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Teaching Using Teaching Using

TechnologyTechnologySummer Institute 2006Summer Institute 2006

Voices from Past TuT Participants

Smart Classrooms• Smart Classroom (connecting link

between technology-enhanced content and the teaching & learning environment, a traditional lecture-style teaching spaceEquipped with– Video/data projector– VCR or VCR/DVD combo player– Interface to Projector - Data Connection

May be equipped with– Overhead transparency projector– Slide projector– Smart Panel

Smart ClassroomsFaculty must bring:

– Network ready laptop computer, or iPod

– Smart Pack cables (laptop recipients only)

- AV Kit for iPods (included)

Note: iBooks must have DVI to VGA Adapter (included with the accessory kit)

The Need for TuT….six years ago

• Create a supportive community for faculty seeking to transform their curriculum using technology

• Provide resources (hardware, software and people) to carry out the teaching changes

• Serve an increasing student population without additional brick and mortar investment

• Provide access to our educational content to our students anytime and anywhere

Our Vision at Sacramento State

Using new technologies in learning environments and at the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) to assist faculty members embracing their changing role — from “the sage on the stage” to “the guide on the side.”

CTL’s Faculty-Driven Model to Improve Teaching and

Learning on CampusFocuses on• Faculty as Learners and designers of

their learning environments • Coordinated Assistance and Collaboration,

College-Based ITC’s, Faculty Technology Mentors, Computing, Communications & Media

Services, andAcademic Technology & Creative

Services

Teaching Adult LearnersHear ItListenersReaders…Read & Say WordsPrint OrientedAuditory Process LectureAudio MediaDiscussion Groups

Do ItKinesthetic Process by MovingRole ModelDemonstratePractice

Say ItTactile ProcessAuditory LearnersNeed to Talk it OutProcess TactilelyPresentationsGroup WorkPeer-to-Peer

See ItVisual Process Shape & FormPictures & Images Needs to See Speaker Assigned ReadingsPower PointsOutlinesWrite on Blackboards

TUT Summer Institutes

• 339 (37% of the full time faculty) have completed training through the TUT Institutes

• 60,000+ students have been impacted (100 students per professor per semester)

• Professors across all disciplines: 78 from Arts & Letters, 27 from Business Administration, 33 from Engineering & Computer Science, 76 from Education, 54 from Health & Human Services, 26 from Natural Science & Mathematics, and 45 from Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary

Studies.

The Mediocre Teacher Tells,

The Good Teachers Explains,

The Superior Teacher Demonstrates,

The Great Teacher Inspires!

How in your How in your view has today’s view has today’s

teaching style teaching style changed from the changed from the teaching style you teaching style you

observed 20 years ago?observed 20 years ago?

How in your How in your view has today’s view has today’s

teaching style teaching style changed from the changed from the teaching style you teaching style you

observed 20 years ago?observed 20 years ago?Discuss this with your table Discuss this with your table

partners and report.partners and report.

elearningIndustrial Age

Learning• Uniformity• Content learning• Memorization and

repetition• Departmentalized

learning• Isolated teaching• Technology as an

isolated tool

Information Age Learning

• Diversity and individuality

• Discovery and experience

• Process learning of quality content

• Interdisciplinary learning

• Collaborative environments

• Technology as an integral tool

• Community collaboration

elearning• You have been working with a TuT Mentor

to focus on a specific task or activity• Learning how to “chunk” your content

using your paper and pencil first on one specific teaching task, such as,– Design online quiz– Design “movement” visual display– Increase critical analysis from your assigned

readings– Develop a resource website, etc.

elearning considerations

Use synchronous methods if

• The information/learning conveyed is time-sensitive

• Immediacy of feedback is important

• All or most participate simultaneously

Use asynchronous methods if

• You want deeper reflection or learning

• Real time doesn’t add particular value

• Scheduling real time is impractical

• You want anytime, anywhere flexibility

Issues to be Considered…• Are the digital materials used by students?

– Create activities around the developed materials

– Consider assigning value (points) to these activities

• When used, are they stimulating higher level cognitive processes?– Rote activities versus discover, synthesize,

connect and build on prior knowledge

• Are materials used as demo or designed to engage learners?

• Will the learning live past the final exam?

Digital Content Can…• Provide experiential learning

opportunities• Real time communication

and feedback among all parties (teacher & learners)

• Limited level of open-endedness

• Opportunity for real collaboration and construction of shared knowledge

• Unparallel ability to visualize dynamic systems in action

Students are learning about velocity and acceleration from a video capture of a projectile shot from a canon.

One Learning Model…

Let’s come back to Earth…

TEACHING GOALSTEACHING GOALS

STRATEGIES OR ACTIVITIESSTRATEGIES OR ACTIVITIES

LEARNER OUTCOMESLEARNER OUTCOMES

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Learning TechnologiesLearning Technologies

Faculty are problem-solvers, handy persons looking for solutions (piecemeal or whole) that can help meet classroom challenges.

Identify your Identify your teaching goals for teaching goals for

the TuT project, the strategy the TuT project, the strategy you wish to implement, and you wish to implement, and

the expected outcomes.the expected outcomes.

Identify your Identify your teaching goals for teaching goals for

the TuT project, the strategy the TuT project, the strategy you wish to implement, and you wish to implement, and

the expected outcomes.the expected outcomes.

Discuss this with your table Discuss this with your table partners and report.partners and report.

Participant Objectives• Familiarity with technology resources

(hardware, facilities and professional staff)

• Identify technologies that support your teaching goals

• Join and participate in a supportive network of faculty and staff

• Develop a personalized project plan

Homework for YOUR Evening

Log on to Introduction to WEBCT course at online6.csus.edu. Click on calendar and find your evening homework.

Some Upcoming Activities

•Examples of Teaching Materials (Wednesday)

•Faculty Foibles (Friday)

Academic Affairs Thanks you for attending the

“Teaching Using Technology” Summer Institute 2006

Pick up your gift on the tour of

the CTL