1. The innovative, creative, and engaging educator in Academia
AlevEli
Eastern Mediterranean University
Northern Cyprus
Presented in JTEL 2010 summer School
Ohrid Macedonia

2. Role Playing
Question: State one of the learning problems todays students encounter in Academia?
Response: As an educator, what would you suggest in order to enhance learners engagement and building knowledge using technology?
3. Outline
Challenges in Higher Education
Learning environments
Technology Enhanced Learning Tools
Social networks
Facebook
Ning
Wikis
Digital Storytelling
Role of students
Role of educators
Results & Discussion
4. Challenges in Higher Education
Neither students nor faculty are happy!
Change in needs & expectations of students (Ellis, R., 1993;Fallows, S., & Bhanot, R., 2005).
Change in learning environments (Grodecka, K., Pata, K., & Valjataga, T., 2008).
Need to embrace 21st century learning skills (Solomon, G., & Schrum, L., 2007).
5. Complaints about todays students
Do not read adequately
Do not research adequately
Do not meet deadlines
Do not study
Have no interest on the subjects
Last minute problem solvers
Do not bother with things
Try to find an easy way to do things
Complain...
6. Change in 21st Century Students Learning
Learning styles
Games
Learning time and place
Networks
Use ofTechnology
Experiential
Constructivist
Creativity
Personal Learning Environments
7. Learning Environments
Traditional Classrooms are limiting!
Wider range of context
At home
Library
Cafe
Mobile
Online
Accessible 24/7
Social Communities
Collaborative
Any time, any where, any phase...
8. TEL Tools
Social Networks
Facebook
Ning
Wikis
Wikispaces
Wetpaint
Digital Storytelling
Alice
Emphasize
Team building
Peer-to-peer Collaboration
Teacher student collaboration
Projects
Storytelling
Games
Animations
9. Facebook

Used in IT Department since 2007 forming groups

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