thinking beyond the bandwagon
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One instructor's perspective on managing innovation podcasting, blogs, webpage assignments, discussion forumsTRANSCRIPT
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Thinking Outside the Bandwagon
One instructor’s perspective on
managing innovation
Robert RuntéUniversity of Lethbridge
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outlinecautionary tale of my experiences with
four innovative technologies online discussion forums web page assignments blogs podcasting
audience members share their experiences (enthuse or commiserate)
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life cycle of innovative teaching technologies
a cautionary tale….
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to be educationally valid,
innovative instructional technology should fill previously identified need…
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on-line discussion forums
to extend class discussion in large classes
gives “quiet” students opportunity to write thoughtful comments, demonstrate knowledge, sway classmates
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At UofL, David Brown experiments with on-line forums
demos success for interested colleagues after several successful iterations
innovation is widely adopted
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on-line discussion forums become complete disaster
very negative course evaluations
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what went wrong?
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when just Dr. Brown did it
students found reading peers comments, dialoging, and writing their own 10 line comments engaging
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but when forums widely adopted
geometric increase in student numbers overwhelmed computer labs
students now had to line up for hours, just to make a 10 line comment
(and other users resented those taking lab spaces from computer course students)
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forums abandoned
...just as IT brought in hundreds of email stations that made innovation possible again….
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Web Page Assignments
public audience more authentic assessment students take public stand (ownership) increased public accountability (student
and instructor) discourages plagiarism
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Web Page Assignments
group or individual projects easily accommodated
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Web Page Assignments
collaborative, cumulative class projects more authentic assessment provides public service
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Web Page Assignments
students acquire new and relevant skill sets increased marketability of graduates increased student motivation (novelty)
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Web Page Assignments
BUTas early adopter,
had to spend class time teaching HTML, graphic design, etc
technology changed faster than instructors could keep up
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Web Page Assignments
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Web Page Assignments
BUTwhen more common place
great variation in computer literacy among students
issue of grading on HTML rather than course content
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Web Page Assignments
But biggest problems started when
told colleagues about my successes….
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knew I was in trouble when:
first heard student say, “Oh, no, not another web page assignment!”
Wikipedia made class collaborative project redundant
…crucial to attend to context outside of your own classroom -- life cycle of innovation
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blogs in the classroom
on-line student journal
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concern over decline in quality of class discussions:
larger class sizes made it impossible for every student to speak in class
students not doing readings prior to class
majority coasting on a few vocal students
inauthentic agreement with (assumed) instructor views
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blog as…
a (public) reading log
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Reading Logs
promotes class discussion ensures readings are read for class students take a stand before class going public increases authenticity of
responses comment function extends class
discussion beyond class time
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Reading Logs
peer correction of misconceptionsauthentic feedback on assigned
readings for instructorgenerate quotes, discussion
questions for next yearasynchronous grading and feedback
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blogs
first two iterations successful just minor revisions to scoring scheme to
encourage risk-taking and authentic expression
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knew I was in trouble when…
students this past term said, “Oh no, not another blog assignment…!”
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podcasting
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felt need to do something…
…about 3 hour lectures course team kept adding objectives to
curriculum students now expect slides to be
available ahead of class reviewing slides in class increasingly
redundant
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encountered podcasting…
July, 2005
Evo Terra, Michael Mennenga Tee Morris
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getting on the bandwagon…
rebirth of radio
educators have the bandwidth
educators have the content
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8 Advantages of Podcasting
audio better use of student time
easier for instructor (than video)
more individualized instruction
scheduling encourages more learning objects
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8 Advantages of Podcasting
easily integratedoff load lectures
from class timereaches a broad
audienceencourages
innovative teaching
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podcasting issues
“free up class time”, by making lectures available out of class but this effectively
doubles course hours, since now students “take home” lectures
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solution: make lectures optional
student chooses between readings, listening to podcasts of lectures; or watching videos of Powerpoint shows student finds modality
that works best for that student
comes to class ready to workshop, ask questions
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podcasting?
are we ahead of the curve yet?
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barriers to adoption?
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weekly encouragement?
“We’ve got to get on this! The VP wants us moving ahead on this.”
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September-December, 2005
podcast team Acquire professional
recording hardware work bugs out of
Garageband records music intros inservices faculty on
the use of the equipment
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September-December, 2005
Set up project management blog
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September-December, 2005
IT support people sets up podcast web page
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April 2008...still no podcasts
Barriers are social, not technological“Day job” has to come first
teaching, research and service -- podcasts projects not recognized as any of those
potential research output…but ‘low level’ journals, out of our direct field
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evaluate each innovation
clear need?too early adoption
infrastructure available? disproportionate effort student panic / novelty
lifecycle expiration
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administrative supports
innovation vs diffusionreward structures based on what has
beengolden age of the classroom
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