EDUCAUSE | Podcasts and Learning

Richard Van Eck Presentation on Digital Game-Based Learning

gbayne — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:56:38 -0500

In this podcast of the presentation "Generation G and the 21st Century," Richard Van Eck, associate professor of instructional design and technology at the University of North Dakota, discusses the theory behind the effectiveness of games in teaching and learning; what the past can teach us about if, how, and when to implement digital game-based learning; and what this will mean for colleges and universities.

This was presented as a general session at Immersive Learning Environments: New Paths to Interaction and Engagement, the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative's Spring 2007 Focus Session, held at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 27-28, 2007. Additional resources from the event, including session recordings and audio interviews, video, presentation materials, and photos, also are available online.

Chris Dede on Emerging Technologies and Neomillennial Learning Styles

jcummings — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:03:50 -0600

I interviewed Chris Dede, the Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, on some of the ideas behind his upcoming keynote address at the 2007 ELI Annual Meeting. Dede will conduct the general session scheduled for 8:00-9:30 AM on Tuesday, January 23; his topic will be "Emerging Educational Technologies and Neomillennial Learning Styles."

In this discussion, Dede explains the concept and key characteristics of "neomillennials." He also highlights the transformative effect of emerging immersive learning environments on higher education pedagogy and discusses the importance of faculty development in relation to these developments. Finally, he briefly touches on the National Science Foundation's cyberinfrastructure initiative as a significant topic he won't be able to cover in depth in Atlanta. However, he cites the November 2006 ELI Web Seminar he conducted on the cyberinfrastructure initiative as a resource for those interested in learning more about it.

Bresciani on Outcomes-Based Assessment

jcummings — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:18:00 -0500

For ELI's upcoming fall focus session on the role of assessment in supporting teaching and learning with technology, I interviewed Dr. Marilee Bresciani, Associate Professor of Postsecondary Education Leadership at San Diego State University.

In the interview, Dr. Bresciani defines outcomes-based assessment and shares her views on its application to teaching and learning with technology. Dr. Bresciani also discusses the keys for designing and implementing outcomes-based assessment for a given institution.

If you're interested in learning more about outcomes-based assessment, please see Dr. Bresciani's ELI Web Symposium presentation, How Do You Know What Your Students Are Learning?

Look for the proceedings from the ELI 2006 Fall Focus Session, Supporting Learning with Technology: Assessment's Role, via the focus session Web site. The proceedings should be available by the end of September.

Maki on Assessment of Technology-Based Learning

jcummings — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:35:00 -0500

Peggy Maki, former Senior Scholar and Director of Assessment at the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), will conduct an ELI Web seminar on Sept. 15, 2006, regarding assessing student learning in technology-based learning environments.

However, Dr. Maki's work is also relevant to the ELI 2006 Fall Focus Session, Supporting Learning with Technology: Assessment's Role, which will be held from Sept. 11-12, 2006. To make sure focus session participants have the opportunity to benefit from her thinking on this topic, Dr. Maki kindly agreed to participate in the attached audio interview.

For more information about Dr. Maki's upcoming ELI Web seminar, please visit the event page at http://www.educause.edu/eliweb069. Look for the proceedings from the ELI 2006 Fall Focus Session at http://www.educause.edu/eli063.

E2005 Podcast: ECAR Study of Students and Information Technology, 2005

podcaster — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:56:48 -0600

This 53 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled ECAR Study of Students and Information Technology, 2005.

E2005 Podcast: Assessing Full-Time, Web-Based Student Learning

podcaster — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:25:13 -0600

This 49 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled Stayin' Alive: Surviving the Dreams and Realities of Assessing Full-Time, Web-Based Student Learning.

E2005 Podcast: Designs for Learning to Meet 21st Century Expectations

podcaster — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:10:59 -0600

This 41 minute presentation by Alma Clayton-Pedersen provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled Designs for Learning to Meet 21st Century Expectations.

Informal Spaces & The Design Process, An Interview with Lori Gee & Terry Hajduk

jcummings — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:18:03 -0500

In my second interview with Lori Gee and Terry Hajduk, we discussed participant questions related to their ELI '05 Fall Focus Session presentation, The Importance of Informal Spaces for Learning, Collaboration, and Socialization. While our first conversation focused on issues of institutional culture, this interview addresses the design process for informal learning spaces. Participants asked Gee and Hajduk to address:

How widely Gee and Hajduk's views on informal space design are shared across the architect / designer community
The extent to which architects and designers may be approaching the design process based on "boilerplates from the past"
The weaknesses of applying business space design models to learning environments, and
Their starting points for designing a library today, based on contemporary views of informal spaces.

If you would like to view their original presentation in addition to listening to the attached MP3 file, you can access it via the focus session proceedings.

Importance of Informal Spaces for Learning, Collaboration, and Socialization - ELI '05 Fall Focus Session Audio

jcummings — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 10:23:00 -0500

The attached MP3 file contains the audio from the general session presentation conducted by Lori Gee and Terry Hajduk at the ELI ’05 Fall Focus Session – Design of Informal Learning Spaces. In their presentation, Gee and Hajduk highlighted the following principles as central to the design of effective informal learning spaces:

The entire campus is a learning environment that provides opportunities for further learning;
Informal spaces for learning, collaboration, and socialization are critical components of both scheduled and unscheduled campus spaces; and
Space drives behaviors and behaviors need to change for our society to realize its learning goals.

Gee and Hajduk explored these principles across a range of institutional examples. To view those examples while listening to the file, you can download a PDF file of their presentation from the focus session proceedings.

Informal Learning Spaces in Support of the Institutional Mission - ELI '05 Fall Focus Session Audio

jcummings — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 12:35:00 -0500

The attached MP3 file contains the audio from the general session presentation conducted by Nancy Chism at the ELI ’05 Fall Focus Session. In her presentation, Chism sought to set the context for the design of informal learning spaces in terms of their relation to the institution’s academic mission. She discussed:

Establishing a shared understanding of what might fall under the heading of "informal learning spaces"
Thinking about what constitutes the "instituitonal mission" and its various dimensions
Identifying how institutional mission and space intersect
Examining different spaces and determining what they say about learning (built pedagogy), and
Identifying informal learning space issues about which we need a greater understanding.

If you would like to view her PowerPoint slides while listening to the presentation, you can access them through the focus session proceedings. A PDF file with the text from her remarks is also available as part of the proceedings.