1. Digital Democracy in Higher Education: Bridging the Gap Susana Juniu, Ed. D. Montclair State University SITE International Conference March 1-6, 2004 Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2. “ Technology is not a passing trend” (Means) It has changed the way we live, socialize, and educate

3. Uses of Technology My Evolution

4. 1997 – First Web Page

5. 1998 – Online Textbook

6. 2002 - The Project

7. 2002 - The Project

8. 2003 – Electronic Portfolio

9. 2003 - Blackboard

10. “ How you use technology is more important than if you use technology” John D. Ross

11. How is it that using technology makes sense? When and How to use it?

13. Uses of Technology

14. Uses of Technology authentic, student centered, collaborative and result in the assimilation of information. lectures, computer based instruction, and instruction about computers. New uses Traditional

17. Learning from Computers vs Learning with Computers The use of technology should shift, from the traditional role of "technology-as-teacher to technology-as-partner" (Jonassen, 2000).

18. Ways of Being with Technology

19. Reasoned Center Ambiguous Pedagogues Information Technology Concerns on new technology to use, how powerful and fast are these tools Skeptical Suspicious True Believers Promote Concerns on what technology makes sense in schools and move from traditional to participatory Concerns on seeing evidence that technology is helping students learn Faculty User Source : Mitchman, 1990; Milliron & Miles, 2000 Challenge Challenge

20. Pedagogues Information Technology Concern about new technology, how powerful and fast are these tools Skeptical Suspicious True Believers Promote Concern about what technology makes sense in schools and move from a traditional to a participatory classroom Concern about seeing evidence that technology is helping students learn Faculty User Source : Mitchman, 1990; Milliron & Miles, 2000 Challenge Challenge School Administration Policy Makers Challenge Reasoned Center Ambiguous

21. Separation of thoughts from action This is not intentional

22. Resulting in a waste of efforts Separation of knowledge

23. These structures work in isolation and not jointly to support each other's efforts Fragmentation of Knowledge

24. Putting the Thoughts into Action

25. Democratic Community of Learning Faculty Users Pedagogues Information Technology School Administrators

28. Developing partnership of learning to determine pedagogical ( pedagogues ) uses of emerging technologies ( technical support ) in the classroom ( faculty user )

30. Bridging the Gap Theory Experience Knowledge Commitment Language

31. Team Work The combination of doing and learning and the value of a team work have the potential to bring changes within the individual and the educational system. Most importantly it facilitates an understanding of each other’s role in the process of education.

32. To teach is to move from being a spectator to being an active participant in the democratic process of making decisions, arguing, and discussing ideas (Freire)

33. [Educators are models to students, and to be models of change they need to experience changes themselves and be active participants in the educational process]

34. Thank You Questions

35. Move From Move Cognitive To Productivity