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Teaching and Learning in a Networked World
Schedule
Monday, June 1:
Technology and the Changing Landscape of Learning
Day 1 of the Institute begins with an overview of the week’s sessions and initial discussion of current research and perspectives on teaching with technology in higher education. This discussion leads to an examination of vignettes that introduce the idea of networked learning. The afternoon sessions introduce tools and practices that explore new ways of making connections, sharing resources and communicating that can support learning.
Morning Sessions (9 AM – 12 Noon, Cabell 320)
- Introduction to Teaching and Learning with Technology
This session will provide an overview and introduction to the Institute. Participants will consider recent research findings that examine student experiences and expectations for using technology to support learning. In addition, the 7 Principles of Good Practice are offered as a research-based model that can guide decision making about selecting and using technology to support teaching and learning.
- Snapshots of Learning in a Networked World
In this session, Institute facilitators will share a series of personal vignettes aimed at highlighting their experiences and views of networked learning. The purpose of these vignettes is to provide a grounded introduction to the Institute theme, and to engage participants in thoughtful discussion of the following questions: What do we mean by “learning in a networked world?” What do these new learning opportunities look like? What are some benefits, challenges and concerns presented by networked learning? What impact might networked learning have on traditional conceptions of teaching and learning?
(Lunch on your own 12 – 1 PM)
Afternoon Sessions (1 – 4 PM, Cabell 320)
- Enhancing Learning through Resource Sharing
Saving links or “bookmarks” to resources on the web has become a well-worn practice, and sharing these resources with others is often handled in an email. In a networked world, we can share resources more easily and also connect with others who have common interests. In this session we explore the practice of “tagging” through a social bookmarking tool (http://delicious.com) that allows us to organize, access and share resources, as well as build a network of other users who share similar resources in return. Institute participants will discuss how these practices can enhance learning, and explore ways to use social bookmarking in their own courses.
- Small Pieces Loosely Joined:
Connecting with Twitter Web-based social networking tools have provided new ways to connect, communicate and share information. In this session, Institute participants are introduced to Twitter (http://twitter.com) as a possible means of connecting and communicating with colleagues and students. While Twitter is growing in its popular appeal, and used for a variety of purposes from marketing to politics to entertainment, we are most interested in examining its potential use in education. We will use twitter throughout the Institute as one means of communicating, and attempt to better understand how socially networked communication might benefit community building in our courses as well as in our own professional contexts.
Tuesday, June 2:
Expanding Possibilities for Connecting and Communicating
Day 2 of the Institute will focus on tools and practices that can assist with managing information flow for personal and course-based use. In addition, we explore blogging as an educational publishing platform with a range of potential uses in teaching and learning. Questions about what it means to manage a professional and personal web presence are also discussed.
Morning Sessions (8:30 AM – 12 Noon, Cabell 320)
- Individual work time and consultation 8:30 – 9:30 am
Individual work time is an opportunity for participants to reflect on and work with the material explored during the Institute. These are great opportunities for brief consultation, review, Q&A with your colleagues and the Institute facilitators.
- Putting the Feed to Work for You: Tapping into the Power of RSS
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) has fundamentally transformed our experience of the web. RSS has made it simple to subscribe to web content that is often changing, and aggregate these changes in a single location for easy access and review. Filtering information in this way has become crucial in an environment where information is dynamic and abundant. In this session, participants will use an RSS reader to subscribe to content that is relevant to their field and interests. In addition to using RSS readers to manage personal information flow, we will also explore meaningful instructional uses of this technology that allow students to identify and contribute learning resources through a shared portal that is open to the entire class. These course based examples will serve to introduce key practices and generate discussion and questions about potential learning impact.
(Lunch on your own 12 – 1 PM)
Afternoon Sessions (1 – 4 PM, Cabell 320)
- Exploring Blogging in Higher Education (Panel Discussion)
This session will feature a panel discussion of faculty members who have engaged in blogging for educational purposes. The purpose of this panel discussion is to provide a range of perspectives on the role blogs and blogging might play in teaching and learning. Participants will consider questions about blogging as an educational publishing platform, classroom uses of blogging, various blogging practices, and the extent to which blogging can support learning and reflective practice.
- To Blog or not to Blog: Is that the Question?
Building on the ideas explored in the panel discussion, Institute participants will be asked to consider if and how they might implement the practice of blogging in their own teaching. We will examine the role of reading and commenting on blogs of identified interest as a way of participating in conversation. In addition, we will explore a few options for freely available blog tools as well as “light-weight” tools that permit quick and easy communication for those interested in experimenting with blog-like practices. Ultimately, this session is designed to help faculty participants make informed decisions about how they might use powerful web publishing tools to support teaching and learning.
Wednesday, June 3:
Exploring Collaboration on the Web
Day 3 of the Institute focuses on ways the web has become a collaborative space that allows for the development of shared resources and collective intelligence. Beginning with an examination of Wikipedia as a test example, we move on to explore the course-based use of wikis to support teaching and learning. We also take a look at the use of other web-based tools (Google Docs and Slideshare) that have the potential to support collaboration and cooperative learning around more common learning materials like documents and slideshows.
Morning Sessions (8:30 AM – 12 Noon, Cabell 320)
- Individual work time and consultation 8:30 – 9:30 am
Individual work time is an opportunity for participants to reflect on and work with the material explored during the Institute. These are great opportunities for brief consultation, review, Q&A with your colleagues and the Institute facilitators.
- Create, Share and Collaborate: Using Web Documents for Learning
Slide shows and word documents have become two of the most common document types distributed in educational contexts. While these documents can certainly be useful, as static documents they can constrain collaboration. This session will look at ways to promote collaboration and cooperative learning opportunities around word document and slide shows using freely available web-based tools. Participants will examine the use of the popular Google Docs tools along with Slideshare, a slideshow repository that permits sharing and discussion of slides. Institute participants will brainstorm and critique the potential use of these tools in their own instructional contexts.
(Lunch on your own 12 – 1 PM)
Afternoon Sessions (1 – 4 PM, Cabell 320)
- The Wiki Way: Exploring the use of Wikis in Education
Wikis are openly editable web sites that have ushered in new opportunities for collaboration and shared knowledge creation. Now nearly everyone with Internet access and freely available wiki software can create spaces on the web that make communication, sharing resources and group development of content very easy. This session will introduce participants to the educational use of wikis, and examine key questions and challenges faced in successfully implementing them into coursework. Faculty participants will brainstorm potential uses in their own courses and gain hands-on experience setting up and using freely available wiki tools on the web.
Thursday, June 4:
New Opportunities for Creating Learning Content
Day 4 of the Institute will focus on exploring technology tools that provide interesting opportunities for creating learning content. Through demonstration and hands-on practice, participants will determine suitability of these tools for supporting learning goals in their teaching.
Morning Sessions (8:30 AM – 12 Noon, Cabell 320)
- Individual work time and consultation 8:30 – 9:30 am
Individual work time is an opportunity for participants to reflect on and work with the material explored during the Institute. These are great opportunities for brief consultation, review, Q&A with your colleagues and the Institute facilitators.
- Introduction to Digital Storytelling
Often, when we share ideas, we are sharing stories. We tell these stories from our personal perspective and employ narrative, metaphors, illustrations and sounds to present ideas and suggest questions for the listener to ponder. Using examples of digital stories and hands-on practice with free recording tools (Microsoft PhotoStory) this session will provide an introduction to digital storytelling. Institute participants will discuss the viability and potential use of digital storytelling in their classes, and consider ways that both faculty and students might create learning content in this format.
(Lunch on your own 12 – 1 PM)
Afternoon Sessions (1 – 4 PM, Cabell 320)
- ‘Casting the Net: Podcasting, Screencasting and Webcasting in Education
This session provides a general overview of three ways to create engaging learning content - podcasting, screencasting and webcasting. Institute participants will gain a general introduction to each of these practices and familiarity with the tools that support their creation. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the variety of instructional goals that can be supported by these different “casting” options. We will also briefly discuss key findings from emerging research related to the use of these technologies in education.
Friday, June 5:
Making Thinking Visible: [Re]considering Formative Feedback
Day 5 of the Institute explores how web-based tools can be used to support formative assessment practices inside and outside of class. Providing feedback is a crucial component of the learning process, and making student thinking visible on a number of levels is incredibly valuable to all engaged in the learning process.
Morning Sessions (8:30 AM – 12 Noon, Cabell 320)
- Individual work time and consultation 8:30 – 9:30 am
Individual work time is an opportunity for participants to reflect on and work with the material explored during the Institute. These are great opportunities for brief consultation, review, Q&A with your colleagues and the Institute facilitators.
- Tools to Support Polling and Formative Assessment
In this final session of the Institute we introduce some tools that can support formative feedback both inside and outside the classroom. Central to the discussion is an examination of the role formative feedback plays in the learning process. Building on the idea of using “clickers” as formative assessment tools in the classroom we introduce some web-based tools that provide alternative options for polling students. In addition, we consider ways to allow students to generate live questions that can be voted on, as well as ways to use on-the-fly chat rooms to archive the flow of student thinking during a class session. As always, participants will be asked to critique the value of these practices in general as well as consider specific applications for their own teaching.
(The LEGENDARY Institute Potluck Lunch, 12 – 1 PM @ the CTE)
Afternoon Session (1 – 4 PM)
- Participant presentations / reflections
This closing session provides each participant with the opportunity to share some thoughts about the Institute experience.
