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Faculty Conference
GWU Hospital 6th Floor
May 19, 2005
10:00AM
Keynote
"Technology -- The Evolving Tool"
New Options, New
Challenges
Old
Activities, New Strategies?
Steven W. Gilbert, President, The TLT Group
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New? Technology? Options
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Overload
Overloaditorium (options, info, expectations, ...)
Convergence?
"Hand-helds": PDAs, cell phones, iPods, …?
Acceleration/Confusion
Audio & Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP)
Skype; Vonage
Synch platforms, etc.
[See
Exploration Guide - Tools]
Deconvergence?
Web-based Course Management Systems
- Beyond email and threaded discussion boards
- Blogs (for adult/educator beginners)
Hybrids Always Win
A course without a teacher is not a course.
A course with an interchangeable teacher is not a course.
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“Trahison des Images” [Treason of the Images] 1929 by René Magritte 1898-1967. This is a famous painting of a pipe with the caption: “Ceci n'est pas une pipe” [“This is not a pipe”].
As May 19, 2005,
you could see this painting more fully at:
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Old/New? Approaches/Strategies/Activities? to Improve Teaching and Learning
Seven
Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
+ 1? + 2? ...
Caring: Education = Access + Delivery + Engagement
Low-Threshold (LTAs= Low-Threshold Applications, Activities, Approaches
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Online Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
Elluminate private messages for Think/Pair/Share
Same Activity, Deeper Learning
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Memorization, Practice, ...
Active Learning, Higher Order Thinking, Deep Learning, Learning by Teaching - Blogs
- Podcasting
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Online Crossword Puzzles -
LTA of the Week #24
Example: Connectedness Categories Crossword Puzzle - Discussion - Your examples?
e.g., "Educational Implications and Applications
of Recent Cognitive Science Findings,"
Saundra McGuire, LSU
Non-Linear Presentations (Like this one!)
Sharing Instructional Resources (Collections, Repositories, etc.)
- MERLOT - LTA of the Week #38
- National, International Opportunities and Challenges – Stakes are Rising
- Need More/Better Collaboration “Dangerous Discussions”
- Boudreaux's Mule (Audio)
Gandhi's List of Seven Blunders of the World that Lead to Violence + 7
Set to 0 as of 5/20/2005
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