Title: Integrating Internet-based Technology into Teaching/Learning
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Teaching/Learning
2003 COABE Conference ---- Portland OR
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Teaching/Learning
What does this terminology mean for you
What should the goals for Integrating
Internet-based Technology into Teaching/Learning
include
What are some reasons for Integrating
Internet-based Technology into Teaching/Learning
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Teaching/Learning
- The role of technology is to
- expand those factors that determine learning
outcomes and
- manage the teaching and learning process
- (Burge and Roberts 1993 Ehrmann 1997
1998 Whitesel 1998).
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Teaching/Learning
Reasons for using technology in education
- provides opportunities for more learner-centered
instruction
- permits instruction to be contextualized
- allows students to explore make mistakes and
learn from their errors
- leads to more active and interactive modes of
instruction and
- results naturally in greater collaboration
cooperation and small group work
(Gillespie 1998 Kearsley and Shneiderman 1998
Petraglia 1998).
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- Billions of dollars have been spent to bring
computer technology into K-16 classrooms.
- Preparing Tomorrows Teachers to Use Technology
Program (PT3).
- Since 1999 Congress has devoted over 275
million. Ninety-five Grants ((48 million) were
awarded in June 2000 to address the challenge of
developing technology proficient future
educators and to transform teacher preparation
programs into 21st-century learning environments.
- AACTE-Microsoft Innovative Teachers Program
- Nearly 50 million in software licenses and
online community-building tools have been awarded
under the program to SCDEs that partner with
local school districts to provide
technology-related professional development
opportunities to faculty members prospective
teachers and practicing teachers. - Despite these investments only 20 percent of
the 2.5 million teachers currently working in our
public schools feel comfortable using these
technologies in their classrooms (U.S. Department
of Education 1999).
Source http//www.ed.gov/pubs/promisinginitiati
ves/pt3.html
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How many dollars have been spent to bring
computer technology into adult education classroo
ms
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Teaching/Learning
- Internet-based Technologies
- Internet-based
- internet
- e-mail
- listservs/discussion boards
- video-conferencing
- white-boards
- Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
-
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- To achieve the desired outcomes of
integrating technology into the adult education
classroom teachers must encourage to
- Use technology to shift the emphasis from
themselves to the adult learner in teaching and
learning
- Understand that technology should be integral to
the teaching and learning process
- See that technology enables the instructor to
becomes a facilitator of learning as well as a
planner guide and mentor and
- Use technology to move the focus away from
low-level cognitive tasks to higher-order
thinking skills.
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- PDA Uses in Higher Education
- In 2001 University of South Dakota started
requiring its freshmen to bring Palm hand-held
computers to class along with their notebooks
and texts. - Wake Forest University programmers are working on
software that would let professors use their
PDAs to control PowerPoint presentations turn
on VCRs from across the room and quiz students
on course material. - Drexel University has installed a wireless Web
service that allows students to pick up class
schedules grades and campus news on their
PDAs. - Stanford University law students participated in
a study supported by West Publishing that
examines the effectiveness of putting legal-study
materials on PDAs. -
- Marketing students at Bentley College have used
their PDAs as clipboards during market-research
assignments.
- Dartmouth College the University of Iowas
business college and Duke and Brigham Young
Universities all require students to have
hand-held devices for some classes. - VCU is implementing infrared kiosks around
campus so that mobile PDA users can easily
HotSync to the network to use email and download
web clipping content. Other projects are under
discussion such as the possibility of hosting a
higher education PDA conference at which
presentations can be made and ideas shared. - Faculty members in Counseling and Human
Development Services (CHDS) at Kent State
University have conducted research and training
using some of the most current PDA technology. An
analysis of how such technology can be integrated
into the role and function of Counselor Educators
and Health Educators is currently being
analyzed. -
Carlson s. (2002 October 11). Are Personal
Digital Assistants the Next Must-Have Tool The
Chronicle of Higher Education. 49 (7) p. A33
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- PDA Uses in Public Schools
- University High School (Irvine CA) --- Part
of a national pilot program for the first
handheld device specifically designed for use in
ongoing classroom testing - the Classroom Wizard
from Scantron Corp. This technology allowed
teachers to administer pop quizzes at any time.
The answers are scored instantaneously and posted
on the students desktop computer in realtime
while class is in session. In a glance the
instructor can immediately identify and follow
the comprehension level of each individual in the
entire class make necessary adjustments to the
lesson or assist individual students who need a
little extra help. Hudgins B. (2001) T.H.E.
Journal29 (5) p. 46. - Smithtown School District (Smithtown NY)
--- In a partnership with local vendor Symbol
Technologies Inc. and education reseller
SchoolSoft Santa Monica CA the school district
has begun to use handhelds in the classroom to
collect grades take attendance and keep track of
student records. Pepe M. (1999 Nov. 15).
School district uses handhelds in class to
wirelessly record grades attendance data.
Computer Reseller News. 869 p.281. - The Childrens Technology Workshop (Toronto
Ontario Canada). The Childrens Technology
Workshop uses handheld computers with children to
view step-by-step directions and plans for the
robots they are building. They also use the
handhelds to watch AVI movies that are created as
a part of the mission-based projects. An example
might be a student-created video simulating an
emergency transmission from Mars to Earth from
stranded colonists. http//www.k12handhelds.com/ca
sestudy
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- Newer Technologies in Higher Education
- Transportable Satellite Internet System (TSIS)
Provides local wireless capabilities to
geographically remote locations and other sites
lacking terrestrial connectivity. Developed by
OARnet ITEC-Ohio the Ohio State University and
a partnership with American Distance Education
Consortium (ADEC) - Newer Technologies/Applications in Adult
Education
- AlphaSmart
- AlphaSmart 3000 allows adult learners to enter
and edit text then send it to any computer for
formatting or directly to a printer. Its
portability allows adult learners to use it
anywhere and anytime - in the classroom at home
or on field trips. Its low cost provides
technology access to an entire classroom of 30
students for the price of three to four
computers. The AlphaSmart 3000 extends technology
dollars to increase technology access and to
alleviate the equity issues at school. - Dana is a true alternative to the laptop. It
combines the affordability of a handheld with the
ergonomic benefits of a notebook computer. Adult
learners can print directly to many USB or
IrDA-enabled printers add MultiMediaCard or SD
(Secure Digital) cards and easily exchange files
with many popular PC applications like Microsoft
Word and Excel.
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Adult Education Teacher Success Indicators
increased number of teachers incorporating use of
education technology as a regular part of their
instructional techniques increased satisfacti
on level of teachers with the level of support
for using education technology
increased opportunities for all adult learners t
o gain experience with computer technologies and
develop technological skills
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Adult Learner Success Indicators
increased number of learners incorporating use of
education technology as a regular part of their
learning and parenting applications
increased satisfaction level of learners with th
e level of support for using education
technology increased opportunities for childr
en and spouses of all adult learners to gain
experience with computer technologies and develop
technological skills