TalkTech: An Exploration of Technology Trends, Digital Media, and Culture Across Continents

TalkTech: An Exploration of Technology Trends, Digital Media, and Culture Across ContinentsDr. Diana AndoneE-Learning CenterPolitehnica University of Timisoara, Timisoara, RomaniaMark FrydenbergComputer Information Systems Department, Bentley University,Waltham, MA, USA

Where We Are

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Digital Literacy

Social Networking

Transliteracy

Maintaining Privacy

Managing Digital Identity

Creating Content

Organizing and Sharing

Reusing / Repurposing

Filtering and Selecting

Self-Broadcasting(Steve Wheeler http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/ )

need to control - online activity, communication, eLearning environmentDigital students

Computational thinking

Computational thinking requires thinking recursively, using abstraction and decomposition when challenged to solve a problem, solving a problem efficiently with fewer resources, with simplicity, elegance, with using heuristic reasoning to discover the solution, and finally, planning, scheduling, communicating, learning, searching, comparing, discerning among massive amounts of data to deliver a final artifact.

URL: http://www.wordle.net/delete?index=7959730&d=PQOT

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Creative creators

The 21st century workplace requires well-educated, imaginative, collaborative, confident people who take personal responsibility and will go the extra mile - creative creators, as Tom Friedman (Friedman & Mandelbaum, 2011) calls them.

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Global workforce

Project GoalsWork with students from another country to research a technology topic and present those results using collaborative multimedia toolsIdentify and use both synchronous and asynchronous tools to communicate with international partnersProduce a tangible work product within a designated period of time

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TalkTech 2010-2015 MulticulturalOnline different timezonesSimulate real world work in an IT companyStudents freely choose the tools, communication, working time and hoursAll students finished and delivered the artifactEd-media 2014

Our InterestsHow can the use of web-based collaboration tools to complete a group project encourage or develop digital literacy skills?How does students' use of social media in their personal lives influence the tools they use to communicate and collaborate online for a class project?What successes and difficulties would students experience as they learn new technologies and respond to the challenges associated with working in a global environment?

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Project Debrief: Skyping in

Project Debrief: Skyping in

TalkTech 2008 2015 StudentsBentleyIT 101, Intro to Information Technology45 students per yearSpoke EnglishFrequently use the web, computers, and mobile devicesAge 18-19UPTTMM, Technologies of Multimedia50 students per yearSpoke EnglishFrequently use the web, computers, and mobile devices Age 21-22

707 students involved, no dropout

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Technology Trends 20143D PrintingAugmented RealityBig DataBitCoinCreative CommonsCrowd SourcingEvent PlanningMobile PaymentsOpen DataPrivacy OnlineThe Internet of ThingsVideo StreamingVoice RecognitionWearable Devices

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Tech Trends & Issues 2015How is augmented reality being used in various businesses or industries (healthcare, education, marketing, sales, etc.)?How does social media influence consumer experiences?What are the most popular messaging apps, and who uses them?What are the biggest cybersecurity threats facing Internet users today? How does streaming audio and video impact the entertainment industry?

Tech Trends & Issues 2015Can or should you license your photos using Creative Commons licensing on Instagram, Flickr, and other media sharing sites? Does information privacy matter in the age of big and open data?When it comes to the Internet of Things, are we there yet? If not, what is possible in the future?

Tech Trends & Issues 2015How smart are Virtual Personal Assistant apps such as Siri and Cortana? Each group member should try a different one and compare them.What factors are most important in increasing the adoption of mobile payment technologies?How do personal live streaming video apps such as Periscope and Meerkat change the way information is shared over the Internet?

Tech Trends & Issues 2015Research open-source mapping apps such as OpenStreetMap, HereMaps and Waze. What features do these apps have over Google or Bing Maps?How do mobile technologies and the Internet enable new business models through crowd sourcing?Are MOOCs threatening the future or value of a traditional university education?Are wearable devices a fad, or the future direction for staying healthy?

Students projects 2014

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Students projects 2014

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Students projects 2015ThingLink

What tools do students use?

Tools used by studentsTaskToolsalign time zonestimeanddate.comchatFacebook, Messenger, WhatsUp, Google Hangoutscreate and host audioSoundCloudcreate and host videoVine, Periscope, YouTube, PoowTooncreate interactive imagesThingLinkedit audioSound Forgeedit imagesPhotoShop, Paint.netedit videoWindows Live Movie MakeremailGmail, Outlookhold video conferencesGoogle Hangouts, Skyperecord videomobile phone camera appsschedule meetingsDoodlesearch the webGoogle, Bingshare photosFlickr, Tumblrshare screensjoin.me, Google Hangouts

Ed-media 2014

Tools used by students

Tools used by students

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Tools used by students: Periscope, VineVine example of Internet of Things

Tools used by studentsVine example of Internet of Things 2

Tools used by studentsVine example of Messaging App

Tools used by studentsPowToon example of Wearables

Student attitudes toward TechnologiesMobile phone / smartphoneSMS text messaging iPod /mp3 player Search engines (such as Google) Online chat (Yahoo, MSN, Google chat, others) VoIP (Skype, Hangouts, Google Talk, etc.) Mobile chat (WhatsApp, Viber) Online video (YouTube, etc.) Online photo sharing (Flickr, Picassa, etc.)Online games Blogs Wikipedia Online social networks (Facebook, or others)TwitterCollaborative Writing (Google Docs /Drive, Microsoft Office Online, etc.)

CollaborationSkype is "a valuable tool when trying to communicate" it is "important to have a good internet connection when talking internationally." Skype and Google Hangouts were "problematic at times."

Collaboration on ViCaDiS

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ViCaDiS Blog for Collaboration

Facebook page

Challenges

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Desirability

pick the words that best describe your experience in participating in the project, then to rank them on a scale of one to five

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OutcomesIntroduced students to current tech trendsRequired students to be creative and resourceful in their use of tech and collaboration toolsStudents demonstrated abilities to research, collaborate, and communicate onlineAll groups completed the project successfully

CONTACT

http://www.slideshare.net/diando70/ Mark FrydenbergSenior Lecturermfrydenberg@bentley.edu @checkmark

Dr. Diana AndoneDirector, e-Learning Center,diana.andone@cm.upt.ro@diando70