1. Future Classroom: a Research Issue or an Innovation?
Graduate Institute of Network Learning Technology, National Central University, Taiwan
Hsue-Yie Wang, Sams

2. Research & Innovation
Research is the transformation of money into knowledge
Innovation is the transformation of knowledge into money
~ Geoff Nicholson, Inventor of the Post-It Note

3. Outline The evolution of technology in the classroom
Future Classroom research & development
Future Classroom in the near future
Conclusion

4. Outline The evolution of technology in the classroom
Future Classroom research & development
Future Classroom in the near future
Conclusion

5. Classroom changes

6. Classroom changes

7. Classroom changes

8. Classroom changes

9. Classroom changes

10. Classroom technology evolution timeline
overhead projector
1700
1800
1900
computer
2000
filmstrip projector
chalkboard
educational television
Interactive whiteboard
radio
1801: the first chalkboard was invented by James Pillans, headmaster of the Old High School of Edinburgh, Scotland
1925: filmstrip projector
1925: radio
1930: overhead projector
1958: educational TV
1980: personal computer
1999: IWB

11. How long does the FUTURE mean?

12. Outline The evolution of technology in the classroom
Future Classroom research & development
Future Classroom in the near future
Conclusion

13. ACOT Apple Classrooms Of Tomorrow
initiated in 1985 and sustained through 1995
to study how the routine use of technology by teachers and students might change teaching and learning
to identify effective models for teaching and learning with technology, developing the professional lives of teachers, and diffusing innovation

14. OLPC
2005.1: Professor Nicholas Negroponte from MIT announced OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project in the World Economic Forum

15. Future classroom research from NCU
2002.5: NCU research team announced one-to-one educational computing and the experimental results
Interactive Classroom Server
Daemon
Block
Connection Management Block
Synchronous Activity
Control Block
Interactive
Instruction
Center
Learning
Broadcast Control Module
Protocol
Parsing
Module
Message Delivery Module
Connection Management
Response Control Module
Highly Interactive Protocols
Authentication Module
Access Point
Interactive Classroom Server
Resource & Class Management Server
Interactive Learning Center
Interactive Instruction Center
Group 1 2 3 4
Introductory
discussion
Group G1 G2 G3 G4
Group discussion &
information gathering Co -
constructing
group product 5
Peer evaluations
among groups
Presentations 6
Conclusion and
conclusion
Discussion and

16. Learning Flow … … Learning Episode 1 Learning Episode 2
Learning Episode #n …
Learning
Function a
Learning
Function b
Learning
Function c
Learning
Function d
Learning
Function x …
content
participant
action
video
individual
student
presentation
WWW
teacher
group
group discussion
e-book
voting
report

17. Learning flow editing tool
A learning flow consists a sequence of learning episodes
A learning episode composed by a set of learning functions
Learning functions
Label of learning episode
Label of learning flow

18. Pedagogical model of NCU’s future classroom research

19. System log analysis
the logs show that the time teacher used in interaction is more than lecturing
the results indicate that this system enables students working in groups and learning from doing

20. Statistical result of the questionnaire
Type
Question
Average Points
Overall
I am more concentrate in the WiTEC
3.76
Using MLD is more convenient for group collaborative learning
3.77
Using MLD is more convenient for me to learn individually
4.16
I like using MLD to produce report
3.84
I like to learn in the WiTEC
4.36
I hope I can continue to learn in the WiTEC
4.57
Individual function
The annotation function is helpful for me to take note on learning materials
3.82
Using voting function can save much time in class
4.54
I can concentrate on the activity while the teacher locking my MLD frame
4.07
The black screen function makes me concentrate on the teacher’s lecturing
3.92
The colored signal shown on the screen makes me concentrate on the activity
4.30
The teacher broadcasts materials to me directly help me to learn
4.42
The teacher retrieves and discusses our works on the electronic whiteboard help me to understand further
4.10
The teacher retrieves my work to present to whole class makes me proud

21. Outline The evolution of technology in the classroom
Future Classroom research & development
Future Classroom in the near future
Conclusion

22. Market status of IWB

23. Learning devices

24. Market status of IRS
Futuresource Consulting, 2008

25. One of the models for the near future classroom
Teaching
Teaching devices
IWB
Document camera
Tablet
Assessment
Assessing tools
Clicker
On-line testing
Card reader
Test paper
Diagnosis
Automatic learning diagnosis system
Automatic assessment analyzing system
Student portfolio system
Remediation
Lecture capture system
On-line learning material

26. e-Teaching

27. e-Assessing
Instant evaluations on students’ understanding

28. e-Diagnosing

29. e-Remediation

30. Outline The evolution of technology in the classroom
Future Classroom research & development
Future Classroom in the near future
Conclusion

31. Doing innovation
"In my view, the word innovation has become overused, cliched, and meaningless….. because they are so much easier to talk about than to do.“
~ Andy Grove, former chairman of Intel Corp.

32. Conclusions FUTURE CLASSROOM should not be a research issue only
Start up from a simple, implementable, but effective model

33. Thank you! hsuyie@CL.ncu.edu.tw Eee Learning – Engage, Enrich, Enhance
Iii Teaching – Interact, Innovate, Improve