EDUCAUSE | Podcasts and pedagogy

E07 Podcast: Effective Pedagogical Strategies for Social Bookmarking

gbayne — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:45:04 -0500

This forty-five minute podcast features a session from the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference entitled,
"From Information Literacy to Scholarly Identity: Effective Pedagogical Strategies for Social
Bookmarking." PowerPoint slides from this presentation are also available.

Collaborative research teaches students critical knowledge management skills, whether they are undergraduates learning the basics of Web research or advanced scholars defining their own knowledge domains. Faculty need practical examples and strategies to initiate social bookmarking activities. Case studies demonstrate how this has been accomplished in undergraduate and graduate courses.

This session is presented by:

Deborah Everhart, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Georgetown Univ., & Principal Architect, Blackboard, Georgetown University
Eric J. Kunnen, Coordinator of Instructional Technologies, Grand Rapids Community College
Kaye Shelton, Dean of Online Education; Asst Prof, Adult Education, Dallas Baptist University
Session convener: Doug Williams, Associate VP of Information Technology, Dallas Baptist University

ELI In Conversation: Web 2.0 Learning Tools- What are they? What is their role in higher education?

gbayne — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:12:04 -0600

In this podcast we feature a conversation with Barbara Sawhill, Director of the Cooper International Learning Center at Oberlin College, and Jude Higdon, Instructional Technology Support Team Coordinator at the University of Minnesota. This discussion was recorded at the ELI 2008 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

Some technology experts question whether we can use the term "Web 2.0" in a meaningful way since many of the components have existed since the early days of the web. There are many definitions floating around for the term. What is meant by "Web 2.0", specifically from a pedagogical standpoint? And how can these tools be used to enhance learning?

Barbara Sawhill co-presented the session "Who's Afraid of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and the Big Bad CMS? A Digi-Drama About Fear 2.0"at the ELI 2008 Annual Meeting.

Jude Higdon co-presented the session "Comparative Political Media 2.0: Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting, YouTube, and More" at the ELI 2008 Annual Meeting.

Show notes:

There are a few books and articles referenced in this conversation:

"Death to the Syllabus!", from Liberal Education, a publication of the Association of American Colleges and Universities
"Teaching For Understanding", a project by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Project Zero.
"Teaching One Moment At A Time: Disruption And Repair In The Classroom", by Dawn Skorczewski

ELI Podcast: Connectivism

gbayne — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:39:13 -0600

In this 58 minute podcast, we feature a session by George Siemens, Associate Director for the Learning Technologies Centre at the University of Manitoba, entitled, "Connectivism". This speech was recorded at the ELI 2008 Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

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.

EDUCAUSE2006 Podcast: Putting Pedagogy First

Carie417 — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:33:19 -0500

In this 50-minute recording from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, we'll hear from Edward Chapel and Richard Wolfson in a session entitled Putting the Pedagogy First: The Classroom 2008 Project. They explain the project, which explores how technology can be infused into the pedagogical practices of faculty as opposed to having faculty adapt to new technologies as they appear in teaching spaces.