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RESEARCHPOSTERPRESENTATIONDESIGN©2012 w w w . Post erPresent at i ons. com Today, public education institutions still cater primarily to face-to-face course access, which results in inequities when access to a face-to- face is not possible due to: • Physical health • Mental health • Elder/Child care • Workplace commitments • Rural or Remote learners • Financial Advantages of Video Conference Robots over Desktop Video Conferencing When access can be facilitated by a variety of technological means, university policies and practices need to catch up, so access is not a privilege or provided on a preferential basis. Policy Changes Needed Cyber Proxies Help Address Issues of: Student Pressures, Social Justice & Privilege Cyber Proxies in Action Acknowledgements University of Victoria Rich McCue, Valerie Irvine, Tanya Little Robots in Education: Learning by Cyber Proxies University of Victoria U nivers ity of Vic toria • The ability to easily move to in around a classroom to form groups for group discussions or pair-and- share exercises. This is particularly useful for small classes or graduate seminars. • Instructors do not feel as responsible for technical problems for the telepresence robots, as students simply log in and situate themselves in the classroom. Irvine and McCue (2015) refer to this type of presence as cyber proxy. Technical problems are typically handled by the robot vendor and campus network services. Below is an example of a Video Conference robot in action at the SITE 2015 Conference in Las Vegas, with Dr. Matt Bower presenting from Australia via his Cyber Proxy. Another researcher from Michigan is presenting via a desktop video conference system, as is Dr. Valerie Irvine from Victoria, BC. Technology Integration & Evaluation Research Lab Their presence by cyber proxy made the symposium at the conference a richer experience for all who participated, both local and remote, than it would have been without their virtual presence. The University of Michigan uses desktop robots extensively for some of their Doctoral seminars in their educational technology program. Flicker: kshathriyaccbyncnd2.0 Copyright –John Bell References Cain, W., Bell, J.,Cheng,C.,Sawaya,S.,Peterson,A.,Arnold, B.,Good, J.,Irvine,V.,McCue,R. & Little, T. (2015). Synchronous Hybrid Learning Environments: Perspectives on L earning, I nstruc tion, and Tec hnology in Unique Educ ational Contexts. In D. Slykhuis & G. Marks (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 205210).Chesapeake, VA: Assoc iation for the Advanc ement of Computing in Education (AACE).
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Today, public education institutions still cater primarily to face-to-face course access, which results in inequities when access to a face-to-face is not possible due to:• Physical health • Mental health • Elder/Child care • Workplace commitments• Rural or Remote learners• Financial
Advantages of Video Conference Robots over Desktop Video
Conferencing
When access can be facilitated by a variety of technological means, university policies and practices need to catch up, so access is not a privilege or provided on a preferential basis.
Policy Changes Needed
Cyber Proxies Help Address Issues of:Student Pressures, Social Justice & Privilege
Cyber Proxies in Action
Acknowledgements
University of VictoriaRich McCue, Valerie Irvine, Tanya Little
Robots in Education: Learning by Cyber Proxies
University of Victoria
Univers ity of Victoria
• The ability to easily move to in around a classroom to form groups for group discussions or pair-and-share exercises. This is particularly useful for small classes or graduate seminars.
• Instructors do not feel as responsible for technical problems for the telepresence robots, as students simply log in and situate themselves in the classroom. Irvine and McCue (2015) refer to this type of presence as cyber proxy. Technical problems are typically handled by the robot vendor and campus network services.
Below is an example of a Video Conference robot in action at the SITE 2015 Conference in Las Vegas, with Dr. Matt Bower presenting from Australia via his Cyber Proxy. Another researcher from Michigan is presenting via a desktop video conference system, as is Dr. Valerie Irvine from Victoria, BC.
Technology Integration & Evaluation Research Lab
Their presence by cyber proxy made the symposium at the conference a richer experience for all who participated, both local and remote, than it would have been without their virtual presence.
The University of Michigan uses desktop robots extensively for some of their Doctoral seminars in their educational technology program.
Flicker: kshathriyacc-‐by-‐nc-‐nd-‐2.0
Copyright –John Bell
ReferencesCain, W., Bell, J. , Cheng, C., Sawaya, S., Peterson, A., Arnold, B., Good, J. , Irvine, V., McCue, R. & Little, T. (2015). Synchronous Hybrid Learning Environments: Perspectives on Learning, Instruction, and Technology in Unique Educational Contexts. In D. Slykhuis& G. Marks (Eds.),Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 205-‐210). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
