Student IT Competencies, Presented at ELI Meetings

Designing the Next-Generation Student Technology Fluency Program: TAC 2.0

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Title:Designing the Next-Generation Student Technology Fluency Program: TAC 2.0 (ID: ELI08193)
Author(s):Glenda Morgan (George Mason University), Sharon P. Pitt (George Mason University), and Jennifer Korjus (George Mason University)
Origin:Presented at ELI Meetings (01/28/2008)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:

In this session, we will discuss our experience at George Mason University in redesigning our student technology fluency program. We will describe the external and internal factors that prompting us to rethink our approach as well as the challenges we faced and how we responded to them.

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

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Title:Teachers as Learners, Learners as Teachers: Reflecting on the Digital Disconnect (ID: ELI08188)
Author(s):Jeffrey S. Nugent (Virginia Commonwealth University), R. Martin Reardon (Virginia Commonwealth University), and Joan Rhodes (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Origin:Presented at ELI Meetings (01/28/2008)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:

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.

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Assessing the Impact of Technology on Student Learning: An Institutional Initiative

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Title:Assessing the Impact of Technology on Student Learning: An Institutional Initiative (ID: ELI0639)
Author(s):Stan North Martin (North Carolina State University), Sharon P. Pitt (George Mason University), and Joni E. Spurlin (North Carolina State University)
Origin:Presented at ELI Meetings (01/30/2006)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:For the past year, the Learning in a Technology-Rich Environment (LITRE) team at North Carolina State has systematically investigated how technology impacts student learning at a large research extensive institution. Presenters will discuss assessment methods used to guide and support the LITRE initiative, a university-wide plan for learning with technology.
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Student Use of Classroom IT: Convenience, Communications, and Control

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Title:Student Use of Classroom IT: Convenience, Communications, and Control (ID: NLI0507)
Author(s):Robert B. Kvavik (University of Minnesota)
Origin:Presented at ELI Meetings (01/24/2005)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:What kinds of information technologies do students use? How does this use contribute to their undergraduate experience? An ECAR study involving 4,374 students at13 higher education institutions finds that many of the most IT literate students had mixed feelings about technology in the classroom. Students use classroom IT including course management systems mostly for communication of information and administrative activities and much less in support of learning.
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