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CT2011: How a Virtual Learning Environment Can (and Should) Help Learners

CT2011: How a Virtual Learning Environment Can (and Should) Help Learners. Pick a number…. Between 01 & 10 Multiply by 9 Add 2 digits of new number together Subtract 5 Assign the corresponding letter to the number (1=A, 2=B, etc)

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CT2011: How a Virtual Learning Environment Can (and Should) Help Learners

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  1. CT2011: How a Virtual Learning Environment Can (and Should) Help Learners

  2. Pick a number… Between 01 & 10 Multiply by 9 Add 2 digits of new number together Subtract 5 Assign the corresponding letter to the number (1=A, 2=B, etc) Pick a country that begins with that letter (A=Argentina, etc) Think of an animal that begins with the 2nd letter of the country

  3. The Problem… There are no elephants in Denmark!

  4. Teaching Perspective

  5. Jeff D Borden

  6. Learning Today

  7. Agenda • Where Are We Today? • What Will It Take? • How Do We Get There? • Resource Course

  8. Where Are We Today? 1

  9. Evolution of Generational Learning

  10. Generation M Multi-tasker Media Multi-Modal Multi-Nodal Variance (Differentiation) Makes Reaching Them Possible

  11. Variance (Variety)

  12. Understanding the Individual Differentiation: “By definition, differentiation is wary of approaches to teaching and learning that standardize.Standard-issue students are rare, and educational approaches that ignore academic diversity in favor of standardization are likely to be counterproductive in reaching the full range of learners.” – Tomlinson (2006)

  13. Clasped Hands

  14. But We Also Know We Have Problems…

  15. What’s Wrong With Education? FOR EVERY 100 9TH GRADERS 68 GRADUATE ON TIME OF THOSE, 40 ENROLL DIRECTLY IN COLLEGE OF THOSE, 27 ARE STILL ENROLLED THE FOLLOWING YEAR 82 DON’T MAKE IT! OF THOSE, 18 EARN AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE WITHIN 3 YEARS OR A B.A. WITHIN 6 YEARS. -- National center on education and the economy ncee.org

  16. Are Students Life-Ready? • 2008 Oxford Survey of “Most Important Employee Skills” • Employers said employees achieved 15% of these regularly

  17. Technology Demands Purpose • “Students know when technology without purpose is being imposed on them.” • Allan Heap, Center for Internet Technology Welding, Telescopes, Automotive, Microscopes, Cadavers, Architecture Software, Bridge Construction Tools, Etc

  18. Technology Based Learning Demands Access • Permissions • Bandwidth

  19. But Students Still Demand Technology… The average American student’s College / University is ____ miles from where the student lives: 1980: 5m 2006: 50m 2009: 78m Eduventures, 2009

  20. What Will It Take List #1: Educators 2

  21. Smarter Planet Experts Webcast: What needs to change in education? Stop ignoring research

  22. Brain Research Multi-Modal & Multi-Nodal Impacts on Learning Sleep Caffeine Culture Personality Air Temperature Hunger Visual indexing

  23. REDBLUEGREENYELLOWBLUEREDYELLOWGREENBLUEGREENREDYELLOW

  24. Active Learning

  25. Basic Individual Teaching Framework Tell: Lecture; Readings; Illustrations; Podcasts; Video; Audio; PowerPoint, Digital Stories Show: Video; Audio; PowerPoint; Graphics; Stories; Illustrations; Zentation; YouTube Do: Simulations; Activities; 3rd Party Websites; Widgets; Games; Social Networks, Groups Review: Self – Checks; Journals; Blogs; Summaries; Wikis; Social Networks, Twitter Ask: Assessments; Assignments; Polls; Surveys; Widgets; Groups; Peer Reviews, Group Projects

  26. Smarter Planet Experts Webcast: What needs to change in education? Stop ignoring research Cross-curricular courses

  27. Mystery @ MIT 400 Students 20 Faculty 2 Weekends Curriculum Integration Nursing Engineering Chemistry Journalism Political Science

  28. Smarter Planet Experts Webcast: What needs to change in education? Stop ignoring research Cross-curricular courses Teach students how to be creative / innovative http://smarterplanet.tumblr.com/post/381892250/smarter-students-for-a-smarter-planet-live (Feb 10, 2010)

  29. It Began With A Shirt…

  30. The Presence

  31. USB  Songs  Spectrogram

  32. The Presence / Year Zero

  33. Various Game Sites

  34. Art Is Resistance

  35. Smarter Planet Experts Webcast: What needs to change in education? Stop ignoring research Cross-curricular courses Teach students how to be creative / innovative Teach core, communication, and collaboration competencies

  36. Today’s Learning Competencies: T Shapes Core Competencies Literacy, Math, Science, Critical Thinking, Social Sciences, Reasoning, Pattern Recognition Creative Competencies Innovation, Resourcefulness, Problem Solving / Finding Communication / Collaboration Competencies Linguistic, Technological, Interpersonal, Group, Narrative Cultural Competencies The World Is Flat, Micro-cultures, Macro-cultures Computer Competencies Social, Search, Process

  37. Communication Competence • Nonverbal Communication: 86% • Haptics • Objectics • Proxemics • Chronemics • Optics • Vocalics • Kinesics • Facial Mirroring

  38. Mirroring

  39. Smarter Planet Experts Webcast: What needs to change in education? Stop ignoring research Cross-curricular courses Teach students how to be creative / innovative Teach core, communication, and collaboration competencies Connect students (ie. Educational systems) globally / socially

  40. The Mixxer

  41. Can We Teach Mobile Classes?

  42. Mobile Learning Eventually… Announcements Discussions What’s New Tests Surveys Content Dropbox Submissions Etc

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