EDUCAUSE | Presented at ELI Meetings and eliannual08

Citizen Journalists at ELI 2008

ckeller — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:55:06 -0600

Citizen journalism refers to a wide range of activities in which everyday people contribute to information or commentary about news events. The practice epitomizes the belief that the experiences of people personally involved with an issue present a different -- and often more complete -- picture of events than can be derived from the perspective of an outsider.

At the ELI Annual Meeting in San Antonio, ELI put this innovation into practice, arming a team of five "citizen journalists" with video cameras to capture important themes that emerged during the event. The team -- Gardner Campbell, Cyprien Lomas, Patricia McGee, Deborah Keyek-Franssen, and Liv Gjestvang -- shot footage from the event as well as participant interviews. This final video summary, created with the help of Instructional Technology graduate students from the University of Texas-San Antonio, was presented on the final day of the meeting.

Student Content Showcase

drupal — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:45:05 -0600

How would students answer the question, "What would your ideal education look like?" See for yourself in the student content showcase, produced in collaboration with Apple. Five Apple student representatives will informally respond to the question through short videos they have created, which they will present in the Rio Grande West Ballroom at various points in the program.

These "video poster sessions" will give you the chance to discuss with them their views on teaching and learning as well as the technical and creative processes behind their videos. This is a great opportunity to talk with students about their expectations for Learning 2.0 while learning some techniques and tips for creating your own videos.

In addition to conducting the showcase, these students will also capture and present their conference experience. Links to their videos, podcasts, blogs, etc., will be added to the ELI Web site as they become available, adding a student voice to our citizen journalism activity.

Building the Scaffolding: Supporting Student Use of Technology in the Learning Process

drupal — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:25:50 -0600

This presentation will describe the support scaffolding for student use of technology in the learning process provided by a collaboration of academic support units at Hamilton College. We will describe how we can offer highly tailored support that makes it possible for students to succeed in authentic learning experiences.

Prioritizing Technology-Rich Classroom Space: Strategies for Success

drupal — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:25:50 -0600

IT leaders on campus must help faculty identify spaces where the technology implementations for teaching and learning would benefit the institution, and we've developed independent but similar avenues that have proven successful. Participants in this session will thoughtfully consider and develop recommendations for success on their home campus.

The PEPI Project: Putting Podcasting into Students' Hands

drupal — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:25:50 -0600

This presentation will examine an interdisciplinary podcasting project that put podcasting into the hands of students so they could examine their research from a new perspective and reinterpret course content in audio.

Preparing Students for a Web 2.0 World: Integrating Networked Laptop Technologies in English Studies Classrooms

drupal — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:25:50 -0600

The Miami University English department and Academic Technology Services developed new laptop classrooms, digital writing curricula, and instructor training programs. Currently 30 percent of all required first-year writing courses are taught in networked laptop classrooms. We will focus on English/IT collaborations, instructor preparation, and the impact on student learning. Qualitative and quantitative data, including video interview clips with students, will be shared.

The Business of Second Life: Teaching Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Commerce

drupal — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:53:42 -0600

Faculty, support staff, and student experiences of using Second Life in three business courses will be presented and compared. The results highlight the good, the bad, and the ugly of using Second Life for teaching and learning.

LITRE: Investigating the Effectiveness of Technology in Improving Student Learning

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:27 -0600

LITRE, the Learning in a Technology-Rich Environment, is a North Carolina State initiative that has researched the impact of various technologies on student learning over the past three years. This session will discuss LITRE's evolution and three current projects: innovative learning environments using multiuser gaming; video, podcasts, and other technologies; and computer-based problem solving.

Project Planning: Even More Important with Web 2.0

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:27 -0600

Given all the web 2.0 tools available, a well-defined process helps time-pressured faculty make choices that promote effectiveness and efficiency, identify resources, and help staff deliver a pedagogically sound product. We will discuss project stages, how a decision is made to pursue a project, faculty engagement, project tracking, and project assessment.

Teachers as Learners, Learners as Teachers: Reflecting on the Digital Disconnect

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:27 -0600

Members of a faculty learning community from a large urban research university will share the results of a study comparing expectations for technology use among faculty and students. Participants will engage in dialogue to address the presence (or absence) of a digital disconnect between teachers and learners and discuss the implications for instructional practice.

Additional contributors: Dina Bangdel, Teresa (Terry) J. Carter, Ed.D., and Frances (Fran) G. Smith, Ed.S., CVE, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Accountability in Higher Education

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:26 -0600

This session will focus on activities that began with the Spellings Commission and have continued with the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, as well as the responses by various publics along the way. Additionally, expectations of one regional accreditation agency in the area of accountability will be discussed.

Using Project Management Principles to Enhance Online Project-Based Learning

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:26 -0600

Communication and collaboration are critical to the success of online project-based learning. Find out how the principles and practices from the discipline of project management documented in the Project Management Institute's PMBOK Guide can enhance the project experience for graduate students completing projects as part of their e-learning certification program.

Educational Publishing: Moving from the 18th to the 21st Century in One Step

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:26 -0600

Today's competitive education industry requires that we deliver more relevant information to our students faster than ever before. Taking six months to prepare a document and another six months to print and distribute it simply no longer meets the needs of 21st-century students or the society we are preparing them for.

What Wikipedia Can Teach Us About the New Media Literacies

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:26 -0600

The Fourth Annual Robert C. Heterick, Jr., Lecture

Emblematic of the new participatory cultures and the emerging practices of collective intelligence, Wikipedia has drawn fire from academic institutions and traditional gatekeepers. Using segments from a forthcoming documentary about the Wikipedia movement produced by MIT's Project NML, this session will discuss how educators might use Wikipedia to introduce students to the ways that new forms of cultural production and knowledge sharing are reshaping the research process.

The Digitally Fluent University: A Recipe for Success?

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:26 -0600

How do you make a digitally fluent university? What are the ingredients, who decides the recipe, and how do you ensure the many cooks are spicing not spoiling the broth? Six months into an ambitious transformation program we will share the sweet and sour of our expectations and experiences.

Additional contributor: Paul A. Helm, Sheffield Hallam University.

Blogging for Better Learning

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:26 -0600

The use of blogging in education has become a hot topic. This presentation will demonstrate how blogging was used as a learning tool in an online literature course and discuss how the use of blogging supports current online learning theories.

Virtual Worlds as Web 2.0 Learning Spaces

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:25 -0600

Virtual worlds such as Second Life offer powerful teaching and learning opportunities by integrating participatory, social, and immersive media for student-centered learning. Learn about Second Life, its use as a learning space, and its predictive role in the future of learning.

Designing Spaces for New Media Literacy Learning

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:25 -0600

This session will investigate possibilities for the design of learning spaces in both the virtual and the built world. When centered on the widespread social uses of new-media literacies, the architecture of innovative learning environments includes participatory pedagogies, open access to digital resources, opportunities for dialogue, and global distribution networks.

Human Futures for Technology and Education

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:24 -0600

Digital information technologies have profound implications for education and force us to rethink how we teach, what we teach, and who we think we are teaching. Understanding these implications and rethinking education will help us prepare our students to build a more human future in an increasingly digital environment.

Teaching Metacognition

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:24 -0600

As educators, we teach students “content” but also want to help them develop as learners. Metacognition—the process of thinking about one’s own thinking processes and strategies—is essential to both goals, and yet instructors often feel they lack time or expertise to teach metacognitive skills. This session will discuss recent research on teaching metacognition, including a Carnegie Mellon program where metacognitive instruction is integrated into first-year science courses.

Connectivism

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:23 -0600

The waves of technological and social change have eroded the effectiveness of traditional views regarding what, how, and why to educate. To effectively educate learners, fundamental assertions need to be rethought: the design of schools and curriculum, the nature of knowledge in a connected world, the relationship between educator and learner, the means and methods of authenticating information and knowledge, and, perhaps most significantly, what it means “to know” in complex, rapidly developing, and chaotic environments. This session will present connectivism as a theory of learning that can bridge the rift between traditional and new educational approaches to prepare learners for the tomorrow they will inherit.

Opening the Door: Academic Technology and Library Collaborations at Ohio State