new learning technologies and emergent practices in higher education
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New Learning Technologies and Emergent Practices in Higher Education. A survey of new technologies in the hands of our students. Cyprien Lomas ELI Scholar in Residence EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Director, Learning Centre, Faculty of Land & Food Systems University of British Columbia (UBC) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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New Learning Technologies and Emergent Practices in
Higher Education
A survey of new technologies in the hands of our students
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Cyprien Lomas
• ELI Scholar in Residence• EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
• Director, Learning Centre, Faculty of Land & Food Systems
• University of British Columbia (UBC)
• IM: [email protected]
• Skype: cypri3n
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Setting the context: What is going on at your campus?
• Learning Management Systems
• Blended (hybrid) learning
• ePortfolios
• Buildings and classrooms
• Clickers, wifi, videoconferencing
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How People Learn
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What else is going on?
• Podcasting• Gaming• IM, chat• Social software• Mobile applications• Ubiquitous wireless• Interactivity
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Understand what is happening…
• What can we learn from our students?
• What can we learn from their practices?
• How can we spot a fad?
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Trends
• Self expression
• New ways of organizing information
• Never away from the institution
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Self Expression
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/numa.php
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Growth of blogs (graph)
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• Narrow - personal and specialized/niche content production
• Casting - personalized choice / subscription - distribution via RSS 2.0 (enclosures) - RSS fits into the consumer control trend that's sweeping the media world
Narrow - Casting
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History
content transport player
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Screencasting• How to use Audacity
http://www.educause.edu/Screencasts/Audacity/Untitled.html
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Consumption or creation?
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??? Creation
OrchestrationRemix
New Literacies
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Finding and organizing information
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News readers
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Tagging
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Reputation
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Always on
Michael Stephens photohttp://tinyurl.com/8kb4r
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In seminar practices
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyprien/14330956/
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Back channel
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Google Jockeying
• http://www.langmaker.com/db/eng_googlefu_form.htm
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Mobile PDA based games
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Location is everything…
• Google Maps
• Remix with flickr
• Remix with data
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Conclusions
• Easy to create data, stories, etc.
• Smarter organization of data
• Richer media literacy
• Authentic locations
• New spaces for learning
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Thanks to….
• Nick Noakes, UST Hong Kong
• Ruben Puentedura, Hippasus
• Wayne Brent, U Arizona
• EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
• NMC
• Horizon VCOP
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• http:landfood.jot.com/EmergingPractices
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Places to play…