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FSAS Teaching Talks Series, Victoria, BC, April 2014
Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning
George Veletsianos, PhD Canada Research Chair
Associate Professor School of Education and Technology
19th & 20th Century instructional charts
19th & 20th Century instructional charts
Why are instructional charts significant?
Historical insight on how
• technology impacts and does not impact education
• newer technologies replace old technologies
• educators adopt and creatively repurpose worthwhile
technologies and pedagogies/approaches
Instructional charts
• Solutions to problems
• Aesthetic appeal
• Tools of scholarship (not just instruction)
• Technology allowed mass reproduction at low cost
• Created by industry, but also by individuals
Today’s “Emerging Technologies?”
The Horizon Reports present one perspective
The 2014 HE Horizon Report
2004-2012 Horizon Reports
My perspective
Technologies or “approaches”
• May or may not be new technologies
• Evolving, “coming into being”
• Go through “hype cycles”
• Not yet fully understood
• Not yet fully researched
• Potentially disruptive (but potential is unfulfilled)
(Veletsianos, 2010)
Emerging Technologies
Technologies
• Learning Analytics
• Social Media
• Artificial Intelligence
technologies
• Technologies to
capture, categorize,
decipher data trails
Examples of Emerging…
Approaches
• Openness
• Competency-based edu
• Outsourcing
• Learning in Networks
• Micro-credentialing
• Data-driven, where “data”
are quantitative/logs
The MOOC phenomenon
What’s emerging in Higher Ed, might not
be in K-12 (e.g., whiteboards)
What’s emerging in one country might
not be emerging in another (e.g., cell
phones as learning devices)
Context matters
What are some of the “emerging” approaches at the RRU School of Education?
Approaches that
• engage students in knowledge-production
• capitalize on contemporary web technologies
• are diverse, social, and open
Examples
Approaches that engage students in knowledge-production
• Creation of worthwhile digital artifacts – E.g., E-books and online textbooks
Approaches that engage students in knowledge-production
Veletsianos, G. (2013). Learner Experiences with MOOCs and Open Online Learning. Hybrid Pedagogy: Madison, WI. Retrieved from http://learnerexperiences.hybridpedagogy.com
Approaches that capitalize on contemporary web technologies
Approaches that capitalize on contemporary web technologies
Approaches that are diverse
Student introductions.
What is your standard practice?
Approaches that are diverse
One of my favorites: Superhero Students
“In this activity you are to create a drawing of yourself to share with the rest of the class. Your drawing should portray you as a superhero and include your superhero name. You don't need any artistic abilities for this task, as I won't be evaluating you on your drawing abilities. The goal is to use your creativity to create a representation of yourself so that we learn more about each other. You can use pen/pencils/crayons and paper, or a graphics program to do this.”
Adapted from Dunlap & Lowenthal: http://bit.ly/1nHE6w2
Approaches that are diverse
• This is me.
• Why?
Approaches that are social
Approaches that are open
Open as an ethos
Open as an approach to teaching, research,
knowledge creation, dissemination, participation
Approaches that are open
School of Education and Technology to offer RRU’s
first Open Course
• Open to anyone at RRU
• Free to anyone and everyone
• Why?
• To share our knowledge and expertise
• To prepare future students and faculty
• To develop resources reusable in & beneficial to
RRU courses
Approaches that are open
Course: Digital, Networked, Open, and other Emergent Forms of Scholarship
Audience: Graduate Students, Faculty members, Community Groups
Openly licensed content which can be used within RRU research courses & Intro to Research Methods courses worldwide.
Thank you
www.veletsianos.com
@veletsianos on Twitter veletsianos at gmail.com
This presentation: www.slideshare.com/veletsianos