2. Who I Am? Director TLTC Explore Emerging technologies See the emergence of Mobile technologies in education Also interested in integration w/ Twitter, Facebook and Texting I coming to believe in the Power of Widgets in developing more flexible learning spaces. Pedagogical problem to solve: I needed a way to engage my students in my online discussion space from their cell phones, twitter space, etc.
3. Some of the research suggests Key benefits might include: âą Exploring innovative teaching and learning practices. âą Enabling the embodiment of âauthentic learningâ â i.e. facilitating anywhere, anytime, student centered learning. âą Engaging students with the affordances of mobile Web 2.0 technologies: connectivity, mobility, geo-location, social networking, etc. âą Moving from a model of fixed, dedicated general computing to a mobile, wireless computing paradigm that turns any space into a potential learning space.
4. Why ConnectYard? Widget based. Can easily use in Portal, LMS, Ning, Grou.ps, etc. Integrated texting, Facebook, Twitter, and email Nice pricing model⊠lost cost to enter. Faculty donât have to be âfriendsâ with their students or even have students âfollowâ them in Twitter.
5. What is a Widget (Gadget)? Widgetbox Popular in sites like: Ning Grou.ps iGoogle Portals LMS
6. âThe underlying nature of this new class of software exists in the effort to combine the power of social networking (that is, of social learning) with the academic infrastructure. And its critical nature is that faculty members are not on the spot to activate or support or train students to use these new student-oriented learning management systems.â Batson (2010)
16. Letâs take a look at the âliveâ space for my class. http://angel.oneonta.edu or http://greenbjb.ning.com or http://grou.ps/greenbjb or http://myoneonta.oneonta.edu
19. What we learned: Technology was easy to learn and use. Little or no instruction was necessary. Widget approach proved useful â integrated into any platform. Students donât use it unless it counts (glad you were sitting down?). Given a choice, email was the preferred method. Letâs look at the space to see how studentâs used it.
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