An Introduction to New Web Technologies for Education Jean-Claude Bradley E-Learning Coordinator College of Arts and Sciences Drexel University June 30, 2006 Lehigh Carbon Community College And Lehigh Career and Technical Institute

Terms We’ll Use Podcasting Screencasting Vodcasting RSS Atom Blog Wiki Bloglines Blogger Feedburner FALSE TRUE RSS feed Podcasting Requires an iPod Wikis are addictive

Content Assessment Interaction Wiki-Centric Open Courseware Model Blog Surveys Tests Quizzes Multimedia Images Text Wiki Lecture Recording podcast vodcast Workshops CMS Games

Content Assessment Interaction Blogs CMS Games E-Learning is multi-dimensional

phone blog wiki podcast SENDER RECEIVER NEW OLD PUSH PULL Sharing Ideas

RSS Really Simple Syndication Puts the receiver in control Connects the right sender and receiver Can’t be spammed

It’s all about easier ways to share ideas vodcast podcast blog wiki screencast

Integrating Learning Tools

Does a Podcast Make a Sound if it Lives Behind a Firewall? Anyone Can do it so Someone Will do it Either be First or be Forgotten High Quality Open Courseware is Inevitable

Barriers to Open Courseware Time Risk Failure Risk Intellectual Property Risk Institutional Recognition Approaches to Open Courseware Top-Down (CMS, formal peer-review, institutional oversight) Bottom-Up (blogs, wikis, podcasts and other RSS technologies)

Podcasting: the automatic distribution of audio files to computers or portable audio devices through a subscription system Screencasting: the delivery of audio and screen capture recordings via download or streaming media links Platform: blog Component: Content Channel: podcasting Platform: WebCT/ blog Component: Content Channel: screencasting Vodcasting: the automatic distribution of video files to computers or portable audio devices through a subscription system

Risk Minimization in An E-Learning Migration Strategy chalkboard overheads laptop Tablet PC recording Voluntary Online quizzes Tests/exams Student feedbackStudent behavior procrastination OFFLINE laptop HYBRIDFULLY ONLINE Paper quizzes/tests No quizzes screencast archive podcast archive CONTENT ASSESSMENT or survey

Lecture Recording Process Start Camtasia or CamStudio Recording Teach on laptop or tablet PC as usual Stop Camtasia Recording Convert avi to Flash Upload to Server (screencast) ModularizePodcast/Vodcast CORE OPTIONAL

Platform: blog Component: content Channel: screencast, podcast, lecture notes Platform: blog Component: interaction Channel: comments

Using Blogger and Feedburner to create podcasts

Podcasting MP3s and PDFs through iTunes

Vodcasting through iTunes with password protection (optional)

View vodcasts on iTunes or on a video iPod

CHEM students CHEM students Natural migration from F2F to screencast/podcast channels

CHEM 241 no Drexel students in winter term Long term trends for Open Courseware RSS feeds In World Lecture Hall

Who is using the class blog?

Platform: blog Component: interaction Channel: FAQ, comments

Platform: blog Component: assessment Channel: post assignments

Platform: blog Component: interaction (student-student) Channel: advice in blog post

Feedback-Intensive Teaching Strategy using WebCT Voluntary Quizzes Test Automatic Make-up Review in workshops Platform: WebCT Component: Assessment Channel: Quiz

Correlation of procrastination with performance One day procrastinated = 5% drop in score Platform: WebCT Component: Assessment Channel: Quiz

Replication of the Bottom-Up Model: Michelle Francl at Bryn Mawr

The Game Platform: The EduFrag Project AssessmentContent Interaction Quizzes in a 3- D world The Study Room Student-Student Collaboration or Competition Instructor Guided Tours First Person Shooter Modding (Unreal Tournament)

EduFrag Design Modularity Simplicity Quiz-Based – Not Simulation Portability of textures Flexible gameplay modes: non-competitive maze, race, deathmatch, capture the flag, king of the hill, etc. Even in competitive play gore level can be adjusted for each player

Platform: game (Unreal Tournament) Component: content, assessment Channel: quiz questions on walls Platform: game (Unreal Tournament) Channel: chat, body gestures Component: interaction

The EduFrag Wiki and Blog: Open Source Collaboration

Platform: game (Wheel of Orgo), blog Component: interaction, content, assessment Channel: Tablet PC, F2F

MakeGames: The Class that Didn’t Run

Don’t Underestimate the Impact of Open Courseware and RSS

Take-home message Think in terms of multiple channels and platforms to meet your teaching objectives Bottom-up open courseware strategies have an important role to play in global education