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During the last few years, emerging technologies and online learning have dominated narratives regarding the future of education and the potential role that technology may play in education. Are we reaching a point where "anyone can learn anything from anyone else at any time?" Or, are Google, Facebook, and Twitter "infantilizing our minds," distracting us from meaningful learning and purposeful living? As societies, governments, and other social groups adapt and change over time, so do institutions of learning, the work that they do, and how they do that work. In this presentation, I will share seven research-based stories describing the integration of emerging technologies in learning environments. These stories paint an intricate picture of online learning with emerging technologies and demonstrate how (a) emerging learning technologies have impacted educational practice, (b) the use of emerging technologies “on the ground” is often negotiated and contested, and (c) a “culture of sharing” may be finding increasing acceptance in education under emerging phenomena such as Massive Open Online Courses, Open Educational Resources, and social media use by scholars. These stories highlight how learning and education are (and are not) changing with the emergence of certain technologies, social behaviors, and cultural expectations.
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Tales of learning online with Emerging Technologies
Dr. George VeletsianosAssistant Professor of Learning
Technologies University of Texas at Austin
72013 Sloan-C Emerging Technologies for Online Learning Plenary Talk
We live in interesting times!
• Technological advancements
• Widespread interest in education
• Educational Technology
1. Unexpected Outcomes
Veletsianos, Kimmons, & French, (in press)
Small group discussion
• Has the integration of technology in your own settings led to any unexpected outcomes?
• Reflect on your practice.• In your group, share a story or two
relating to this phenomenon.• Assign a spokesperson & be ready to
share with the rest of us.
Groups share
2. Enacting Scholarship in the Open
Veletsianos (under review); Veletsianos & Kimmons 2012, 2013
3. Repurposing Technology
Veletsianos (2012)
4. The value of Pedagogy (or, Emerging Technologies shape & are shaped by education)
Doering & Veletsianos (2008); Veletsianos (2010, 2011)
Small group discussion
• What are your experiences with openness? What is holding you back from sharing? What is motivating you to share?
• How is a tool that you use enabling you to do more than what you used to? How is a tool restricting your pedagogical practice?
• In your group, share a story or two relating to these two issues.
• Assign a spokesperson & be ready to share with the rest of us.
Groups share
5. The Open Course Phenomenon
6. Past Experiences Framing Current Practices
Veletsianos, Kimmons, & French, (in press)
7. The need for research & evaluation
Summary
• No silver bullets• Unexpected outcomes• Open scholarship• Technology repurposing• Pedagogy, technology, & co-shaping• The open course phenomenon• Past experiences sharing current
practice• The value of research and evaluation
Thank you
Dr. George VeletsianosAssistant Professor of Learning Technologies
University of Texas at Austin
http://www.veletsianos.com@veletsianos
veletsianos@gmail.com
References Available at http://www.veletsianos/publications
Veletsianos, G. (2010). Emerging Technologies in Distance Education. Edmonton, AB: Athabasca University Press.
Veletsianos, G. (2010). A Definition of Emerging Technologies for Education. In G. Veletsianos (Ed.), Emerging Technologies in Distance Education (pp. 3-22). Edmonton, AB: Athabasca University Press.
Veletsianos, G., Kimmons, R., & French, K. (in press). Instructor experiences with a social networking site in a higher education setting: Expectations, Frustrations, Appropriation, and Compartmentalization. Educational Technology, Research, and Development.
Veletsianos, G. & Kimmons, R. (2013). Scholars and Faculty Members Lived Experiences in Online Social Networks. The Internet and Higher Education,16(1), 43-50.
Veletsianos, G. & Kimmons, R. (2012). Assumptions and Challenges of Open Scholarship. The International Review Of Research In Open And Distance Learning,13(4), 166-189
Veletsianos, G. (2012). Higher Education Scholars’ Participation and Practices on Twitter. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 28(4), 336-349.
Veletsianos, G. & Kimmons, R. (2012). Networked Participatory Scholarship: Emergent Techno-Cultural Pressures Toward Open and Digital Scholarship in Online Networks. Computers & Education, 58(2), 766-774.
Veletsianos, G. (2011). Designing Opportunities for Transformation with Emerging Technologies. Educational Technology, 51(2), 41-46.
Doering, A., & Veletsianos, G. (Fall 2008). Hybrid Online Education: Identifying Integration Models using Adventure Learning. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 41(1), 101-119.
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