The computer as a tool in teaching and learning

The computer as a tool in teaching and learning: “Cloud”, Google docs, virtual pen, blog…

Luís TinocaInstitute of Education

University of Lisbon

Agenda

1. Why?

2. How?

3. Examples

4. Implications

Why?

Web 2.0 (3.0?)

Source: Kelly Hodgkins http://gizmodo.com/5813875/what-happens-in-60-seconds-on-the-internet

The e-learning explosion

The emergence of new digitally

supported learning environments Garrisson & Anderson (2003),

McConnell (2006),

Pereira et al. (2009)

• Collaborative

• Student centered

New learning culture

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Learning

Complicated Complex

Technological mediation

Learning theories 2.0

Student centered Participative

Open Transparent

Content is King

Steve Wheeler

Content is a tyrant!Context is King!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2595497078/

How?

Learning 2.0 (Redecker, 2009)

Conectivism (Siemens, 2005)

Comunities of Learning (Wenger et al., 2002)

Comunities of Inquiry (Garrison & Anderson, 2003)

Produsage (Bruns & Humphreys,

2007)

The primacy of the connection

Connections are to learning as atoms are to the physical world…Siemens (2005)

C-Learning: learning with others

from e-learning to c-learning Mota (2009)

Comunity Comunication

Colaboration Conections

Learning is framed by social processes

Alec Couros (2006)

Examples

Cloud Computing?

Cloud Computing

Videos

Cloud Computing http://www.commoncraft.com/video/cloud-computing

Cloud Computing for Education http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88ysB-EKA9U&feature=player_embedded#!

Google Docs (Drive) in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA&feature=player_embedded

Googleverse

Googleverse

Potential Classroom Applications

Creating signup lists Group research projects Group essays Group presentations Peer editing Publishing announcements about

upcoming assignments Brainstorming

On the faculty end, these tools can be used for tasks such as

Course development among multiple instructors

Gathering data from faculty members

Recording grades and student feedback anytime, anyplace as long as an Internet connection is available.

advantages of Google Docs Easy to access and collaborate Less computing resources required Low learning curve (interface somewhat similar to

Microsoft Office) Can be used to teach technology using technology Can access via any machine that is linked to the

Internet Revision history—the ability to revert to a previous

version and determine ownership of past revisions Compatibility with different operating systems Provided at no cost

sample class assignments using Google Docs

Post your choices for research topics in Google Docs’ Spreadsheet application (which is similar to Excel). If there is an identical choice, contact the other person and negotiate a change. Feedback will be posted in the spreadsheet and approved topics will be highlighted in yellow.

List the competencies needed for the position of Information Systems Manager within the following three categories: technical, business, and behavioral. Use Google Docs’ Document application (similar to Word).

Select a particular business sector (financial, health, automotive, government, military, etc.). Next, imagine that we are 20 years into the future. Your team is required to prepare a short, 10-minute management briefing on the then-emerging technologies that will help your business sector and explain why. Use Google Docs’ Presentation application (similar to PowerPoint).

Exercise 1

Log in to google drive (you’ll need a google account)

Create a document/spreadsheet/form/drawing– share it with 2 colleagues

Create a folder – put some documents in it – share it with 2 colleagues

Create a questionaire/survey – share it – look at it online – answer it – browse the responses

Virtual pen

Google drive

Dropbox

…

Blog (web + log) Individual or collective Share and exchange information

(text, graphs, audio, video, …) Co-Winner, Word-of-the-Year: 2004

Blogs

Blogs

Wikis

Wikis

Wiki software

Creating and editing interconnected webpages

Collaborative knowledge construction

TAeL example

Wiki: DE theoriesThis project was made from Lisbon, Madeira, Barcelona and Salerno. It is the undeniable prrof that colaborative work is possible and can be successful in DE.

It shows us how inspite of being thousands of kilometers away, proximity is only as far as a “clic”.

It makes us proud to do a project about na author and a theory that see distance beyond the physical space, because that one, between us, never existed.

http://moorewiki.wikispaces.com/

Social Bookmarking

•storage

•organize

•search

•manage

•share

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ePortfolios

http://electronicportfolios.com/

Ownership … commitment

Reflexion/revision

Formative Assessment

+1 … Khan Academy

•2400+ videos online

•And exercises … but so far only in math

•http://www.khanacademy.org/

Implications

Transparency or privacy?

Transparency improves quality

Dalsgaard, C. and Paulsen, M.F. (2009) Transparency in Cooperative Online Education. IRRODL, Vol 10, No 3.

Transparency promotes collaboration

Dalsgaard, C. and Paulsen, M.F. (2009) Transparency in Cooperative Online Education. IRRODL, Vol 10, No 3.

Assessment 2.0

“Tell me how you assess I´ll tell you how you teach”

Abrantes (1990)

Conceptual framework for e-assessment

authenticity

transparency

practicability

consistency e-

assessment

four dimensions identified as especially

relevant for online contexts

E-assessment

authenticity

similarity

complexity

adequacy

significance

consistency

instruction-assessment alignment

multiple indicators

relevant criteria

competences-assessment alignment

transparency

democratization

engagement

visibility

impact

practicability

cost

efficiency

sustainability

Exercise 2

Choose one of these tools – create an activity – share it with the group

videos

ePortfolios

Blogs

Wikis

Social Bookmarking

Thank you!

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Amadeu de Souza Cardoso, CAM, FCG