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The master’s tools: feminists teaching with technology
presentation byDr. Sharon Collingwood, Ohio State Universityfor the Teaching with Technology WorkshopDepartment of Gender and Women’s StudiesUniversity of Kentucky
10 March 2011
• Almost two-thirds of for-profit institutions now say that online learning is a critical part of their long term strategy.
• The 21%growth rate for online enrollments far exceeds the 2% growth in the overall higher education student population.
• Nearly one-half of institutions report that the economic downturn has increased demand for face-to-face courses and programs.
• Three-quarters of institutions report that the economic downturn has increased demand for online courses and programs.
Sloan Consortium Report, 2010
http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/class_differences
Nearly 30% of higher education students now take at least one course online
Reservations about technology
Standardization and impoverishment of curriculum
Fewer instructors, fewer voices
Loss of intellectual property
Are these fears well founded?
Will avoiding technology solvethe problem?
AAUW Report: http://www.aauw.org/learn/research/whysofew.cfm
Why So Few? (2010)
B.A. Degrees, 2007 AAUW Report
Doctorates AAUW Report
What sector of society will be most influential in our students’ lives?
4Number of women in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2008
list of the 25 most influential people on the web.
Casserly, M. and Goudreau, J. (2010). Top 100 Websites For Women. Forbes.comAccessed June 15, 2010 from http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/23/100-best-womens-blogs-forbes-woman-time-websites.html
8Females among the 100 most influential people on the internet, according to Internet Evolution.
--2010 Internet Evolution Surveyhttp://www.internetevolution.com/document.asp?doc_id=190304
13%Percentage of female editors on the Wikipedia
--Wikimedia Foundationhttp://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/04/02/new-reports-from-november-2008-survey-released/
1/3Number of female bloggers
Technorati annual report, November 2010http://technorati.com/blogging/article/who-bloggers-brands-and-consumers-day/
We need to encourage our students to participate in digital culture.
Do we have the right tools?
The Silo
• Hierarchical, authoritarian
• Closed
• Proprietary
Learning Management Systems
OPEN SOURCE
SakaiMoodleSloodle
PROPRIETARY
BlackboardDesire to Learn
WebCT
There are hierarchical tendencies in the software we are required to use.
THE SOLUTION?
Use the tools that we find useful
Subvert the tools that are antithetical to feminist teaching
Automated quizzes
Allow students to decide when they are tested
Offer reinforcement of learned facts
Controlled or controlling?
Discussion and chat
Can students truly find consensus through online discussion fora?
Within the LMS
Student journals
Private conversations
Limited collaboration
Web conference
• Synchronous meetings
•More interactive than LMS, but still very structured
• Student contributions are controlled through the software
• Can they be truly collaborative?
The Cloud:A Paradigm Shift
•Google Apps for Education
• Blogs, wikis, RSS Feeds
• Etherpad, Dabbleboard
• Prezi, Mindmapping
• Livestream, You Tube
• Twitter, Facebook
• Teach much-needed skills, acclimate students to web culture
• Integrate our students into ongoing conversations
• Encourage a more open and collaborative approach to subject material.
• Empower students in the classroom, whether virtual or physical.
Cloud applications
Virtual Worlds
Immersive, persistent 3D spaces
Non-hierarchical
Free to our students
Approximates the actual classroom
Growing educational community
Let’s discuss
•Which applications are most useful to us
•Which applications conform to feminist pedagogy
•Which applications are most comfortable for our students
•Which applications are most accessible for our students.
Continue the conversation here:
• http://adarocks.wikispaces.com/