This is a short talk I gave to describe my research areas for the University of Michigan School of Information visiting days for prospective students. I talked about my interested in software for teaching and learning and standard for that software as well as approaches to teaching first technoloyg courses

1. Research Topic: Creating a Market
for Innovation in Teaching and
Learning
Dr. Charles Severance | csev@umich.edu
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Michigan School of Information
www.dr-chuck.com / @drchuck

2. Other Research:
Teaching Technology
• SI502 - Network Computing
• SI539 - Design of Complex Web Sites
• How to Teach Technology using Technology
• Open Educational Resources
• Teaching Technology in High School

3. 2004
1995 2008
2011
1997

5. Cambridge
Oxford
Yale
Sakai is an open
Stanford source LMS started
Johns Hopkins in 2004 by
Berkeley
Australia National University University of
University of Virginia Michigan, Stanford,
Nagoya University
University of Michigan
Indiana University,
Duke and MIT.
University of Capetown
Georgia Tech
And Many More...

6. Case Study: Amanda Severance
• Senior in Special Education
• Technology in the Classroom
Curse
• Eleven different accounts
• Setup required technical support
2:35

7. Case Study: LMS Plugins
LEARNING
TOOL OR
CONTENT
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8. May 2007 Case Study: LMS Committer/Teacher

9. May 2007 Case Study: LMS Committer/Teacher

10. August 2007

12. Improving Teaching and Learning
• Students and Teachers literally
do not care at all if their
learning software is open source
• They are limited by the
software that is installed and
upgraded by their local IT staff
• IT organizations almost always
fear innovation

13. Tools
Commercial Interoperability
Common Publishers
Cartridge
LMS
Open Source
Standards
2008
www.imsglobal.org

14. Joseph Berkovitz
<info@noteflight.com>
www.noteflight.com
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16. App Store for Learning Applications

17. Thank You
Dr. Charles Severance
University of Michigan School of Information
www.dr-chuck.com