Catching the Same Wave  A Case Study Promoting a Shared Vision of Innovation

Rolin Moe, EdD Assistant Professor Director, Educational Technology & Media Seattle Pacific University rolin@spu.edu @rmoejo

Dominic Williamson Senior Instructional Designer Graphics Seattle Pacific University dominic@spu.edu @dominicdesigns

DDiiddaaccttiicc

LLeeccttuurriinngg

Behaviorist Conditioning

Cognitive Processing

Social Constructivist Creating/Collaborating

Emerging (Connectivism, Rhizomatic Learning, Activity Theory)

Networking, Developing, Emerging

“’Books,’ declared [Edison] with decision, ‘will soon be obsolete in the public schools. Scholars will be instructed through the eye. It is possible to teach every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture. Our school system will be completely changed inside of ten years.”

From Evolution of the Motion Picture, 1913

It does not seem absolutely necessary that [teaching] be a lecture delivered in person by a teacher in front of silent students, with questions reserved for sections or ‘practical work’ sessions run by an assistant…didactics can be entrusted to machines linking traditional memory banks (libraries, etc.).

Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 1979  

"What is interesting about this [1950s] photo is that nothing has changed…Other industries have been transformed, and learners have changed, but education hasn't changed…It is pathetic that the education system has not changed in hundreds of years.”

Agarwal, Campus Technology 2014

2002 – 2006 Instructor of Creative Writing (F2F & Online) M.A., Radio-TV-Film (in conjunction w/ Michner Center) *self-proclaimed* authority on pedestrian bridges

2006 – 2012 Instructor in Assistive Technology Director of Academic Technology, Park Century School Student, Doctorate in Education

2012 – Present Instructor & Assistant Professor, Education Consultant, Digital Learning & Nonformal Institutions Author on Sociocultural Effects of EdTech As of 2015: Seattle Pacific University

The Role of SPU’s Educational Technology & Media (compare to Centers for Teaching & Learning)

1. Ownership 2. Resources 3. Research

The Department of Educational Technology & Media is dedicated to promoting and designing innovative pedagogies, in collaboration with university faculty, through the lens of research-based and theory-driven use of technology and media.

Since January 2015

*Slight rise in ‘help desk’ queries from previous years (issues with LMS, integration with other University systems, lecture capture software, tutorials on creative products, course design) *Greater rise in ‘service’ queries from previous years (interest in us producing a digital artifact based on the intellectual property of a professor or administrator) *Over 40 unique faculty engaged in ongoing professional development *More than 20 ‘ownership’ projects in process (open textbooks, dynamic multimedia contents, faculty-maintained webpages for research & scholarship, student-centered learning platforms, etc.)

1.  R&D Research An integral part of any project is the literature review. What is the history of the culture, of the pedagogy, of the structure? 2. Omnidirectional, not top-down When education is done right, it transforms. Transformation is a personal journey. 3.  Partners = collaboration Rather than finding someone who will champion you, find people who will work with you and together you can help one another. 4. Build, Document, Explore Track the process as well as the progress. Do not fear tangents. 5. Remember the field This is education, not business. There may be strategies to employ from the world of business, but at the end of the day we provide a far greater deal than a product or a service.

Takeaways

rolin@spu.edu @rmoejo