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Exploring Online Tools For TeachingAlexandre EnkerliDepartment of Sociology and AnthropologyConcordia Universityhttp://enkerli.wordpress.com/http://www.slideshare.net/Enkerli
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Introduction
• Overwhelmed?– Internet use by students– Internet use by colleagues
• Technology changes–Accompany teaching changes
• What can be done?–Moodle–Facebook–Other tools
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Workshop
•Exploration of tools▫Inside classroom▫Outside classroom
•Presentation▫Experiences, learning contexts
•Round-table discussion▫Some issues with educational technology
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Plan
•Self-introductions•Presentation on tools•Discuss other tools•Discussion on issues
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Why Am I Here?
•Nobody special (PTF at Soc. and Anthro.)•“Free, Open, Flexible: Rethinking
Learning Materials Online” (Spirit of Inquiry)
•Tech/Teach backgrounds•Use of Online Tools•Ph.D. seminar
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Computer Technology
•“Wannabe geek” (online since 1993)•Hang out with “geeks”•Blogger since 2005
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Teaching
•Ghost of Piaget•Diverse teaching experience (Qc, NB, IN,
MA)•Informal and formal teaching•Bridges between life and teaching•“Born to teach” Facebook group
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Controversial Stance?
•“Learning happens despite teaching”•“Tools meant to be used”
▫Think about possibilities (“sales pitch”)▫Anti-deterministic
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Participant Introductions
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Presenting Tools
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Tools to Cover
•Moodle•Facebook•RefWorks•Slideshare
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MoodleA Free, Open Source Course Management System for Online Learning
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Moodle
•Learning/Course Management System•Virtual Learning Environment•Also: Sakai, Oncourse, Blackboard,
WebCT•“Interactive course website.”
▫Provide content▫Do activities
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Moodle Use
•Platform (modules, applications)•Resources (content) or Activities
(interaction)•Constructivist model•Teacher-student connection•Moodle community
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Moodle Issues
•Outside authentication (ConU)•Training/documentation•Versions•Some confusing tools•Toward social networking
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FacebookA social utility that connects you with the people around you
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•800 lbs. gorilla•Social phenomenon•“Where students are”•Social networking system•Platform with applications
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Facebook and Learning
•Socialisation•Peer-learning•Informal learning•Discovery•Use as CMS
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Facebook Issues
•Black hole? (“Addictive”)•Commercial site (advertising)•Scarcity of dedicated learning tools•Lack clear roles•“Where students are”
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RefWorksYour online research management, writing and collaboration tool
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RefWorks Use
•Online citation manager▫“Web-enabled EndNote”
•Concordia availability•Library catalogues (CLUES, MUSE...)•Google Scholar integration•Desktop integration (Microsoft Word)•RefShare
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RefWorks Issues
•Few students really use•Cumbersome login (ConU)•Few databases (PubMed, OCLC Trial)•Missing some Endnote features?
▫Attachment▫Formatted list▫Handheld/PDA
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SlideShareYouTube for PowerPoint
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SlideShare Use
•Upload before class•Edit during class•Embed after class•Slidecast (with sound)
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Slideshare Issues
•PowerPoint/PDF/OpenDocument•Changed fonts•Posting delays•Indirect editing (unlike Zoho show)•Cumbersome audio synchronisation
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Other Tools
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Other tools
•Google Docs▫Had to learn
•Skype•Screens•Email feedback
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Blogspot
•Comments•Feedback on assignments•Comfortable expressing themselves•Interconnect after class (Moodle gone)•Semi-public•Successful
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Research use of Web
•Online databases•Instead of entertainment•Patrick Labelle•Research librarians
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Online Workshops•Dreamweaver•References from face-to-face workshop•Professional video•Program application•RefWorks workshop?•Download/show•IITS and CTLS•Refresher
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Basecamp?
•Storage•Large•Closed/private
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Discuss Issues
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Discuss Issues (examples)
•Comfort•Luddites and fear of technology•Shelters or windmills•Teacher control•Online/offline learning•Informal/formal learning•Resources (time, money)
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Attitudes•Technology proficiency•“Old-Fashioned”•Outside help•Want to learn•Experimentation•Concentrating on teaching vs. tools•Facebook too public•Textbook/didactic•Technology helps
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Time-consumption
•To learn•To use•To control•Focus on teaching
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Moodle frustration
•Abandon (lack of support)•Open Source (could be dealt with)•Assignment use•Came from Site Generator•Own way to use
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Expectations
•Ex. PowerPoint•Not about entertainment•Pandering to expectations•Bells and whistles, “Wow factor”
▫Tangible product of/for teaching
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Pleasing students
•Bother to show up?•Online evaluation
▫Teaching expectations Tenure system Part-time
•Learning styles▫Ways to remember▫Grades
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Student Diversity
•Non-traditional students•Students not sold on empty PowerPoint•Get to understand learning/teaching
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Change in university climate•Service-based learners•Deep-level learners•Change in proportions•Autodidact/self-learning•Our expectations•As process•Disciplines•Excitement
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Legal Issues?
•Getting out of hand•Lawsuits?•“Paranoid fascist”•Student diversity
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Comfort level•Students’
▫Not that comfortable•Teacher’s
▫Added stress for setting up (logistics)▫Resource person (individual support)▫We’re also learners
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Hope!•Been using a tool, comfortable
▫Need for something else?•Use constructively/critically•Not prison•Special population