1. The Classroom Technologies Project: Engaging learners through the effective use of learning technologies – a teachers toolkit

2. Outline Background Achievements so far… Using the toolkit Future plans

3. The Project Background Approach used: CollaborativeApproaches to the Management of e-Learning

4. Some of the key issues we wished to address Assessment and feedback Engagement and interaction Improving student understanding Developing skills

5. Its not about the Technology but it helps…

6. What we have achieved so far Wiki Flash Cards Brief case studies

7. Future plans Continue developing the resource Launch event Disseminate information to programme teams

8. Questions

9. A Few parting thoughts… Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. It is now clear that as a result of this ubiquitous environment and the sheer volume of their interaction with it, today’s students think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors. It's not actually clear to me which is harder – “learning new stuff” or “learning new ways to do old stuff.” I suspect it's the latter. Reference Prensky, M. (2001) Digital Natives, Digital immigrants, http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20%20Digital%20Natives,% 0Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf (accessed 28/04/10)

10. Useful references http://roehamptonclassrooms.pbworks.com/ 1. HEFCE funded project, Collaborative Approaches to the Management of e-Learning (CAMEL)http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/camel 2. JISC document: Exploring Tangible Benefits of e-Learning: Does investment yield interest?http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/bptangiblebenefitsv1.aspx 3. Hybrid Learning model developed by CETL(NI) (provides useful structure for flash cards)http://cetl.ulster.ac.uk/elearning/hlm.php 4. Educause, 7 things you should know about …(provides useful structure for case study resource)http://www.educause.edu/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSeries/7495 5. Keele University, Education, Interactive whiteboard web sitehttp://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/ed/iaw/ 6. Vanderbilt University, Centre for Teaching – review of research on class room response systemshttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/technology/crs_biblio.htm 7. JISC infonet site – infokits that will provide structure on which to base the project toolkitwww.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/