New Frameworks for Teaching
and Learning
Bertram C. Bruce
Nicholas C. Burbules
Scott D. Johnson
James A. Levin
Your input
• Write down what you think is the most
important issue concerning technology
and the College. Take about 5
minutes.
Changes
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Technology in Education: Who,
Where, When, What & Why?
Technology Studies in the
College of Education
Nicholas C. Burbules
Interactive Whitepaper
How?
• Involves taking ends and purposes as
givens
• Obscures form/content issues
• “Delivery system” metaphor
• Innovations in how
– Collaboration
– Visualization
– Simulations
Who?
• Issues of access and equity
– Beyond technical access
– Form/content as potentially exclusionary
– Two-tiered society, world
• Who are the online learners?
• Who are the online teachers?
– Role of certification
Where?
• Changing conceptions of space and
time
• Where does learning occur?
– Inside/outside classrooms, schools
– Competitors
When?
• Asynchronous communication and
learning
– Changing ideas about convenience,
scheduling
– Thinking outside the frame
• Lifelong learning as a literal possibility
What?
• How content issues are changed by
technology
– What we assume are essential
knowledge and skills
– Boundaries of content areas,
interdisciplinarity
– What we know and how we know it
• Learning about technology as a
content issue
Why?
• Traditional work and citizenship aims
• Rates of change
• Beyond content mastery
– Flexible learning skills
– Capacity to adapt to complex and rapidly
changing environments
– Critical reflection and evaluation of
technology
Context for Change
Technology Studies in the
College of Education
Scott D. Johnson
Analyzing Context
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Strengths
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International Reputation
Established Relationships
Existing Programs
Existing Courses
Distributed Expertise
Faculty Readiness
Research Potential
Weaknesses
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Lack of Program Vision
Lack of Established Program
Varied Reputation
Program Duplication
Disjointed Course Offerings
Inadequate Facilities
Limited Faculty Lines
Opportunities
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To Become a Recognized Leader
To Improve Educational Practice
To Influence Technology Policy
To Attract Funding
To Expand Graduate Enrollment
To Develop Future Leaders
Threats
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Internal Competition
External Competition
Rapidly Changing Field
Terminology
Narrow Views of COE
The Pogo Syndrome
Conceptualizing
the Program
Technology Studies in the
College of Education
James A. Levin
Four Areas of Study
• Social/Critical Studies
• Learning Theory and Pedagogy
• Design, Development, and
Implementation
• Research and Evaluation
Next Steps
Technology Studies in the
College of Education
Bertram C. Bruce
Next Steps: teaching
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ePortfolio for every student
Ph.D. in Technology Studies
Online programs in every Department
Think globally about teaching &
research
Next Steps: infrastructure
• Center on research & evaluation on
technology
• Formalize NCSA relationship
• NSF KDI $50M
• Increase the number of faculty
involved with technology
Next Steps: leadership
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Play a central role in UI-OnLine
Participate in standards debates
Convene an international conference
Rethink the College’s mission
Questions?
Educational Programs
• Technology Strand
• Increase the number of Online
Courses and Programs
• Inservice Courses & Programs
• Develop Doctoral Program Research
in Technology Studies
• Implications for Virtually All Courses
Collaborations
Library &
Information
Science
Professional
Writing Lab
College of
Engineering
NCSA
Biology
Workbench
Beckman
Institute
CAVE
College of
Education
Foreign
Language Lab
Art & Design
Speech
Communication
Collaboratory
Research and Evaluation
• Examining social consequences of the
digital culture
• Thinking about teaching and learning
in new ways
• New tools and media that enhance
learning
• Ways to measure success
Funding Opportunities
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Department of Education
NSF initiatives
Sloan, Mellon, Whitaker Foundations
Funding for schools and communities
Leadership
• NSF initiatives
• ISBE standards
• New ways of teaching in every
department
• UI Online
• Indiana U, Penn State, ILS, ...
• Stukel: Need for critical look at new
technologies