teaching with web apps

Michael M. Grant, PhD | Suha Tamim, MPH The University of Memphis

Teaching with�Web Tools: �

Characteristics, Implications &

Limitations

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3 Questions How does learning occur?

What’s teaching and learning �like with Web 2.0?

What are the challenges �to using Web 2.0?

How does learning occur?

Cognitive Learning

Cognitive Load

Constructivist Learning

Assimilation v. Accommodation

Suha

Tamim

What’s teaching and learning like with Web 2.0?

Low Threshold Applications

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“ Low threshold applications are: a)  easy to learn by teachers and students, b)  not intimidating to require re-examination of

teaching practices, c)  Simple enough to require little technical training, d)  almost ubiquitous.

— Gilbert (2002) Teaching, Learning & Technology Group

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“ The technologies that are chosen should be… a)  Those that afford a variety of technical skill

levels among students, b)  Those that allow for the construction and

sharing of learning products. — Sade (2005)

Variety of Tools & Models

Lovely Charts Creatly

Mindmeister

Access to Tools & Knowledge

Access to Tools & Knowledge

What are the challenges to using

Web 2.0?

Immature Applications

Longevity

Number of Applications

Unconsolidated Services

Security & Ethics

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“ There are strongly mixed reactions about the new technology. Some end users like it (and some love it), but professionals who built a lifetime of skills around the old technology are very suspicious, often undermining it. Even the advocates admit the technology often has to be cajoled into working….Invariably, people just did not realize how hard it was to pull off. What seemed easy and obvious is in fact quite daunting.

— Clark Aldrich (2005) Learning by Doing