Enhancing Student Success:
Teaching Well With Technology
October 23, 2009
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Whitmore Example
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The Silver Bullet?
Clark (1983) and Mazur (2009) on Technology
“…, if teachers merely add on technology to ineffective
instructional methods (e.g., electrifying the lecture hall), there
will be no improvement in student learning.”
Clark, R.E. (1983). Reconsidering Research on Learning from Media, Review of
Educational Research,Vol. 53, No. 4, Pp. 445-459.
“I often meet people who tell me they have implemented this
“clicker method” in their classes, viewing my approach as simply
a technological innovation. However, it is not the technology but
the pedagogy that matters (5).”
Mazur, E. (2009). Farewell, Lecture?, Science, 323, 50-51.
http://mazur-www.harvard.edu/email/reprintrequest.php?r=635
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Teaching Well With Technology
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Articulate learning goals
 Identify pedagogical strategies/learning activities
 Consider best uses of time and space
 Consider technologies that will enhance learning
 Plan in and out of class activities
 Evaluate results
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Why Articulate Student Learning Goals?
Learning Goals:
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Identify the most important outcomes for the course
Keep the course focused
Form the basis for designing assessments/assignments.
Add transparency for the students
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Improves student performance
Decrease time spent responding to student work
Connect to the Broader (Program/Department/University)
Goals?
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A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching & Assessing:
The Cognitive Process Dimension
Create
Evaluate
Analyze
Apply
Understand
Remember
From A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching & Assessing: A Revision of Bloom’s
Taxonomy of Education Objectives. Anderson & Krathwohl (Eds.)
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Taxonomy of Significant Learning
Learning How to
Learn
Foundational
Knowledge
• Becoming a better student
• Inquiring about a subject
• Self-directing learners
Understanding and
Remembering:
• Information
• Ideas
Caring
Application
Develooping new:
• Feelings
• Interests
• Values
Human
Dimension
Learning about:
• Oneself
• Others
• Skills
• Thinking: Critical,
creative and practical
• Managing projects
Integration
Connecting:
• Ideas
• People
• Realms of Life
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From Creating Significant
Learning Experiences: An
Integrated Approach to
Designing College Courses.
L. Dee Fink
Pedagogical Strategies: Seven Principles for Good
Practice in Undergraduate Education (Chickering and Gamson)
encourages contact between students and faculty,
2. develops reciprocity and cooperation among students,
3. encourages active learning,
4. gives prompt feedback,
5. emphasizes time on task,
6. communicates high expectations, and
7. respects diverse talents and ways of learning.
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Orbital example
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Current Support for Student Centered/Active Learning
“Data obtained in my class and in classes of colleagues
worldwide, in a wide range of academic settings and a wide
range of disciplines, show that learning gains nearly triple
with an approach that focuses on the student and on interactive
learning (7, 8).”
Mazur, E. (2009). Farewell, Lecture?, Science, 323, 50-51.
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Best Use of Time and Space
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Student Accountability is the Key!
The responsibility for gathering information now rests
squarely on the shoulders of the students. They must read
material before coming to class, so that class time can be
devoted to discussions, peer interactions, and time to
assimilate and think (4). Instead of teaching by telling, I am
teaching by questioning.
Mazur, E. (2009). Farewell, Lecture?, Science, 323, 50-51.
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Consider Technologies That Will Enhance Learning
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Who will use the technology?
What strategies will the technology support/enhance?
Is it feasible?
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Infrastructure/support for you
Accessibility/support for students
Botting Example – student films
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Examples of the impact of our work
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Barry Keating – Finance
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Todd Whitmore – Theology – Rich, Poor, War
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Market Simulation
Anonymous polling to generate open discussion
Eileen Botting – Political Science – Mary Wollstonecraft and
Mary Shelley
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Alternative forms of expression and assessment
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