teacing for engagement: stories about technology, agency, and innovation

Teaching for engagement

Brent G. WilsonUniversity of Colorado DenverICCIE 2015 - Dubai

Brent G Wilson – about meProfessor of

Fully online MA programs

Educational technology

Instructional design

10-15 years

Online portfolios

Competency education

Foundations – beyond advocacy

Promote best practices• Advocacy• Critique

Advance the profession• Training• Knowledge

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E-learning foundation stories

Why do I care?

What/who is e-learning for?

1. E-learning as reform

Education is broken

Technology is the fix

2. Competitive edge

Education is a cutthroat business

Technology will help us

win!

3. Innovation – bigger and better

Tech advances are unstoppable

Perpetual beta

How stories workThe good – making sense

The bad – getting stuck

Your e-learning philosophy

Traditional – do old things better

Progressive – invent new things

Different visions

Your classroom approach

School mission

Assessment system

Subject matter

Instructor

Physical layout

Class size

Two good schools in HawaiiKaunani: expensive private school – 21st century skills in subject-matter context

Leina – poorer public school – 21st century skills instead of subject matter

Research by Mark Warschauer 2011 p. 15

Motivation theory

Intrinsic enjoyment

External reward

Rewards can displace intrinsic engagement

versus

Or – try out whatever seems to work!

Fit to curriculum goals

Progressive – more immersive activity

Traditional subject-matter mastery – more external rewards

Benefits and possible risks

Taking a student’s view

Sometimes…

Teacher hates me

School sucks!

Classes don’t fit

Character matters (students)

ResiliencyGrit

Agency

Everyone is an actor

In conversation with others

Own your words and actions, engage

Our stories revisited

Competitive edge

Tech as reform

Irresistible future

Okay, but take a critical stance

Practical wisdom – Engage!

Consider context

Consider/imagine every engaging way

Apply all available knowledge

Use your stories, own and play your part, engage(students and instructors both!)

Thank you!

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