1. Are We Amusing Ourselves to Death?With a tip of the cap to Neil Postman

2. Barry Dahl dot com

3. Clicker Time Grab your clicker First, some demographics.

4. Gender & Life Experience 45%1. Female, < 40 yrs. 35%2. Female, 40 + yrs.3. Male, < 40 yrs. 10% 10%4. Male, 40 + yrs. .. ... . . s. . s. . y. +y yr yr 40 40 40 + < 0 e, e, ,4 ,< al al ale ale m m M M Fe Fe

5. New Technology Adoption 50%1.The Keen 45%2.The Masses3.The Stubborn 5% s en n se or Ke as bb M e u Th e St Th e Th

6. Take your Pick 65%1. Cubs 35%2. Sox bs x So Cu

7. Faculty Perspective For the next two clicker statements Put on your faculty hat, regardless of whether you actually have one

8. Entertaining Students is NOT my Job43% 1. Fact57% 2. Whack

9. Engaging Students is NOT my Job4% 1. Fact96% 2. Whack

10. Not this kind of entertainment

11. A Tupperware (or Bridge) Party

12. Who said this?Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education & entertainment doesnt know the first thing about either.

13. Nowthis...

14. Which of the following describe you?61% 1. Bought 3+ things online last month83% 2. Use online banking services96% 3. Have Wi-Fi in your house26% 4. You have 5+ cloud documents48% 5. You can define the term Web 2.00% 6. None of the above are true

15. What is Web 2.0?

16. Select each site where you have an account.70% 1. Facebook30% 2. Twitter48% 3. LinkedIn30% 4. Google Plus57% 5. You Tube13% 6. None of the above

17. Which of these devices do you have?61% 1. Smartphone57% 2. Tablet (iPad or similar)22% 3. e-Reader (not #2 above)96% 4. Laptop computer74% 5. mp3 player4% 6. None of the above

18. The most wired are198.18 The Keen188.89 Female, 40 + yrs. Team Scores186.67 Sox170 Male, < 40 yrs.168.57 Male, 40 + yrs.146 The Masses140 The Stubborn110 Female, < 40 yrs.

19. Nowthis...

20. e-Learning Alphabet A Z

21. e-Learning AlphabetE-Learning Atheists E-Learning Zealots My images: rights reserved

22. The e-Learning BattleE-Learning Atheists These are the naysayers. They are the non- believers when it comes to online learning. In fact, theyre pretty sure that its the DEVIL. 23

23. Sample Atheist CommentOnline education is fake-education. It is not "real". Convenient? Yes. Profitable? Yes.Popular with students who mostly justwant a "degree"? Yes.And it is garbage in the end. Source: http://chronicle.com/article/How-Big-Can-E-Learning-Get-At/128809/ 24

24. e-Atheists Viewpoints1. Online students are missing the true college experience.2. Online students are lonely.3. Online students cant possibly learn as much.4. Online students are being ripped off.

25. The e-Learning Battle The Zealots are those that tout the benefits of online learning without having any evidence to back it up. Zealots begin many of their sentences with one time there was this one student E-Learning Zealots 26

26. Sample Zealot Comment And here we are, in 2011, fer cryinaloud, with dodgy naysayers STILL kicking and screaming and throwing fits in regards (sic) to online teaching and learning. Get over it, already the days of having students seated around your flowing toga in utter awe of your knowledge and acumen are LONG GONE. Welcome to the present. Source: http://chronicle.com/article/How-Big-Can-E-Learning-Get-At/128809/ 27

27. A to Z Continuum0 3 7 10

28. Your Spot from A to Z0% A. 023% B. 364% C. 714% D. 10

29. Who said this?I dont necessarily agree with everything I say.

30. Nowthis...

31. Speaking ofTwitter .

32. Twitter is Stupid!!!68% 1. Twue32% 2. False

33. Twue Enough100 Male, < 40 yrs.100 The Stubborn70 Team Scores The Keen70 The Masses66.67 Female, 40 + yrs.66.67 Male, 40 + yrs.60 Sox50 Female, < 40 yrs.

34. Twitter makes me like people Ive never met and Facebookmakes me hate people I know in real life. @shaylamaddox

35. Networked Learning Dont Buy the Book! Absorb the concept. I learn more every day from my Twitter network than I ever did in school. (Blasphemy, I know)

36. Nowthis...

37. Some people are great multi-taskers

38. Multi-tasking is a Myth Great Book Brain Rules, by Dr. John Medina

39. Multi-taskingTask SwitchingMulti-distracting

40. More Brain Rules71% 1. Male & female brains work differently67% 2. A memory can be made very quickly52% 3. Brain works better w/the body at rest62% 4. You learn while you sleep24% 5. None of the above are true

41. The Brainiest about Brains100 Male, < 40 yrs.100 The Stubborn Team Scores92.86 Female, 40 + yrs.83.33 The Keen55 Sox50 Male, 40 + yrs.50 The Masses

42. Nowthis...

43. Predictably Irrational Why do we splurge on a lavish meal and cut coupons to save 25 cents on a can of soup? What is behavioral economics and where all of these free lunches?

44. Chocolate Break Lindt Truffle Hershey Kiss

45. Which candy would you buy?65% 1. Lindt Truffle = 1535% 2. Hershey Kiss = 1

46. Who Wants a Kiss?50 Female, < 40 yrs.50 The Masses Team Scores45.45 Sox44.44 Female, 40 + yrs.42.86 Male, 40 + yrs.27.27 The Keen

47. The Power of Free15 Truffles, 1 Kisses 14 Truffles, Free Kisses 27% 69% 31%73%

48. Who said this?I wouldnt have seen it if I hadnt believed it.

49. Nowthis...

50. Neil Postman Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Published 1985

51. 1985How about a memory refresherabout what the world was likein 1984-1985?

52. LeadersSoviet Union

53. Leaders Who lost toReagan in 84?

54. Sports Who lost theWorld Series in 1984?

55. Television Name the top- rated televisionshows in 1984-85

56. Television Name the mostpopular televangelists in 1984-85

57. Television Name the news anchors for theBig 3 networks

58. Marketing Tagline forAmerican ExpressTravelers Checks

59. TechnologyHow old was the Macintosh computer?

60. Amusing Ourselves to Death Many of the remarks he made about television can be made today about computers and social networking Hey Barry! Read something!

61. Graphics by Stuart McMillen

62. Which of these books have you read?30% 1. 19840% 2. Brave New World39% 3. Both of them30% 4. Neither of them

63. 1 million on Facebook

64. To the videos

65. Graphics by Stuart McMillen All words from Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman a book about the possibility that Huxley, not Orwell, was right.

66. My Take on Postman Web 1.0 was just another one-way distraction device, very TV-like. However, Web 2.0 goes beyond amusement by bringing people together and encouraging creativity.

67. Related Questions How does the use of emerging technologies add value? If we arent adding value, are we simply trying to amuse ourselves?

68. Nowthis...

69. Encourage Creativity In any and all subjects

70. Example: 1st week intros in LMS Why not throw away this tired, old assignment? "Please post an introduction of yourself to the rest of the class on the discussion board."

71. Example: 1st week intros in LMS Why not throw away Hello!!!!!!!!!! My this tired, old name is Barry. I live in assignment? Superior with my beautiful wife. I have "Please post an 2 kids & 3 dogs introduction of and I just cant wait yourself to the rest to learn all about the of the class on the wonderful world of discussion board." accounting!!!!!!!!!

72. Example: 1st week introsMade for free at toondoo.com

73. Comic Strips can be Embedded in Discussions

74. Nowthis...

75. Writing papers isan important part of learning and of college life

76. But so is learning to use other modalities of expression

77. Consider whereDigital Storytellingmight fit into your curriculum

78. Digital Storytelling Bryan Alexander

79. Hey Barry, whats the significance of Now this...

80. Who said this?All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values.

81. Nowthis...

82. Is this Innovation or Insanity?Culture, Gender, and Identity taught with World of Warcraft CC Flickr photo by glenn.batuyong

83. Is this Innovation or Insanity?History of Rock-n-Roll Music course taught with Guitar Hero CC Flickr photo By 5th Ape

84. Take your pick84% 1.Innovation16% 2.Insanity

85. Who said insanity?50 Female, < 40 yrs.22.22 The Keen Team Scores20 Male, 40 + yrs.14.29 Female, 40 + yrs.12.5 The Masses10 Sox

86. How amusing is that?

87. Who said this?We shape our tools and afterwards our tools shape us.

88. Nowthis...

89. How Well Do You Know Your Students? What do They Expect from Online Learning?

90. Option 1 - PSOL

91. 2009 PSOL Summary StatementSo far, how has your college experience met your expectations? 7=Much better than expected Overall score6=Quite a bit better than I expected 5.0 5=Better than I expected 4=About what I expected 3=Worse than I expected2=Quite a bit worse than I expected 1=Much worse than expected 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

92. But seriously

93. In so many words they expect

94. EASY

95. QUICK

96. SOLO

97. FLEXIBLE

98. SPORADIC

99. What is Web 2.0?

100. Nowthis...

101. Who said this?We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future.

102. Who said this?The medium isthe message

103. Marshall McLuhan

104. Are We AmusingOurselves to Death? And other book learninFinal word from Postman?