyusetheweb,

computers,andmobiledevices

•  Age18-19

UPT• TMM,TechnologiesofMul@media

•  50studentsperyear•  SpokeEnglish•  Frequentlyusetheweb,

computers,andmobiledevices

•  Age21-22707 students involved, no dropout

Technology Trends 2014 1. 3DPrin@ng2. AugmentedReality3. BigData4. BitCoin5. Crea@veCommons6. CrowdSourcing7. EventPlanning

8.  MobilePayments9.  OpenData10. PrivacyOnline11. TheInternetofThings12. VideoStreaming13. VoiceRecogni@on14. WearableDevices

Tech Trends & Issues 2015 •  Howisaugmentedrealitybeingusedinvariousbusinessesor

industries(healthcare,educa@on,marke@ng,sales,etc.)?•  Howdoessocialmediainfluenceconsumerexperiences?•  Whatarethemostpopularmessagingapps,andwhousesthem?•  WhatarethebiggestcybersecuritythreatsfacingInternetusers

today?•  Howdoesstreamingaudioandvideoimpacttheentertainment

industry?

Tech Trends & Issues 2015 •  CanorshouldyoulicenseyourphotosusingCrea@ve

CommonslicensingonInstagram,Flickr,andothermediasharingsites?

•  Doesinforma@onprivacymaLerintheageofbigandopendata?

•  WhenitcomestotheInternetofThings,arewethereyet?Ifnot,whatispossibleinthefuture?

Tech Trends & Issues 2015•  HowsmartareVirtualPersonalAssistantappssuchasSiri

andCortana?Eachgroupmembershouldtryadifferentoneandcomparethem.

•  Whatfactorsaremostimportantinincreasingtheadop@onofmobilepaymenttechnologies?

•  HowdopersonallivestreamingvideoappssuchasPeriscopeandMeerkatchangethewayinforma@onissharedovertheInternet?

Tech Trends & Issues 2015•  Researchopen-sourcemappingappssuchas

OpenStreetMap,HereMapsandWaze.WhatfeaturesdotheseappshaveoverGoogleorBingMaps?

•  HowdomobiletechnologiesandtheInternetenablenewbusinessmodelsthroughcrowdsourcing?

•  AreMOOCsthreateningthefutureorvalueofatradi@onaluniversityeduca@on?

•  Arewearabledevicesafad,orthefuturedirec@onforstayinghealthy?

Students projects 2014

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What tools do students use?

ToolsusedbystudentsTask Tools

align time zones timeanddate.com chat Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Google Hangouts create and host audio SoundCloud create and host video Vine, Periscope, YouTube, PowToon create interactive images ThingLink edit audio Sound Forge edit images PhotoShop, Paint.net edit video Windows Live Movie Maker email Gmail, Outlook hold video conferences Google Hangouts, Skype record video mobile phone camera apps schedule meetings Doodle search the web Google, Bing share photos Flickr, Tumblr share screens join.me, Google Hangouts

Toolsusedbystudents

Toolsusedbystudents

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Toolsusedbystudents:Periscope,Vine

Vine

exampleofInternetofThings

Toolsusedbystudents

Vine

exampleofInternetofThings2

Toolsusedbystudents

Vine

exampleofMessagingApp

ToolsusedbystudentsPowToon

exampleofWearables

StudentaktudestowardTechnologies1.  Mobilephone/smartphone2.  SMS–textmessaging3.  iPod/mp3player4.  Searchengines(suchasGoogle)5.  Onlinechat(Yahoo,MSN,Googlechat,

others)6.  VoIP(Skype,Hangouts,GoogleTalk,etc.)7.  Mobilechat(WhatsApp,Viber)8.  Onlinevideo(YouTube,etc.)9.  Onlinephotosharing(Flickr,Picassa,etc.)10.  Onlinegames11.  Blogs12.  Wikipedia13.  Onlinesocialnetworks(Facebook,or

others)14.  TwiLer15.  Collabora@veWri@ng(GoogleDocs/Drive,

MicrosomOfficeOnline,etc.)

Collabora@on•  Skypeis"avaluabletoolwhentryingtocommunicate…"

•  itis"importanttohaveagoodinternetconnec@onwhentalkinginterna@onally."

•  SkypeandGoogleHangoutswere"problema@cat@mes."

Collabora@ononViCaDiS

ViCaDiSBlogforCollabora@on

Facebook page

Challenges

Desirability

pickthewordsthatbestdescribeyourexperienceinpar@cipa@ngintheproject,thentorankthemonascaleofonetofive

Outcomes ü  Introducedstudentstocurrenttechtrendsü  Requiredstudentstobecrea@veandresourceful

intheiruseoftechandcollabora@ontoolsü  Studentsdemonstratedabili@estoresearch,

collaborate,andcommunicateonlineü  Allgroupscompletedtheprojectsuccessfully

DigitalLiteracy✔Social

Networking Transliteracy MaintainingPrivacy

ManagingDigitalIden@ty

Crea@ngContent

OrganizingandSharing

Reusing/Repurposing

FilteringandSelec@ng

Self-Broadcas@ng

(SteveWheelerhLp://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/)

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CONTACT

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MarkFrydenbergSeniorLecturer

[email protected]@checkmark

Dr.DianaAndoneDirector,e-LearningCenter,

[email protected]@diando70