From Theory to Practice: From Theory to Practice: Balancing Pedagogy and Technology for Balancing Pedagogy and Technology for Diverse Professional Development NeedsDiverse Professional Development Needs

Ya-Yin Ko & Nada SavicevicYa-Yin Ko & Nada Savicevic

From Theory to Practice: From Theory to Practice: Balancing Pedagogy and Technology for Balancing Pedagogy and Technology for Diverse Professional Development NeedsDiverse Professional Development Needs

Ya-Yin Ko & Nada SavicevicYa-Yin Ko & Nada Savicevic

Digital Education StrategiesDigital Education StrategiesOctober 27, 2014October 27, 2014

How we got here…

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Ongoing experimental efforts at DES

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(unknowns)

5 Prototyping lessons from a BMX flip (2014). Retrieved from twitter.com/stanforddschool

Our Challenges

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• Diverse instructors with diverse needs• Instructors’ interest level and time commitment• Limited time to address both pedagogy and technology

Challenge: Diverse instructors with diverse needs

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Challenge: Diverse instructors with diverse needs

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Academic/Professional

Age

Home

Online teachingexperience

Expectations/interests

Wants to use LMS effectively for both classroom and online teaching

1 year 3 years None

Looking for ways to effectively facilitate discussions

Wants to generally understand Ryerson’s approach to online courses

Toronto, ON Winnipeg, MB Ajax, ON

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FT/PsychologyWidely published

PT/Publishing/20 years in business

PT/PhD Candidate/ Engineering

Diane Sam Vijay

Challenge: Instructors’ interest level and time commitment

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Challenge: Limited time to address both pedagogy and technology

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Our Efforts

• Face-to-face sessions• Web conferences• Facilitated fully online course

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Efforts: Face-to-Face

• Rationale: Flexibility and familiarity• Experiment: Different configurations of participation and the physical space• Design & Planning Principle: Address areas that could use improvement

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Challenge Lack of in-depthexploration

Efforts: Web Conference

• Rationale: Convergence of instructors’ and staff’s interest in Adobe Connect• Experiment: Different types of interaction and media• Design & Planning Principle: Aim to do something interactive every 5 minutes

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Challenge Handling the technology & multi-modal interaction proficiently

Efforts: Facilitated Online Course

• Rationale: One-offs were inadequate to address training and PD needs• Experiment: Multiple touch-points to meet individual needs• Design & Planning Principle: Design based on competencies; model practice

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Challenge Time

TALO: Teaching Adult Learners Online

• Teaching and facilitation• Course management• Course development and design

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TALO: Teaching Adult Learners Online – Competencies

TALO: Teaching Adult Learners Online – Modeling Practice

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Our Lessons Learned

• Instructors are most interested in tools and applications• Offer flexibility within strong framework• It’s possible to run an effective, comprehensive

PD Program fully online

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Lessons Learned: Instructors are most interested in tools and applications

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How to record live presentations using Youtube, Skype and Facetime since students seem to be very familiar with these and have ready access to them?

How to use external tools (Diigo, Delicious, Skype, etc)? How to create effective videos for the class?

Lessons Learned: Offer flexibility within a strong framework

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I would have liked I would have liked one more web one more web

conference.conference.

I couldn’t find time for I couldn’t find time for the web conference.the web conference.

Lessons Learned: It’s possible to run an effective, comprehensive PD program fully online

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Going Forward

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Please ask!

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Thank You!Thank You!Thank You!Thank You!