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O�ce of Educational Technology
Spring 2014, Issue 6
InnovationsInnovInnov
INSTRUCTOR/
INNOVATORS
winmedalsin
EdTech‘sown
Olympics
EdTech
Innovator
Chase
2014
Spring
www.hostos.cuny.edu/edtech
O�ce of Academic A�airs
Tofindoutexacttimesoftheworkshops,andtoregister,goto:http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/edtech/for-faculty/workshops/
BlackboardEssentialFeb6-3:30pmFeb19-3:30pm
March13-3:30pm
BlackboardGradeCenter
Feb13-3:30pmFeb26-3:30pm
Web2.0Apr10-3:30pm
WORKSHOPSFall
EdTechinvitesyoutoparticipateinaseriesofwork-
shopsaimedtohelpyoutakefulladvantageoftech-
nologytoolsandstrategiestoenhanceteachingand
learning.Theseworkshopsarecenteredonexperi-
encesacquiredthroughtheuseofdifferenttechnol-
ogiesintheclassroom,andwilldemonstratethepros
andtheconswhenusedintheeducationalsetting.
All sessions will be held in the Faculty Commons
(C-559) except some Smart Board Essentialswork-
shops,which arepostedon theonline registration
page.
CourseCopyandFileManagementApr3-3:30pm
GradeCenterAdvanced
Part1Jan29-2:00pm
Part2Feb6-2:00pm
AssessmentToolsMar6-3:30pm
Blogs,WikisandJournals
Mar27-3:30pm
BlackboardCollaborateMar20-3:30pm
ImproveYourCourseLook
Mar13-3:30pm
SmartRoomFeb3-11:00am
Feb11-3:30pm
Feb18-11:00am
Blackboard9EnhancedWhat’sNew
Feb5-3:30pm
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EDTECHINNOVATORCHASE
byCarlosGuevara
Technology adoption in the educationlandscape could become challenging
andhardtokeepupwithduetoconstantemergingtechnologytrends.AsTheEdu-cause Learning Initiative and NewMediaConsortiumpointoutonthe2013HorizonProject report, digitalmedia literacy’s im-portancewillcontinuetoriseineverydis-
ciplineandprofession;hencetheneedtofocusonrethinkingfacultytraining,aswellasincorporatingandrewardingnewformsofscholarlywork.EdTechhasbeenresearchingdifferentap-proachestoenhancetheinnovationadop-tion process. According to innovationadoption theories, successful technologyadoption efforts must give equal consid-eration to cognitive, emotional, and con-textual concerns (Straub, 2009). In thisrespect,EdTechisseekingtoleveragethepower of organizational culture levels tonurture a growing Innovator communityofpractice.
Theseelementsarepresentinvariousfac-ets, and are used as engaging factors tosupport the success of technology initia-tivesofferedbyEdTech.Thementor-men-tee approach, context-based technologytrainings, EdTech Innovation Celebration,andInnovatorChasearesomeexamplesofthe application of above-mentioned ele-
ments.Gamification is the process of applyinggameelementsandmechanicstoanactiv-itytohelpincreasingengagementthroughthe leveraging intrinsic and extrinsicmo-tivations. A Gartner Research report es-timated thatby2015,more than50%oforganizationsthatmanageinnovationpro-cesseswillgamifythoseprocesses.
EdTech is piloting the “EdTech InnovatorChase,” a gamified activity that seeks toshowcase the effort our faculty make totry new technologies and innovate theirteaching practices. This game also intro-
duces the concept of “digital badges,” torecognize an accomplishment or level ofproficiency. A digital badge is an onlinerepresentation of a skill you’ve earned ormastered.Thesebadgesalsotriggermoti-vationforlearningandachievement.
What the game’s aboutEach semester we celebrate our campusEdTech Innovators–everyonewho’susingtechnology to explore new pedagogicalapproaches.Weapplaudyouforbeingthefirst,fordevelopingbestpracticesyourself(because maybe you’re doing somethingnobody else has). For the epicwin, inno-vate in the most EdTech categories and(most importantly!) help your colleagueslevelup.Theultimateawardwillbeyours.
How to WinEarnthemostbadgeseachsemester.Levelupyourcurrentbadges.
Leader BoardLogintotheHostosSocialNetwork(http://commons.hostos.cuny.edu) to see yourcurrent achievements (badges) in yourProfilepage.Visit theLeaderBoard toseewho’s in thelead.
Gamifying academic technology adoption
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The Spring 2014 semester sees some big chang-es to Blackboard 9.1. The changes, brought
by the installation of Service Pack 13, or knownat CUNY as “Blackboard Enhanced,” includes anew look and some major new features that im-prove navigation, assessment options, grad-ing workflow and other functionality for faculty.
EdTech has scheduledworkshops to introduce fac-ulty to the features of Blackboard Enhanced in ad-ditiontoIntroductoryBlackboard,GradeCenter,As-sessmentandothertechnology-relatedpedagogicaltools. PleasevisittheEdTechWorkshopPage(page2inthisissuefortheworkshopschedule.TheCUNYBlackboardwebsite has video and pdf user guidescoveringBlackboardEnhancedfeatures.Youcanac-cessthesebygoingtowww.cuny.edu/blackboard, thengotoUserGuidesundertheCUNYBlackboardmenu.YoucanalsoreachthissitebyusingtheBlack-board9.1tabinBlackboard.PleaseexplorethenewBlackboard Enhanced and see howwell it fits yourteachingrequirements,betheyforclassroomoron-lineteaching.
Global Navigation MenuAbuttonatthetopoftheCoursepageopensupamenuthatal-lowsyoutoaccesstheenhancedCourseCalendar,theRetentionCenteraswellasyourcoursesandorganizationsfromwithinthecourse.Nomorehavingtogobackto“MyCourses”ontheBlack-boardpagewheneveryouwanttogotoanothercourse.
An Improved CalendarWith the rebuilt Blackboard calendar users can addpersonalevents,keeptrackofimportantcoursedates,andevenexporttothirdpartycalendarslikeOutlookorGoogleCalendar.Anitemwithaduedateisautomati-callyaddedtothecalendarsofallusersinthecourse.Instructorscanalsoupdateduedatesbysimplydrag-gingitemstonewcalendardays.
Blackboard ENHANCED: W h a t ’ s N e w ?
byGeorgeRosa
Discussion BoardWiththeimprovedDiscussionBoard,althepostsinathreadareshowninonepage.Also,anewfeaturecanbeimplementedthatrequiresstudentstopostanan-swertoathreadbeforetheycanreadtheotherposts.
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New Content EditorThenewContentEditordisplaysaneasytouseinterfacewithanimprovedMathEditorandbetterretainsformattingofMi-crosoftWordandDreamweaverdocuments.
Inline GradingThischange,oneofthemostantici-pated,allowstheinstructortomark-upandgradesubmittedassignmentdocumentsonline,withoutneedingto download them. Students canviewtheregradedassignmentswiththemarkups.Thegradeddocumentscanbedownloadedinpdfformat.
Item AnalysisTheItemAnalysisfeatureprovidesstatisticsfortestsandstudentperformanceonindividualquestionsinexams.AmongthedataitprovidesisDiscrimina-tion–howwellperformanceonaparticularquestionreflectsperformanceontheentiretest)aswellasquestionDifficultybasedonstudentperformance.
Improved Test and Survey OptionsNow,whenusingtheTestOptionsforlaunch-ing a test,TestAvailability Exceptions canbedefinedforstudentsandgroups. Inaddition,whenandthekindofresultsdisplayedtostu-dentscanbespecified
Retention CenterFormallyreplacingtheEarlyWarningSystem,theRetentionCenterallowstheinstructortofollowat-riskstudents’grades,activities,misseddeadlinesandcourseaccessmoreeasily.
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byKateLyons
AstheFacultyLiaisontotheOfficeof EducationalTechnology,mem-
bershipontheCUNY-wideCommitteeonAcademicTechnology(CAT) isoneofmy responsibilities. CarlosGuevaraandIattendmonthlymeetingsofthecommittee,whichischairedbyGeorgeOtte,AssociateDeanofAcademicAf-fairs at CUNY’s School of ProfessionalStudies (he regularly blogs at http://purelyreactive.commons.gc.cuny.edu).
CATisdividedintomanysub-commit-tees,allofwhicharecomprisedmostlyofCATmembers,withsomeadditionaloutside guests. Each sub-committeetakes on projects or topics related toacademic technology initiatives thataffect all CUNY campuses. One sub-committeeworks with the group ad-ministering Blackboard, so that thefacultyvoiceguidesEducationalTech-nology decisions at CUNY. Anothergroup,headedbyMatthewGold,wasresponsible for the creation of theCUNY Academic Commons (http://
tionandpeer-review,thisgroup’sgoalistoensurethattheworkoffacultyinthesenew,emergingareasdoesn’tgounrecognized.Hostos faculty who are interested inEducational Technology policies bothat Hostos and CUNY should contactCarlos Guevara (cguevara@hostos.
cuny.edu) or Kate Lyons ([email protected]) to help findways toparticipate.Westronglyencourageev-eryone’s voices to be heard on theseimportanttopics.
TocreateanaccountandparticipateintheCUNYAcademicCommonsgoto:
http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/
commons.gc.cuny.edu/), and forbringingthatprojecttothenextlevelwith the Commons in a Box (http://commonsinabox.org/) initiative. AllCUNY faculty and graduate studentsareencouragedtojointheAcademicCommons.
OverthelastyearI’veparticipatedontheSub-CommitteeforDigitalSchol-arshipandTeachingwithTechnology.Thelatestworkingdraftofourgroup’smission“istoensurethatinstitutionalframeworks support digital produc-tivity and scholarship in a variety ofways, including through the person-nel reviewandevaluationprocessatthe City University of New York.Wewill advocate for written guidelinesthat provide clear directions for ap-pointment, reappointment, merit in-creases, tenure, and promotion thattake into consideration the growingnumber of resources for evaluatingdigital scholarship and the creationofborn-digitalobjects”(ourmissionisnotavailablepubliclyonline).Astech-nology enables scholarship throughalternatemeansof creation,publica-
CATCOMMITTEEONACADEMICTECHNOLOGY
OneofCAT’sresponsibilitiesistheCUNYAcademicCommons,CUNY’sown
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tostudentslearningstyleandlearningpace. Itwill truly createpersonalizedlearningforeachstudent.Withoutthistechnology, helping every single stu-dentwouldsimplybeimpossibleinthetraditionalclassrooms.
References:http : / /www. ins idehighered.com/views/2013/04/04/adaptive-learning-could-reshape-higher-ed-instruction-essay
http://edgrowthadvisors.com/wp-con-tent/uploads/2013/03/Learning-to-Adapt-White-Paper_Education-Growth-Advisors_March-2013.pdf
Itis a fact that every student isuniqueandeachone learnsdif-ferently even when taught by thesameprofessor,inthesameclassroomand under the same circumstances.Somestudentsarefastlearnerswhileothers learn at different paces. Thishas been the case since the historyofeducationduetothefactthatitisoneprofessorfor20anduptosometimes300 students. However, adap-tivelearningmayremediateandshifthow content is delivered and createapersonalized learningenvironmentforeverystudent.
Devoting time to each student inneed in a large classroom is simplynot feasible. Since not all studentslearnatthesamepace,deliveringthesamecurriculumatthesametimetostudents will not drive improved orbetter results to those studentswhoneed additional time to grasp theconceptsandmoveonwith the restoftheclass.Consequently,somestu-dents will stay behind the learningcurve and fail because they cannotkeep upwith thework. To alleviatethis situation, it is when technologyplaysahugeroleandadaptivelearn-ing comes into play. It is an educa-tional method that uses comput-ers as interactive teaching devices.Computers adapt the presentationof educationalmaterials to student’slearninglevelsaccordingtostudents’answer. This allows a personalizededucation for almostevery student’s
needsoratleastthisisthepromise.
How does adaptive learning soft-ware know each student’ curricularneeds and how does it decide thecontentitdeliverstostudents?Well,itbasicallyprofilesstudentsastheyinteractwiththesoftware. It learnshowstudentsbehavebasedonthevastamountofdataitcollectsfromstudents’answers. Thus, ifstudentsdemonstrate mastery of a subject,adaptivelearningpresentsstudentswithadifferentandmoreadvancedcontent.Ontheotherhand,ifastu-
dentstrugglewiththecontentpres-ent to her/him, the software keepsreinforcingthematerialuntilthestu-dentlearnsitandisabletocontinuethruthecurriculum.Thistechnologyisgreatbecause studentswill learnthematerialattheirownpaceinde-pendentlyoftheirlearningspeed.
Adaptive learning technology willrevolutionize the teaching andlearningexperienceforboth,facultyand students. Nowadays, studentsstillhavetoadapttothecurriculumto keep up with the course mate-rial. Nonetheless,adaptivelearningturns this concept around becauseit adapts thecurriculumto the stu-dents’ learning styles and learningspeed.In a nutshell, adaptive learningpromises to improve student learn-ingbyadaptingcurriculumcontent
ADAPTIVE LEARNING: what is it; how does it work?
byWilfredoRodríguez
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Tegrityisafullyautomatedlecturecap-ture solution used in traditional, hy-
brid,‘flipped classes” andonline coursesto record lessons, lectures, and skills. Itswhole range of features and robustnessmakesstudytimeeasierandallowscon-tent access to every Hostos student al-mostimmediately.Itisaneasytouseso-lution,wheneveryouwanttoshareyourlecturematerialswithyourstudents.
Edtech is conducting aTegritypilot andexploring the new and improveTegrity/LMS (LearningManagementSystem) so-lutionusingtheBlackboardenvironmentwecurrentlyuse.Thismeansthatintegra-tionwill bring seamless production anddeliveryofanycontentyoumaywanttosharewillbeaccessibletoyourstudentsin a familiar environment. Students willhave thechance to reviewcoursemate-rials asmany times theywill like to. Re-cordedcoursematerialsareaccessedbyjustclickinga linkandareavailableonlytoregisteredstudents.Inthemeantime,whileweareexploringthenewwayofusingTegrity.YoucanuseTegritynow.Youjustneeda laptopwiththesoftwareinstalledandamicrophone.TomakeitmoreinteractiveyoumaywanttouseaSmartClassroom.C593AhasthesoftwareandisreadyforyoutorecordasessionusingTegrityatthistime.Whetheryouareinsidetheclassroomorout, Tegrity Recorder makes recordingyour lectures or supplementary coursecontent easy. Click a button to start re-
Step 6: Click on ‘’RECORD A CLASS’’. An-otherdialogboxwill appear that informsyouwhenyouclickthat,therecordingwillstart.Thescreenwillgoblackforafewsec-onds.Whenthescreenreappears,youarenowrecordingyourclasssessionandatoolbarwillappearinthestatusbarsectionofyourscreen.
Step7:Whenyouarefinished recording,pushtheSTOPBUTTON.Adialogboxwillappearaskingifyouwishtoperformvari-ousfunctions.Thereare3optionsUPLOAD,PREVIEW,and,DELETEchooseaccordinglyclickon‘’YES’’touploadyouwillseeawin-dowthatsaystherecordingwillbeupload-edlaterclickonOK.
cording,clickagaintopauseorstop,andTegritytakescareoftherest.Recordingsare automatically uploaded to a TegrityServerandyoucanaccessthecontentbyclickingonahyperlink.
StepbystepinstructionstorecordaTeg-ritysession:
Step 1: To start PowerPoint, go to theStartmenubuttonandselectPrograms>MicrosoftOffice >PowerPoint.
Step 2: Once PowerPoint isopen Click on the Tegrity icononthestatusbar
Step 3: Select the folder from the drop-downlist
Step 4: Create a title for your recording.Note:Donot leavethedateandtimeasthe title. You will not be able to distin-guishonerecording fromanother if thisisnotchanged.
Step5:Check theaudio‘’SETTINGS’’.Youcan tell if the microphone is working ifthegreenlineismovinginthewindow.Ifnot,clickon‘’SETTINGS’’andclickonthedownarrownexttodefaultaudiosourceand select your microphone. Then clickonSAVEandCLOSEBUTTON.
RECORDINGYOURLECTURESWITH
byIberPoma
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IberPomaCoordinatorofStudentServicesipoma@hostos.cuny.eduliaisonfor:Counseling,Library
We support theuseof technology in teachingand learning.We strive toenhance facultyde-velopment,providestudentswithahighlevelofcomputer literacy,andfosteronlineeducation.ThroughcollaborationwithAcademicComput-ing,weempower faculty, serve students, andcreateasupportiveenvironmentforalltypesoflearners.Andwework tomake technologyanintegralpartoftheacademicwebsitesandde-velopavarietyofspecialtyapplications.
FranciscoOrdóñ[email protected]:AlliedHealth,Humanities,LanguageandCognition,CLIP
http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/edtech
FacultyLearningCommons(FLC)Staff
WHOWEARE
Educational Technology Leadership Council
AlliedHealthProf.PetalLeuWaisSeeProf.MaryManning
EducationProf.MichaelGossettProf.ShereseMitchell
LanguageandCognitionProf.NormaLlorenzdePeñaProf.MildredRabry
BusinessProf.GeorgeCheng
MathematicsProf.TanvirPrince
CounselingMr.FabianWander
BSSProf.FelipePimentelProf.AmyRamson
HumanitiesProf.CatherineLewis-Cannon
NaturalSciencesProf.FlorHenderson
http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/edtech/about-edtech/
Educational Technology Leadership Council
(ETLC)
Chairperson,[email protected]://www.hostos.cuny.edu/etlc
KateLyons
EnglishProf.AnneLoveringRounds
LibraryProf.KateLyons
http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/etlc
ThisyeartheBronxTechnologyShowcasewilltakeplaceonMay9thatBronxCommunityCollege,.SponsoredbyHostos
EdTechandtheeducationaltechnologydepartmentsofLehmanandBronxCommunityColleges.TheShowcasefeatures
guestspeakers,presentationsbyfacultyfromthe3collegesaswellasothercampuses,andarafflewithvaluableprizes.
WatchfortheCallforPresentationsinyourHostosemail.
Celebrationof
Technology,
Spring2014is
tentativelysched-
uledforApril9.
Pleasewatchyour
Hostosemailfor
newsandupdates
aboutthisevent.
Hostos facultyareparticipating inan initiativeaimedat foster-
ingiPaduseinclassroomteachingandlearningatHostos.The
AcademicComputing Officewill soonhave60 iPadAirs trans-
portabletoclassroomsin2“iPOWs”(iPadsonWheelscarts). In
thefuturetheseiPOWswillbeavailablethroughtheonlineTech-
nologyLabReservationSystem, similar to reserving theCOWs,
mediacartsandSmartrooms.
NEWSandEVENTS
George Rosa - Editor-in-Chief, Contributor, Layout ArtCarlos Guevara - Senior Editor, Contributor Editors, Contributors - Kate Lyons, Francisco Ordóñez, Iber Poma, Wilfredo Rodríguez
InnovationsInnov
Wednesday, April 9 -
Celebration of
Technology
Friday, May 9 - Bronx Educational Technology Showcase
Hostos iPad Pilot Initiative
CelebrationofTechnology,Fall2013
iPOWcartwithiPads
