The Renaissance of a Master Storyteller, Constructivist and Futurist

Cynthia Calongne April 10, 2013Colorado Technical University 2013 eLearning Consortium of Colorado

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Who, like amagician,

casts a spellthat every word

and every phraseburns most

brightly

The Educator as a Master Storyteller

An educator illuminates, entertains and stimulates

The images in these slides are from CTU’s Winter 2013 classes

The Renaissance of a Master Storyteller

Reinventing online education, weaving digital storytelling with innovative technologies to stimulate the imagination

Step Into the Garden of Imagination

Each Tale Challenges Our Perspective

Stimulating a Marketplace of Ideas

That Transforms Us

The Path to Discovery

Interactive, Blending Web Technology

To Stimulate Student-Created Games

Educators as Constructivists• Pedagogy – focuses on how classes are structured and taught• The memorization of basic facts and rules• Determined and directed by the teacher

• Andragogy – adults learn through trial and error• Activity-based and applied learning• Determined by the teacher and directed by the learner

• Heutagogy – the study of self-determined learning http://www.howjsay.com

• Developing learning skills and knowledge creation• Determined and directed by the learner

http://www.learning-theories.com/vygotskys-social-learning-theory.htmlhttp://www.nssa.us/journals/2007-28-1/2007-28-1-04.htm

Students as Thought Leaders and Constructivists

Creating Game and Course Completion Badges

Exploring Diverse and Self-Image

Designing Educational Games

Creating Their Own Game and Learning Spaces

The Space Lounge as a Community Space

Blended Reality with an Inside-Out Perspective

Instructional Design by Students

Integrating Artificial Intelligence

Student Created Game Elements

Mapping Games to Pedagogy

Educators and Students as Futurists

The Future: NMC Horizon Reports 2009-2011

2009

• Mobiles

• Cloud Computing

• Geo-Everything

• The Personal web

• Semantic-Aware Apps

• Smart Objects

2010

• Mobile Computing

• Open Content

• eBooks

• Simple Augmented Reality

• Gesture-Based Computing

• Visual Data Analysis

• eBooks

• Mobiles

• Augmented Reality

• Game-Based Learning

• Gesture-Based Learning

• Learning Analytics

2011

The Future: NMC Horizon Reports 2012-2013

2012 2013

• Mobile Apps

• Tablet Computing

• Game-Based Learning

• Learning Analytics

• Gesture-Based Computing

• Internet of Things

• MOOCs

• Tablet Computing

• Games and Gamification

• Learning Analytics

• 3D Printing

• Wearable Technology

Horizon Report 2009-2013

2010 View of the Future of Education

• Is the New Normal Anything But?• NUTN Summit 2010 by Sener, Kannel, Cheney-Steen & Calongne

• The future -- from business as usual to the radical cyber dystopia and educational anarchy to a quantum leap (Sener; Calongne)

• Findings: degrees are not going away, credit hour pricing model is a barrier to modularized learning, learning management systems need to adapt to integrate modern technologies and fast growth requires a stabilizing influence

• Distinguishing students who work vs workers who study

• http://senerknowledge.com/blogs/six-scenarios-nutn-panel-smashing-success• http://senerknowledge.com/blogs/more-nutn-six-scenarios-panel-virtual-worlds• http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007RG6DH4

If students had the technology, eBooks and video recorded instruction, and courses were accessible and affordable (or MOOCs),

what would educators do?

Gazing Into the Future

Needed: New Ways to Reach Students

15,835 need high schoolIn Colorado Springs

U.S. 30,370,155 did not finish high school

318,375 need a high school diploma in CO

Data from CLResearch

The Future: Emerging Media in Education

ConstructivismDigital StorytellingJust in Time Teaching (JiTT)

Tools and TechnologiesMobile & BYODWeb 2.0 ToolsMOOCseBooksVideo

Immersive LearningMMORPGsAugmented Reality3D Educational Games Alternate Reality GamesVirtual Worlds and Simulations

Students creating knowledgeCollaborative storiesImmediacy in Education

Tools and TechnologiesMobile synchronizationGesture-based toolsMonetizing MOOCsEducators & Students Publishing Content

Immersive LearningRepurposing Games3D Animated ContentStudents & EducatorsBlended WorldsTest Bed for Holographics

Educational Quizzes as Game Shows

Learning from Game Simulations

Mapping Games to Learning Assessment

Game Measurement and Support

Educational Tools that Support Assessment

For More Information

• C. Calongne - Games & Research on Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations

• Woman Hugging a Book image • http://www.filterjoe.com/2009/03/25/filters-for-reading-on-the-web/

• Corning A Day Made of Glass 2: Unpacked http://www.corning.com/news_center/videos/ADayMadeofGlass2.aspx

• Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government. http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_the_internet_will_one_day_transform_government.html

• Martha Payne. Never Seconds blog http://neverseconds.blogspot.com

• CLR Research http://www.clrsearch.com/Colorado-Springs-Demographics/CO/Education-Level-and-Enrollment-Statistics

The Renaissance of a Master Storyteller, Constructivist and Futurist

Cynthia Calongne ccalongne@coloradotech.eduColorado Technical University 2013 eLearning Consortium of Colorado

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