The Critical Role of Faculty in
Transforming Higher Education
St. Mary’s University
San Antonio, Texas
May 13, 2013
Susie Henderson, Director, Online
Strategies and Programs, EDUCAUSE
OUR AGENDA
• Highlight St. Mary’s University priorities
• Review Dr. Boettcher’s “learning experience
framework”
• Change in our digital world
• Discuss teaching and learning opportunities in
a digital world
• Q&A
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Educate for formation in faith
Provide an integral quality education
Educate in the family spirit
Educate for service, justice and peace
Educate for adaptation and change
Learning Experience Framework
Learners
Faculty Mentor
Mentor
Learners
Knowledge
Content and
Resources
Boettcher 2003,2007
Environment
Context
Do you believe there is
a digital revolution in
education now?
Sniff – sniffs out change
early before others are
aware of it
Scurry – sees what is
needed and takes action
immediately (scurries into
action)
Hem – “hems and haws” in
a new situation and wishes
the change wasn’t
happening.
Haw – laughs at himself for
not wanting to change, then
moves on to explore the
maze and comes to enjoy
the taste of new cheese.
That is, he learns to adapt in
time when he sees changing
leads to something better!
The
ANALOG
has “Moved“!
DIGITAL
Technology has “Moved“!
sometimes
limited
nice to have
always connected
big bandwidth
can’t live without
gadgets or tools?
Learning Experience Framework
Learners
Faculty Mentor
Mentor
Learners
Knowledge
Content and
Resources
Boettcher 2003,2007
Environment
Context
insights + innovation
=
IMPACT
Take note! Fundamental Principle!
• Decide what your learning experience goal is
• If appropriate, select a technology or
application that will support it
• Never use technology or a cool application
just to use it!
HOW CAN YOU
SUPPORT
EFFECTIVE LEARNING?
How do you
know that you‘re
being effective?
HOW CAN WE ENGAGE OUR
STUDENTS IN NEW WAYS?
WHAT HELPS
STUDENTS
RETAIN AND APPLY
INFORMATION?
What makes students
more successful?
on task?
For more about OLI, visit: oli.cmu.edu/
For more about OLI, visit: oli.cmu.edu/
Free resource: EDUCAUSE on Campus Breakthrough Model:
http://net.educause.edu/Elements/Attachments/EOC/EoC_BreakthroughModel.pdf
Who is this person? Why should you
know about him?
Salman Kahn, retired hedge fund analyst,
creator of the Kahn Academy -“Use technology to humanize the classroom”
Flipped classroom!
Repository – Referatory
What’s the difference?
Repository
• Content and metadata is
stored, controlled and
maintained by project
• Can offer special
vocabularies
• i.e. The Orange Grove
Digital Repository, Public
Broadcasting Service,
Referatory
• Metadata is stored and
maintained by project
• Content is linked to
• i.e. MERLOT, The Orange
Grove Digital Repository,
Publisher eTextbooks ©
http://www.ck12.org
http://www.merlot.org/
merlot/index.htm
http://mobilelearning.merlot.org/mobilelearning.html
• Library of Congress
Locate High
Quality “Open”
• MIT Open Courseware
(freely available)
• Smithsonian
Content/Resources
• Public Broadcasting Service
– national or local
• National Science Digital
Library
http://dp.la/
MOOCs
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/
To MOOC or not to MOOC?
– Yes: we are working on or considering MOOC
projects
– No: we are not considering MOOC projects at
the moment
Time Magazine 4.13.2013
50 Best iPad Apps
The Essentials
Adobe Reader
Air Display
Allrecipes
Blogsy
Calculator for iPad
Free
Catalog Spree
Chrome
CloudOn
Comics
Dropbox
Evernote
Facebook
Fanhattan
FastZip
Feedly
Find My Friends
Flipboard
Google Earth
Hipmunk
IMDb
Imo
Interior Design
IntoNow
iTunes U
Join.me
Kindle
LogMeIn
Mint
Newsy
Paper
Photo Editor by
Aviary
Pinnacle Studio
Pinterest
Pocket
Skype
Spotify
StumbleUpon
TheScore Mobile
Titan Downloader
TripIt
TuneIn Radio
TV Guide
Tweetbot
Waze
Weather Channel
WebMD
Wolfram Alpha
Yelp
YouTube
ZenView
http://tbrelearning.org/apps/top-20-free-medical-apps-health-care-professionals
Dr. Robbie Melton, TN Bd of Regents
http://educause.mediasite.com/mediasite/Play/7859cea0ad9d41819894863dca1a9ffb1d
http://www.rbrmobile.org
9 hour DARPA Red Balloon Location
Competition 12.5.2009
http://www.gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/red-balloons/
http://archive.darpa.mil/networkchallenge/
Dr. Erik Christensen, South Florida State College
Physics Professor, Chairman of Natural Sciences Department,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBDC4Qvxw60
insights + innovation
=
IMPACT!
“Technology is the campfire around
which we tell our stories.”
Laurie Anderson
The Critical Role of Faculty in
Transforming Higher Education
Thank you! Questions?
Susie Henderson, Director,
Online Strategies and Programs, EDUCAUSE
shenderson@educause.edu
HOW CAN YOU
SUPPORT
EFFECTIVE LEARNING?
How do you
know that you‘re
being effective?
HOW CAN WE ENGAGE OUR
STUDENTS IN NEW WAYS?
WHAT HELPS
STUDENTS
RETAIN AND APPLY
INFORMATION?