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managing technological change:meeting the challenge


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what technology?

hardware

IWBs; computers and projectors in classrooms,multimedia room and teachers room; handheld

devices, laptops, smart phones

software

Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Google Docs (Drive, Calendar, iGoogle)

digital course material (iPacks, CDROMs)

internet (Youtube, Vimeo)

online applications (Dropbox, Vox, Box)

online campus (Macmillan Campus, Moodle)

online resources (Wikipedia, Word reference)webpages (BBC learning English, Listen a Minute)

blogs (Tefltecher, Film English, Lesson Streaming)

email (Hotmail, Gmail, Institutional emails)

social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Ning, Wiki)Cartoon by Dave Walker.
http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/


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what changes? (apart from technological

innovations)

teaching culture

new activities, methodology, collaboration,

perceptions, interest and motivation, CPD,

new personal and professional skill sets,

technological democracy, lack of fear,

flexibility

management culture

communication, explicit strategy, supportive

institutional climate, freedom toexperiment, learning organisation, open-

mindedness, bottom-up initiatives,

continual alignment of vision, flexibility


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why bother?

part of mission statement or strategic plan ofthe centre

technology is in the real world

keeps centre in touch with reality

improves quality of service

increases learning potential

provides solutions

revitalisation

new skills

professional opportinities

empowerment

freedom

motivation

vision of the future

means to an end, not the end in itself Cartoon by Inkcinct
http://www.inkcinct.com.au/index.htmhttp://www.inkcinct.com.au/index.htmhttp://www.inkcinct.com.au/index.htm


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whats the plan then?

1. long term vision of the centre

2. key techno-savvy teachers (guides)

3. project leader(s)

4. draw up project plan (SMART objectives)

5. communicate plan

6. bring teachers on board (empower)7. implement training & actions

8. feedback

9. consolidate short term gains

10. tweak plan (as often as necessary)

11. repeat steps 7, 8, 9 & 1012. measure success (statistics)

13. technology normalised (new culture created)


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what did we do?

strategic plan & mission statement

We offer quality teaching using a communicative approach whilst

innovating, researching and continually improving our methodology.

Cartoon by Hikingartist
http://hikingartist.com/http://hikingartist.com/


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project proposals
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmramvUI48DIcG13SV9aTjhxWm9kY1VDWlpqR3NHYVE


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training
http://blogs.uab.cat/uabidiomesbarcelonacc/curs-tic%C2%B4s/


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get feedback (Surveymonkey)


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consolidate - teachers guide,job plan


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new actions creation of teachers social network
http://uabidiomes.ning.com/


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new actions - creation of teachers wiki
http://www.wikispaces.com/


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what could go wrong?

anxiety, stress & resistance

complexity

lack of information

training inadequate

time lag in system

bar too high

lack of communication

mindless implementation

technical glitches

low usage vs. unexpected usage

perception of use vs. reality of usetrying to use all technology at once

misconceived expectations

memory lossCartoon by Hugh MacLeod
http://gapingvoid.com/http://gapingvoid.com/http://gapingvoid.com/http://gapingvoid.com/


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what makes the project succeed? (1)

simplicity & clarity

sufficient resources

learning stage

clear advantages

small successes

keep momemtum

open door policy

personalisation

tolerance of failure

acceptance of initiatives

lead the way but allow for deviationfollowers fans converts proselytisers

luddites accept them!

lurkers embrace them!

Cartoon by Dave Walker.
http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/


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what makes the project succeed? (2)

training

formal

informal

peer coaching

70% / 20% / 10%

back to basics

hands on sessions

internal vs. external

ongoing

set training goals

the webmaster is dead, long live the

collaborative worker!

Cartoon by Geek and Poke
http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/


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how do we know if

change has happened?


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hold a conference or two
http://blogs.uab.cat/uabidiomesbarcelonacc/2010/05/12/jornada-didactica-aplicacions-pedagogiques-del-web-20-2/


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successful blogs
http://film-english.com/


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A couple of books on Change Management:

Our Iceberg is melting : Changing and succeeding under any conditions - John Kotter

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard - Chip and Dan Heath

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