pedagogy and technology

Pedagogy and technology

James Arvanitakisj.arvanitakis@uws.edu.au

Twitter: jarvanitakis0438454127October 2013

Teaching like a pirate…

Or

One: A changing environment

Universities are where newspapers were 10 years ago…

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Knowledge transition

Professor

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Relational Knowledge

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Relational Knowledge that is mediated…

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Student StudentStudent

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Changing student cohort

Students balance multiple commitments

Changing student cohort

Students balance multiple commitments

Massification

Changing student cohort

Students balance multiple commitments

Massification

Choice (both within and across institutions)

Changing student cohort

Students balance multiple commitments

Massification

Choice (both within and across institutions)

Internet literacy: width v. depth

Two: How to Respond?

Participatory education: co-designing knowledge

Participatory education: co-designing knowledge

Applicability; Relevance; Agency

Globalisation…

“Globalisation may be thought of … as the widening, deepening and speeding up of the worldwide interconnectedness in all aspects of contemporary social life, from the cultural to the criminal, the financial to the spiritual.”

(Held et al 1999, p. 2).– This definition recognises globalisation is multi-

dimensional, having width, breadth and depth.– Another important aspect of this definition is

that it portrays globalisation as a process. – As globalisation permeates different areas of

society

1. From Facebook to WordCloud

Change

Fear Justice

Inequity

Time

Me

World

Countries

Skills and knowledge

Culture

2. No empty vessels…Focus here - getting students ‘job ready’

Sense of agency

3. Experiences are valid…

4. Multiple delivery mechanism…

“Offer Flexible Assessment and Delivery”

Academic Reading

Confronting Racism

Non-Academic Reading

You tube

Lecture

Tutorial

Materials

In class exercises

Official website

Eg: Confronting racism…

How would you explain to students that stereotypes are just that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2Ch83k3xo

Watch the following video from ABC’s Media Watch about an incident that occurred in April 2010.

http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2870685.htm

What insights does the video provide us with the way media aggravates racism?

TECHNOLOGY HELPS (BUT DOES NOT OFFER A SIMPLE SOLUTION)

TECHNOLOGY HELPS (BUT DOES NOT OFFER A SIMPLE SOLUTION)

… EVERYONE IS TALKING ‘BLENDED LEARNING’…

BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN

From Wikipeadia

“Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace.”

From Wikipeadia

“Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace.”

“Good pedagogical practices using a variety of delivery mechanisms that allow students flexibility and confirm the validity of their

experiences”

“Good pedagogical practices using a variety of delivery mechanisms that allow students flexibility and confirm the validity of their

experiences”James Arvanitakis

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Three: Risks(or Fear and Loathing in the Classroom)

‘Letting go’

‘Letting go’

‘My Intellectual Property’

‘Letting go’

‘My Intellectual Property’

‘Ban all devices’

‘Letting go’

‘My Intellectual Property’

‘Ban all devices’

‘Who let them in?’

THANK YOU…