1. Teaching & Learning: Curriculum Day SENECA COLLEGE
Kimeiko Hotta Dover
Teaching & Learning: Curriculum Day SENECA COLLEGE
26 October 2015

2. Agenda Introductions – self & participants Today’s session:
Name / department / subjects
Today’s session:
2007 presentation
Discuss - reflect and expand on approaches & tools
Present – more tools

3. Teaching & Learning with Technology Day - 2007
Is it worth the effort?
Does it support good practice?
Is it appropriate for teachers & students?
Kimeiko Hotta Dover, ELI
Heather Sako, ELI
Mary Trant, ELS

4. Is it worth the effort? Low Threshold Application (LTA)
= a teaching/learning application of information technology
Reliable
Easy to learn
Accessible
Non-intimidating
Low cost
Source: The TLT Group
Reliable
Teachers and learners can rely on it.
LTAs work as expected most of the time, especially when used during class time that cannot easily be extended or re-scheduled.
(may depend as much on the quality and robustness of the technology infrastructure of the particular school as on the LTA technology itself.)
Easy to Learn and Access: 
Based on using technology applications and teaching/learning techniques that are already known or easy to learn
Easily accessible to faculty and students involved (school / home)
Not Intimidating:  
Faculty and students do NOT perceive the LTA as requiring major re-adjustment in their roles or in their lives. 
Based on technology applications and teaching/learning techniques that do not intrude into the classroom OR that are already familiar within or outside of usual course work.
1.  Low Incremental Cost = $, Time, Stres
Low hardware, software, technological infrastructure incremental cost; 
Technology applications that are:
 “Already almost ubiquitous”
 Already essential for the academic discipline
Inexpensive
4.  Observable Positive Consequences :  Anecdotal testimony from some peers and colleagues of the faculty and students confirm desirable results from similar efforts.  Or formal studies show that positive outcomes are associated with the activity.
6. Precipitates, Facilitates Important Long Term Changes: Stories, evidence or compelling reasoning suggest that after a few years, the LTA is likely to precipitate, facilitate – or at least contribute to -- changes in how teachers and learners think and act in those roles."
Categories of LTAs:
1.  Almost Ubiquitous Technology: Apply the concept of “sunk costs” by using technology applications that are already almost ubiquitously accessible within the institution
2.  Commercial Products: Use commercial (for profit or non-profit) technology applications or resources that require very little incremental expenditure by the institution or the faculty and little or no additional training or support for faculty and students.
3.  Open Source / Open Course Resources: Use items from “Open Source” style collections of instructional and professional development resources.  These collections should require little or no payment from individual faculty members and should encourage users to contribute to the development of the resources. Here is more information on Open Source/Course Resources.

5. Low Threshold Applications (LTA)
Reliable?
Easy to learn?
Accessible?
Non-intimidating?
Low cost?

6. Is it good practice?
1987: Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda F. Gamson Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
1996: Arthur W. Chickering and Stephen C. Ehrmann Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever
distilled findings from decades of research on the undergraduate experience
Both articles published in The American Association for Higher Education Bulletin

7. Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
encourages contact between students and faculty,
develops reciprocity and cooperation among students,
encourages active learning,
gives prompt feedback,
emphasizes time on task,
communicates high expectations, and
respects diverse talents and ways of learning

8. 1. Encourage Contact Between Students and Faculty
Face to Face Meetings
Phone
Voice & Text
Individual & Group
Instant Messenger
MSN, Google Talk, etc.
Virtual Worlds
Second Life
Intro to Second Life (video)
low
Frequent contact in and out of classes
the most important factor in student motivation and involvement
Keeps students going
Asynchronous & synchronous technologies
From low threshold to increasingly higher threshold applications
Consider resources, skills, interests and needs of students and teachers
high

9. How do YOU encourage contact?
MySeneca – keeps submissions organized, can be private / public
online journals (MySeneca)
Can be just between student & teacher
Discussion boards (MySeneca)
CAN8 (ELI lab work – oral journals)

12. 2. Develop Student Reciprocity and Cooperation
Discussion boards
Q&A
file sharing
Wikis
collaborative and social, not competitive and isolated
Working with others often increases involvement in learning
Sharing one's own ideas and responding to others' reactions sharpens thinking and deepens understanding
Any communication tools used between students and faculty

13. How do YOU foster collaboration?
Have students teach / help each other – top students group leaders
Peer reviews w/checklist - buddy comments
MySeneca blog tool
Blog – best for public v. journal (private)
MySeneca groups
Case studies
Coming soon: Adobe Collaborate + next version of My Seneca
MySeneca Portfolios – stopped working a year ago but maybe in next version

16. 3. Encourage Active Learning
Develop your own learning objects:
PowerPoint Game Templates
Parade of Games in PowerPoint
Webquests – Example
Crosswords
Crossword Weaver
Students must:
talk and write about it what they are learning
relate it to past experiences
apply it to their daily lives
make what they learn part of themselves

17. Introduction to Toronto

18. Toronto before Amalgamation
Toronto Coat of Arms symbols

19. How do you foster active learning?
Active learning resources from Mary Trant:
Durham College (link)
Mohawk College (link)
University of Minnesota (link)
PowerPoint game templates (link)
PollEverywhere (link)

20. 4. Give Prompt Feedback Email Clickers MSWord Comments
MySeneca Gradebook
Knowing what you know and don't know focuses learning.
Students need appropriate feedback on performance
Students need help assessing existing knowledge and competence.
Students need frequent opportunities to perform and receive suggestions for improvement.
Students need chances to reflect on what they have learned, what they still need to know, and how to assess themselves.

21. Sample: Works Cited (MLA)

22. Emphasize time on task

23. 5. Emphasize time on task
As-needed / if-needed practice activities and tutorials developed using:
Screen captures:
PrtSc key & MSWord
SnagIt
Video tutorials:
Commercial videos: Camtasia, Captivate,
Open source videos: Cam Studio, Wink
Time + Energy = Learning
Learning to use one's time well is critical for students and teachers
Students need help in learning effective time management

24. Screen Captures Prt Scrn button on keyboard Open MS Word / PPT
right click and paste
add arrows, instructions, etc.

25. Emphasize time on task video tutorials: Windows snipping tool YouTube
Lynda.com
Windows snipping tool

28. 6. Communicate High Expectations
Examples, models, case studies, simulations, rubrics, etc.
Rubrics
Seneca Libraries MLA Style Guide
Modeling, role-playing, case studies, simulations, examples of students’ work…
High expectations are important for everyone –
poorly prepared
unwilling
bright and well motivated
Expecting students to perform well becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when teachers and institutions hold high expectations for themselves and make extra efforts.

29. 7. Diverse talents and ways of learning
Auditory, visual, kinesthetic
Voice tools in MySeneca
Announcements
Discussion Boards
Recordings
ReadPlease
Six Thinking Hats
Students need opportunities to show their talents and learn in ways that work for them.
Then they can be pushed to learn in new ways that do not come so easily.
Voice Tool Demo:
ELI440AA.IPNH ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE LEVEL FOUR (ELI440AA.IPNH.20063) > LISTENING

30. For ESL students:

31. Summary: Using Technology
Student & Teacher:
? Needs
? Resources
? Skills
? Preferences
Low threshold
+ supports good practice
= worth the effort