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Rich Media sharing

Learning with Technologies  WebCT  Personal Response Systems  ? Discussion Boards  Laptops in the classroom? Chat?  Gaming, immersive environments?  WebCT  Personal Response Systems  ? Discussion Boards  Laptops in the classroom? Chat?  Gaming, immersive environments?

Ancient Spaces

I see you looking: Perspective taking

Mobile computing

Mobile PDA based games

Gaming and Industry

Media Literacy

Blogs

News Readers

 A measured step towards walking the talk.

Podcasting

VodCasting

How do we keep up?

 Students expect technology now.  Very comfortable  Use it as an extension of self.  Changing Practices  Sharing, collaborating, communicating in ways that we couldn’t imagine with technology. E.g. facebook, places, location based games  Students expect technology now.  Very comfortable  Use it as an extension of self.  Changing Practices  Sharing, collaborating, communicating in ways that we couldn’t imagine with technology. E.g. facebook, places, location based games

Of course these technologies are disruptive!

Changing Ownership  Who owns a interaction?  What do you want to happen?  It should reflect the needs of its users.  Who owns a interaction?  What do you want to happen?  It should reflect the needs of its users.

How Do People Learn?

It is out there…  We need to listen

PRS at UBC

Clickers  Physics uses of clickers  Sharing of best practices  Transfer to other disciplines (Biology, Chemistry)  Physics uses of clickers  Sharing of best practices  Transfer to other disciplines (Biology, Chemistry)

Discussion in Large Classes

The Dangers  Win XP SP2  Software upgrades  40 minute troubleshoot  Letter to Newspaper  Student election issue  Win XP SP2  Software upgrades  40 minute troubleshoot  Letter to Newspaper  Student election issue

What can you do?  How do you communicate to:  People you work with  People you report to  People who support you  How do you communicate to:  People you work with  People you report to  People who support you

How can you  Fit into an Institutional Strategy?  Support it?  Fit into an Institutional Strategy?  Support it?