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Tools that Change Learning: 

Tools that Change Learning Cole W. Camplese School of Information Sciences and Technology The Pennsylvania State University cole@ist.psu.edu

What are we Going to Cover?: 

What are we Going to Cover? Do our classrooms need changing? A couple of tools that impact the classroom Change is good (as long as its integrated) Questions and discussion

We’ve Spent the Last Two Days Listening ...: 

We’ve Spent the Last Two Days Listening ... We’ve heard about the digital native We’ve discussed how they’re different We’ve examined their traits We’ve done our own soul searching If you’re like me, you have a bunch of questions ...

Do Our Classrooms Need Changing?: 

Do Our Classrooms Need Changing?

“I use technology to change my classes already ...”: 

“I use technology to change my classes already ...”

“I use PowerPoint ... and the web ... and email ...”: 

“I use PowerPoint ... and the web ... and email ...” I even bet a lot of you are using enterprise level LMS tools as well: Blackboard, ANGEL, WebCT, etc At PSU, we use ANGEL to support every resident course to give students access to: Dropboxes Discussion boards eQuizzing That adds up to a traditional course these days ... and they tell us that they’re not impressed! An enterprise LMS = ho hum responses from our students

Learning Enviroment: 

Learning Enviroment iLife and iWork Authoring

So Where Do We Go?: 

So Where Do We Go? We are going to cover two additional technologies that can plug into the enterprise LMS (or stand alone), that can challenge the notion of the digital classroom: Blogging toolsets - the new hub to the digital classroom? The iPod for content creation, delivery, and assessment

Welcome to the Blogosphere: 

Welcome to the Blogosphere ... can blogging impact the classroom?

Let’s Explore Blogging: 

Let’s Explore Blogging Blog is short for web log Web-based application that empowers authors (or teams of authors) to instantly publish content to the web Posts are the individual entries on the blog ... they appear in a reverse chronological order on a single webpage Each post can be commented on by an audience defined by the owner of the specific blog space Depending on the tool, blogs employ a powerful set of personal content management tools Live Look

RSS Defined: 

RSS Defined Really Simple Syndication RSS is a web syndication protocol used to provide dynamically updated web content Primarily used by news sites in the past This is a big feature of blogs Everyone is getting into the act Allows people to subscribe via an RSS Aggregator to a website and be notified as content is updated Six million Americans get news and information fed to them through RSS aggregators* When you see the XML badge, you can subscribe to the site. * Pew Internet & American Life Project, The State of Blogging, January 2005

The Exploding Blogosphere: Readership up 58% in 2004: 

The Exploding Blogosphere: Readership up 58% in 2004 * Pew Internet & American Life Project, The State of Blogging, January 2005 Percentage of Internet Users

Are Students in the Mix?: 

Are Students in the Mix? Let’s look at some numbers ...

Survey Says ...: 

Survey Says ... Prior to this class, did you read/post comments to any blogs? * Cole Camplese & Barton Pursel, Class Bogging Survey 2004

Survey Says ...: 

Survey Says ... Have you ever used a blog as a form of communication in any other course? * Cole Camplese & Barton Pursel, Class Bogging Survey 2004

Survey Says ...: 

Survey Says ... What was your overall impression of the class blog used in this course? 0=Poor • 5=Excellent * Cole Camplese & Barton Pursel, Class Bogging Survey 2004

Survey Says ...: 

Survey Says ... Directly comparing blogs and message boards, please rate your impressions of the use of each tool for educational purposes. 0=Poor • 5=Excellent 37 Responses * Cole Camplese & Barton Pursel, Class Bogging Survey 2004

Survey Says ...: 

Survey Says ... The class blog was an appropriate medium for participating in class related assignments. 0=Strongly Disagree • 5=Strongly Agree * Cole Camplese & Barton Pursel, Class Bogging Survey 2004

Why?: 

Why? Here’s what we thought: LMS-based message boards are arranged in a threaded model that requires several clicks to engage in conversation and are difficult to use efficiently Being able to clearly see everyone’s comments in the blog would help students post better comments Being able to clearly see everyone’s comments in the blog would provide motivation Blogs vs. LMS MB

Survey Says ...: 

Survey Says ... Easily reading other students’ posts on the blog helps me organize my thoughts prior to posting my own. 0=Strongly Disagree • 5=Strongly Agree * Cole Camplese & Barton Pursel, Class Bogging Survey 2004

Survey Says ...: 

Survey Says ... Reading other students’ comments on the class blog motivates me to post comments of my own. 0=Strongly Disagree • 5=Strongly Agree * Cole Camplese & Barton Pursel, Class Bogging Survey 2004

Blogs & RSS Enclosures: Auto Delivery of Content: 

Blogs & RSS Enclosures: Auto Delivery of Content RSS is great, but when combined with Enclosures, it is a powerful content delivery system: Podcasts & vodcasts are forms of RSS Enclosures We are beginning to see the start of personalized, pushed media (all over again) The RSS Enclosure model is the start of an always-on educational delivery channel Imagine students having aggregators for all their course feeds and the LMS is simply a pass through for content storage and management

The iPod: 

The iPod ... more than an MP3 player.

The iPod: 

The iPod The iPod is an amazing device ... it can be used for so many things: Music Language acquisition/practice Audiobooks Interviewing and voice recording We all know that ... What about using the iPod as a content creation and delivery tool and to assess student work?

The Revolution Will Be Podcasted: 

The Revolution Will Be Podcasted 29% of the 22 million iPod owners in the US have downloaded podcasts (that’s more than 6 million people!) Men and women are just as likely to have downloaded a podcast Nearly half of iPod/MP3 owners aged 18-28 have downloaded podcasts 20% of iPod/MP3 owners over the age of 29 have done so * Pew Internet & American Life Project, Podcasting, April 2005

What’s it Good For?: 

What’s it Good For? Students appreciate quick audio feedback Feedback can be posted in your LMS, blog, or emailed If you post it in the blog, students receive feedback via their RSS subscriptions Just some advice: Avoid dumping whole lectures on them Avoid long-winded comments as audio Avoid disconnected audio

But What Do Students Think?: 

But What Do Students Think? You may be surprised ...

Survey Says ...: 

Survey Says ... I’d prefer to listen to lectures via audio as opposed to reading them. 0=Strongly Disagree • 5=Strongly Agree * Cole Camplese & Barton Pursel, Class Bogging Survey 2004

Why Bother?: 

Why Bother? Lectures must have a reading, task, set of slides, etc. to make it worthwhile Other forms of files can be delivered via RSS enclosures (pdf, doc, ppt, key, etc) just as easily Build enclosure bundles with the podcast and an integrated assignment, presentation, case, etc. Auto download of an entire lesson with audio discussion and associated files

Students Can Be Producers: 

Students Can Be Producers Turn students lose with tools to produce their own content Give them repositories to store files in (blogs, LMS) Have them prepare RSS feeds Subscribe to the feeds and receive files automatically from them BTW, you can convert posts to “podcasts” on the fly ... its true!

iPod as an Assessment Device?: 

iPod as an Assessment Device? There is a lot more to those things ...

Does Apple Know About This?: 

Does Apple Know About This? The iPod has a built in ratings system that is perfect for assessment The ratings done on the iPod are always automatically synced back to iTunes (and in the other direction) iTunes can easily output a paper-based record of that data

How Does it Work?: 

How Does it Work?

Putting it Together: 

Putting it Together ... integration is simple ... really.

How Can This Be Done?: 

How Can This Be Done? Look to the open source community Blogging tools readily available (WordPress is a great single user system) SAKAI is open and available Install and start playing ... even newbies can get it running Integrate it into your School’s tools ... or don’t! Ask your students what they want ... if they aren’t sure, try some new stuff! Educate them about RSS and expect them ALL to use it Use it yourself and encouarge students to develop their own environments

Survey Says ...: 

Survey Says ... In the future, I will use blog spaces for educational purposes, such as team communication and ePortfolio enviornments. 0=Strongly Disagree • 5=Strongly Agree * Cole Camplese & Barton Pursel, Class Bogging Survey 2004

Discussion ... Questions?: 

Discussion ... Questions? http:/camplesegroup.com/blog • istcole@mac.com • IM: workercole

Creating a Really Good Podcast: 

Creating a Really Good Podcast Return

Does Apple Know About This?: 

Does Apple Know About This? The iPod has a built in ratings system that is perfect for assessment The ratings done on the iPod are always automatically synced back to iTunes (and in the other direction) iTunes can easily output a paper-based record of that data

Who is this Guy?: 

Who is this Guy? Director of the Solutions Isntitute at Penn State University Over the last five years we’ve been looking at how a centralized collection of eLearning tools/materials can support and grow a new resident curriculum at 20 campus locations In that time, over 10,000 enrollments have been impacted by the Online IST courseware This centrally designed and delivered curriculum gives the Solutions Institute unprecedented access to investigate emerging technologies Using e-anything as a support mechanism for resident courses is always exciting and engaging