harnessing the power of web-based technologies in construction education
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Tony Burke presentation at the Associated Schools of Construction / Council of Heads of Built Environment Conference - Birmingham (UK) 12th April 2012TRANSCRIPT
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Not proposing a shift
to online delivery
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Not presenting technologies as radically new or innovative
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Context…….
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Tuition fees
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More demanding students
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Most universities have well
developed VLEs:
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So what’s the problem?
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We are not fully
exploiting the
potential of new
technologies
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Traditional model of higher education
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Dilutes the learning experience
Ephemeral
Superficial approach to learning.
Deprives students of social aspects
Forces students to learn in isolation.
A way of reducing costs
INNATE RESISTANCE TO TECHNOLOGY:
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“For most of the twentieth century our educational system has been built on the assumption that teaching is necessary for learning to occur …. This model simply cannot keep up with the rapid rate of change in the twenty-first century.”
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CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION
Shift away from….
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OLD MODEL:
•Instructional
•Behaviourist
•Outcomes-based
•Didactic
•Focus on the individual
Towards…..
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NEW MODEL
•Constructivist
•Active learning
•Student engagement
•Group work
•Enquiry-based approaches
•Collaboration
•Participation
•Reflection
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Becoming part of a
Community of Practice
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Are we overlooking something?
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The technologies we now have
available to us fit in perfectly
with this approach to education
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Citing Conole (2008):
“Arguably…. there has
never been a better
alignment of current
thinking in terms of
good pedagogy ……
with current practices in
the use of technologies”
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Wikis
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Discussion boards
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Blogs
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Social networking
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Social bookmarking
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Videos, images, screencasts…
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Personal learning environment
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“…learning should be viewed in terms of an environment – combined with the rich resources provided by the digital information network –where the context in which learning happens, the boundaries that define it, and the students, teachers, and information within it, all coexist and shape each other in a mutually reinforcing way.”
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A perfect
alignment…
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Digital natives?
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Survey of new Undergraduate Construction Studies Students – Westminster - Sept 2011
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Survey of new Undergraduate Construction Studies Students – Westminster - Sept 2011
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• 89% had PC / laptop
• 16% had iPad or similar
• 87% had smart phone
Survey of new Undergraduate Construction Studies Students – Westminster - Sept 2011
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• 66% did not regularly update their Facebook status
• 80% did not have a Twitter account
Survey of new Undergraduate Construction Studies Students – Westminster - Sept 2011
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• 86% had never maintained a blog
• 73% had never, or rarely, read a blog
Survey of new Undergraduate Construction Studies Students – Westminster - Sept 2011
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• 72% had never contributed to a wiki
• 54% had never contributed to a discussion board
Survey of new Undergraduate Construction Studies Students – Westminster - Sept 2011
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• 53% had never used image hosting services
• 78% had never used social bookmarking services
Survey of new Undergraduate Construction Studies Students – Westminster - Sept 2011
What does this tell us?
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We can’t assume
our students are
digitally literate
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Face- to-face small
group working
Personal study in library
Online private study
Online discussion
boards
Mobile learning
BLENDED LEARNINGMust be properly designed
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New 15 credit module for first year students taken intensively over a six week period at start of course
GROUP PROJECTCollaborative project. Students
work in groups to undertake research and create a wiki based on a recently completed building.
Use of other technologies strongly encouraged.
GROUP PRESENTATIONStudents work in groups to prepare
and deliver a brief presentation using MS PowerPoint
INDIVIDUAL E-PORTFOLIOA personal electronic portfolio prepared using Google Sites. Portfolio contains a range of
evidence to demonstrate• Information skills• Digital literacies
• IT Skills• Study skills• Reflection• Evaluation
• Personal development planning• Numeracy
• Self-management• Problem solving
informs feeds into
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A suggestion…..
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Establishing an online community
of construction academics
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Further reading…
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Image credits
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1 http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/tag/cloud-computing/ 18 http://www.generalinformatics.com/overview.html
2 http://www.playgroundchildren.com/computer-futures-right-strategy-to-let-you-know-cloud-computing-technology 21 http://karmnirvan.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/how-to-buy-
a-telescope/
4 http://www.flickr.com/photos/zanzo/ 22 http://asiasociety.org/education/resources-schools/professional-learning/get-started-web-20-and-global-learning
6 http://eandt.theiet.org/explore/students/2011/tuition-fees-intro.cfm 24 http://seo-hacker.com/web-20-link-building-branding/
7 http://www.nerditorial.com/ 33 http://3forward.com/lead-lifecycle-management/sales-and-marketing-alignment-aint-happening/
9 http://www.braintrack.com/college-and-work-news/articles/higher-education-state-funding-at-record-low-11030901
34 http://career-engagement.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/dancing-with-digital-natives-book.html
13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/dec/15/crowded-lectures-harm-top-students 42 http://nowmediamarketing.com/internet-marketing/digital-
natives-marketing/
14 http://www.innovatrs.com/blog/innovations-mean-cloud-computing-has-reached-maturity
15 http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/InfoKits/effective-use-of-VLEs/intro-to-VLEs/introtovle-approaches