Evolution of education: Flashback to a century ago COMM 502, Fall 2100 College of Communications Penn State University Haiyan Jia
What was their prophesy? Technology facilitates evolution of education. “…no more classrooms, no more books… no more teachers’ dirty looks… books will soon be obsolete.” -Thomas Edison Haiyan Jia (2100) COMM502, Penn State
Prelude: Digital Natives Necessity of online teaching? Nostalgia to traditions? …Or both? Haiyan Jia (2100) COMM502, Penn State
Blended… Face-to-face instruction Computer-mediated instruction Blended Haiyan Jia (2100) COMM502, Penn State
Technology Organization Classroom Lecture Demonstration Discussion Homework Office Hour Evaluation iCalender Second Life island Video streaming Virtual demo Discussion board Online content generation Online grading Haiyan Jia (2100) COMM502, Penn State
What was the role of teachers? Instructor? Facilitator? Moderator? Haiyan Jia (2100) COMM502, Penn State
How did that change the evaluation of learning? Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge Haiyan Jia (2100) COMM502, Penn State
What actually happened? To be continued… Haiyan Jia (2100) COMM502, Penn State