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Current Practices and Trends
Gina BennettJune 3, 2009
Gina BennettJune 3, 2009
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Welcome! Introductions
Outline:
General conversation about educational technology The situation at COTR
The situation in BC
The situation in Canada
Your situations
Trends on the horizon
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Conversation about Educational
TechnologyWhat is educational technology, how is technology
used for delivery & communication in yourinstitutions?
What are your institutional, regional or nationalpriorities for educational technology?
Can you describe some institutional issues thattechnology might address? For example, extremelylarge classes, poor or spotty attendance, workingstudents, need to reach remote learner audiences.
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Educational technology quiz1. The personal computer first appeared on the market in the 1970s
a. Trueb. False
2. A new kind of copyright licence that allows for easier sharing of materialsis calleda. EasyShare
b. Creative Commonsc. GPLd. Copyleft
3. The country with the most internet users per capita (2008 info) is:a. Canadab. United Statesc. South Koread. Greenland
4. The earliest recorded resister to educational technology wasa. Mosesb. Plato
c. Alexander the Greatd. Leonardo de Vinci
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The situation at COTR Issue #1: remote, disperse learners, need for distance
delivery (Moodle)
Issue #2: remote, disperse learners, need for live-timecommunication (Adobe Connect) & alternatives(Elluminate'svRoom,WizIQ & Dimdim)
Issue #3: gradual switch from mostly wired to mostlywireless connectivity needs on campus
Issue #4: not really ENORMOUS classes, but poorparticipation in some of them (clickers)
http://www.cotronline.ca/https://present.bccampus.ca/http://www.elluminate.com/vroom/index.jsphttp://www.wiziq.com/Virtual_Classroom.aspxhttp://www.dimdim.com/http://www.dimdim.com/http://www.wiziq.com/Virtual_Classroom.aspxhttp://www.elluminate.com/vroom/index.jsphttps://present.bccampus.ca/http://www.cotronline.ca/8/4/2019 Technology Communication Post Secondary
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The situation in BC More & more online students, pushing the envelope for what can
be delivered at a distance (RWSL)
Many institutions offering online courses, extending the
provincial campus to internally overlapping boundaries; greaterneed for coordination, articulation, transfer etc. (BCcampus )
Online learning extending beyond provincial boundaries,starting to see ourselves as players in the wider globaleducational community (increased emphasis on CreativeCommons licensing, new funding envelope for open textbooks ,encouragement of projects with external partners)
More and more international students
http://rwsl.nic.bc.ca/http://www.bccampus.ca/http://www.bccampus.ca/http://oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/http://oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/http://oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/http://www.bccampus.ca/http://rwsl.nic.bc.ca/8/4/2019 Technology Communication Post Secondary
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The situation in CanadaWe dont have a national education system so there is
nothing really coordinated at this level
Increasing bandwidth is a national priority, especiallyto northern & remote areas
Keen interest nationally in increasing access to
communications technology (but not lowering thecost!), using technology for education, developingleading edge uses of bandwidth etc. (e.g. Inukshukwireless: http://www.inukshuk.ca/ )
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Your situations General discussion about educational technology
trends and issues in Ecuador & Kenya
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Trends: the Horizon ReportYou can find the 2009 report
here: http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2009/
Note the main trends: Mobile technology, cloudcomputing, geo-everything, personal webs.
Other trends: democratization of information, gamingin education
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Personal web the personal web: have a look at whats
possible in iGoogle
Also have a look at Google Groups(http://groups.google.ca/) . How hard is it tocreate an online course??? What do you
think this means for educators? Foreducational institutions?
http://www.google.ca/ig?t=3http://groups.google.ca/http://groups.google.ca/http://www.google.ca/ig?t=38/4/2019 Technology Communication Post Secondary
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Challenges ahead for us all Need for the new literacies
A need to use new information, in new ways
Changing ideas of what constitutes scholarship ( andwho gets access to it!)
More emphasis on formal assessment & accreditation
Education distributed more widely, in more ways, to
more people
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Democratization of informationYet another key trend identified by the
Horizon Report: collective
intelligence
Multiple, equally correct answers toquestions
Have another look at Wikipedia: is itreally so amateur?
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