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Introducing and using Google Drive with Year 4 undergraduate medical students.
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Steeringteaching and learning through Google Drivein the Health Sciences Faculty
Veronica Mitchell, Ian Schroeder and George Draper
University of Cape Town, South Africa
http://uidynamics.deviantart.com/art/Google-drive-icons-298235532
@ UCT Teaching and Learning Conference21st October 2013
New curriculum initiative
Obstetrics practical rotation15 deliveries = competence
Year 4 student
s 2 student groups in 2013
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
New curriculum initiative
Blended Learning
Authentic Learning
Flexible Learning
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It was empoweringempowering for us as well as the students
Our reflections as educatorsI valued the team approach team approach and
recognized how students appreciated sharingsharing their experiences
The surprisesurprise factor … students’ excitement
…the digital fluency digital fluency of students
Google Drive
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educators should consider using technology
to enhance communication to enhance communication and provide richer,
more meaningful more meaningful platforms for the social construction of knowledge
Rowe, M., Bozalek, V. & Franz, J. 2013. Using Google Drive to facilitate a blended approach to authentic learning
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Cloud computing
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Cloud computing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hikingartist/5726834773/sizes/s/in/photostream
Synchronous&
Asynchronous
CollaborationDialogue
Why Google Drive
Collaboration - expanded potential Net generation learnersNew opportunities / affordances
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An affordance An affordance
..is the action potential action potential of a technologySiemens
..refers to the perceived and actual properties of the thing, primarily those fundamental propertiesfundamental properties that determine just how the thing could possibly be usedBower
Bower, M. 2008. Affordance analysis – matching learning tasks with learning technologies. Educational Media International. 45:1:3–15.
Siemens, G. 2005. Connectivism: A learning theory for the digital age. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning. 2:1. Available http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jan_05/article01.htm Accessed
20 May 2013.
Affordances
A changing educational landscape
Anytime / AnywhereAgency and choice re sharingAccessible on mobile AppAffordable because Google is FREEStudent managed rather than institutional LMS
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Obstetrics in Year 4
Weak health system
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Curriculum challenges??
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Approach taken
Using reflective practice
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Active self-assessment in a line
Wordle using Google forms
Google docs in class
Away in placements
Feedback & sharing
ProcessProcess
Engagement in the vacuum
Using Google forms & Wordle
http://opencontent.uct.ac.za/Health-Sciences/Probing-Professionalism-Towards-Positive-Practice
Students’ feedback…
Very helpful / beneficial
New online skill
Learnt to respect the work of others
Importance of sharing information
Student buy-inTrust in sharingTime commitment re online feedback
Challenges
Logistics
Google accounts in placeSharing of docs and foldersDigital fluency of studentsVariation in internet connectionPreparedness for the unexpected
e.g. Cuban students with Spanish G DriveTeaching resources – assistance
Introducing Google Drive in all years
Promoting blended learning approaches
Self-organization / Self-regulation
Looking ahead
The shifting educational landscape
is opening up new opportunitiesthrough emerging
technologies
Conclusion
Technology enhanced learning spacesTechnology enhanced learning spaces
Online engagement
… universities will need to manage the look, feel, and overall
characteristics of virtual and online environments
with as much deliberation and care as
we manage physical space.
Katz, R. 2008, The gathering cloud: Is this the end of the middle? The tower and the cloud: Higher education in the age of cloud computing.
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