Using Technology to Enhance Your Teaching
Dr Rachel Cowen, Research Staff Trainer, University of ManchesterMr Alex Hardman, E-Learning Developer, University of Manchester
About us
(We know a little)
About you
(We know a little)
About you‘…list the technologies you have used’
(We know a little)
About you
• Knowledge of the range of possibilities• How they can be used
– Without causing stress and confusion– Without being overly complicated
• Signposting to further information• To know what the advantages are• Create more interesting lectures• To connect with large & small audiences with IT
What would you like to get out of this?
(We know a little)
About you
• University support available/ contacts• Engaging teaching strategies• Less work for me ;)• Confidence• Assessment• Tips, ideas and shortcuts• Maybe some swimming with sharks
What would you like to get out of this?
Objectives
• Identify and categorise the activities that you do in your teaching
• Practice using some technologies that could be applied in your training
• Consider different ways that technology could be incorporated into your teaching
• Evaluate the technologies in a teaching context
Technologies change the way we do things
and provide new opportunities/
challenges
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Mechanical Age
Technologies change how we do things
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Mechanical Age Electronic Age
Technologies change how we do things
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Mechanical Age Electronic Age Digital Age
Technologies change how we do things
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Living in a digital world
Social bookmarking/
referencing
Wiki’s
RSS
Podcasting (sharing audio)
Blogging/ micro-blogging
Chat
Slide sharing
Searching
WE CAN create, publish, broadcast, connect, share, search
User generated recommendation
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We can categorise the types of activities that we use in our teaching
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We can categorise the types of activities that we use in our teaching
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Activities Assessment/ QA
DiscussionDissemination
Others? – Administration? Marketing?
Activity – Think-Pair-Share
1. Think of all the activities that you do as part of your teaching. Add them to a category in the worksheet
2. Share with the person next to you
3. Share with the wider group
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Sewing this together. . .
RSS
(Really Simple Syndication)
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Sewing this together. . .
RSS Reader
(Really Simple Syndication)
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“powerful learning experiences are social,
immersive, engaging, and participatory.”
George Veletsianos, October 2009
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What questions does this raise?
• How does this make you feel as a teacher?• Do you agree/ disagree with ‘participatory’?
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