David M. Kennedy, PhD甘明德 博士

Associate Professor, CDSDirector, TLC

Strategies for learning with and via technology

Teaching and Learning CentreLingnan University

Outline

Lingnan Context

Issues around evidence

Opportunities

Some observations

Closing

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Albert EinsteinWe can't solve problems by

using the same kind of thinking we

used when we created them.

21st Century graduates

Liberal Arts @ Lingnan University Independent

Critical Thinking Community and Service

LeadershipCapabilities

ToleranceIntegrity, Civility

Strong Analytic Skills

Desire for Lifelong Learning

EffectiveReasoning

ImaginativeProblem Solving

Strong Sense of Personal Responsibility

SoundPlanning Skills

InterculturalMaturity

Policy driven by evidence

Creation of an eLearning strategy current activity

Research into student uses of technology recent report just completed (later)

Trialing alternative(s) to WebCT Moodle and Mahara

Development of a workshop programme Developing an Assessment strategy

Results of recent study

Teaching spaces more flexible rooms required

Increase bandwidth (particularly Hostels) Better adoption of blended learning Classroom polling devices Use SMS more widely Integrate Blogs and Wikis

collaborative work in particular Lecture capture

Opportunities

Google apps. collaboration and tracking (history)

Social networking tools communication and lasting relationships

Second life Lingnan now has an SL island

Google Earth – campus map see http://tlcserver.ln.edu.hk/gmap/ reducing student stress – 1st Yr

What are LingU students doing?Emerging technologies

Blogs (reading 80%, commenting – 74%, maintaining – 68%)

File-sharing (music – 82%, photos – 72%) Social networking (86%) VOIP telephony (56%) Web-conferencing (62%) IM/ MSN (91%)

The evidence is students read – just not in traditional ways!

More convenient

Better understanding of material

Improves career prospects

Better results in subjects

Improves IT management skills

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

How Students Feel Technology Helps Them

Agree Neutral Disagree

Read Other People's Blogs or Vlogs

Keep Your Own Blog or Vlog

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

How Frequently Students Use the Web For....

Daily Weekly Monthly Rarely/Never

BUT: Blogging is not seen as useful!

The teachers – (using WebCT)

Use other web tools

Insufficient WebCT knowledge

Lack of knowledge about instuctional use

Not user friendly

Insufficient computer knowledge

Not interested in web-based teaching

Too time consuming

Lack of technical support

Not suitable for subject matter

Not recognized by department/University

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Reasons Against Using WebCT

Agree Neutral Disagree

TOO TIME CONSUMING

LACK OF SPECIFIC KNOWLDEGE

USE OTHER TOOLS

TLC services

Workshops and consultations for blended learning

Supporting Teaching Development Grants e.g., courseware development, pedagogy,

OBA course design, grant applications Trialing technologies

Moodle, Mahara, Video services, Mobile learning (languages)

Supporting OBA-focus for next 2 years

TLC services

Course evaluations (Online Course Evaluation of Teaching and

Learning - oCTLE) Evaluation of Core Curriculum courses

students (focus groups and surveys) staff (interviews)

Graduate Exit survey Committee work (Academic quality, IT

resources etc) Visiting scholars programme (OBATL)

Learning design

Careful design of the learning environment to achieve curriculum alignment

Integration of traditional approaches and resources with technology affordances

Use the MOSTappropriate technology (discipline-specific)

Collecting evidenceof impact on studentlearning

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Learning design in the near future

Use of ICTs Web 2.0 technologies in particular

▪ Blogs – for reflective writing▪ Wikis – for collaborative writing▪ Social networking – for

communities of practice ePortfolios for more

flexible assessment artifacts

Evaluation of outcomes14http://www.ethics.org.au/resources/img/general-content/articles/0148b-hammer-cartoon.gif

Contact details

David M. Kennedy, PhD Director, Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) Associate Professor, Department of Computing and

Decision Sciences TLC Office: Rm GE 201/1

B. Y. Lam Building Lingnan University,

Hong Kong 8 Castle Peak Road,

Tuen Mun