teaching philosophy - web
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TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
Andy Saltarelli, CEP 952
Introduction
Baby Salts Pregame Why How What Conclusions
Pregame – Web Presence
Pregame – Web Presence
Why – Joining Search in Progress
Attended Kevin Johnston’s Teaching Philosophy Session 1… got too busy teaching to finish the second session.
Why – Biosocial Perspective
Why – Thinking on the Fly
CEP 260 Class Discussion:• Q: What do you expect your instructors to do? What are their core responsibilities?• A: [crickets]• Q: What is one word you could use to describe my role in this class (e.g., transmitter, catalyst).• A: [is this mic on?]• Q: What is a “quality” learning experience for you? What do you hope this class will do for you 5 years from now?• A: [Bueller, Bueller…]• Q: What should we do more of?• A: YouTube, YouTube, YouTube!!!!
Why – These Times are a-Changin’
Cause for pause… Information and the Internet –”Post-Gutenberg
Revo” Tech-Immersed Learners
Albeit “selectively native” Proliferation of Online Learning Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
(CSCL)… and the tools to do it Web 2.0 – Cheap, Flexible, Customizable
E.g., blogs, wikis, CMS, Video sharing, video conferencing, whiteboards, virtual worlds, free content, mind maps, ETC!
Why – A Question
Has the rise of online learning (and CSCL in particular) changed how we look at “teaching philosophy”? Should it?
Constructivist vs. Direct Instruction Models
Compare 1999-2004 to 2005-2010“Web 2.0” Coined in 2004
Why - Hypotheses
H1: The rise of CSCL and Web 2.0 tools has re-focused the teaching community to constructivist, collaborative, and semi-directed teaching practices. H1a: There will be less text and more links in
the 2005-2010 hits. H1b: There will be more direct instruction
words used in 1999-2004 and more constructivist words used in 2005-2010.
How – Two Ways
1) Page Descriptives:
# Words in Code # Characters in
Code # Words in Page # Characters in
Page # Links on Page
2) Content Analysis: # Times Words
Used: Constructivism
Guide Explore Collaborate
Direct Instruction
Educate Disseminate Knowledge
How – Google (of course)
Date Page was First Crawled by Google
~ 5 years Each
Analyze Top 15 Hits for Each Search
How – Lots of Keyboard Shortcuts
Follow URL + U + A + C + Tab + V + MS Word Count = # Txt/Char in Code
How – Lots of Keyboard Shortcuts
Tab + V + TextWrangler + F + href = #Links
How – …and TextWrangler
What – Lots of Raw Date
What – The Descriptives: Means
# Code Characters
# Text Characte
rs
# Code Words
# Text Words
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
1999-2004
2005-2010
20,451
7,819
2,371
1,501
31,305
8,277
2,730
1,494
1999-20042005-2010
Averages Over Top 15 Hits for Each Time Period
What – The Links
1999-2004
2005-2010
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
46
107
Average # of Links Over the 15 Hits for Each Time Period
What – The Words
GuideExplore
CollaborateEducate
DisseminateKnowledge
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
19
4
1
13
4
40
27
88
2
1
18
1999-20042005-2010
# of Times Word is Used Across the 15 Hits
Conclusions
H1a: There will be less text and more links in the 2005-2010 hits. No, YES!
H1b: There will be more direct instruction words used in 1999-2004 and more constructivist words used in 2005-2010. Yes, perhaps would play out over larger
sample
Conclusion – The Future
How to mine this data more efficiently? Apply more sophisticated statistical
techniques to control for variables and increase validity.
Use qualitative analysis to glean themes from the text of the pages.
Write my own stinkin’ teaching philosophy.