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Schools: Anti-Connected?
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Cell Phones
Laptops
Collaboration
Wolfram Alpha
Wikipedia
– Cliff Notes
Education…Connected?
Google Project Glass
Google Project Glass
Utterli
Online Gym Class
Teaching Perspective
Dr. Jeff D Borden
Dr. Jeff D Borden
Learning Today
Agenda
• Reform
• Asking The Right
Questions
• Create – Consume –
Remix - Share
We Know Reform…
We Know Reform…
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Reprocessing”
We Know Research…
We Know (more) About the Brain…
Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition
Hidden Patterns
Hidden Patterns
Dr John Medina
• “As I was writing Brain Rules, it hit me [that]
if you wanted to design a learning
environment that was directly opposed to
what the brain is naturally good at doing, you
would design something like a classroom.”
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Retention Aids Based On Brain Research
Neural Coupling
Problem Based Learning
(AKA Flipped Classrooms)
Technology Based Learning
Augmented Reality
Game Based Learning
Life Raft Dilemma
Insert game slide
Gamification Works
Karl Kapp
…the strategy of “using game-based
mechanics and game-based thinking
to engage people, motivate action,
promote learning and solve problems.”
JSB: WOW L-70
Guild Master
• WoW Guild Master = total-immersion course in
leadership
Guild Master: Real World Skills
• Attracting
• Evaluating
• Recruiting new
members
• Creating apprenticeship
programs
• Orchestrating group
strategy
• Adjudicating disputes
That’s SO 1992…
• What’s the best way to lecture & assess my
(9, 90, 900) students in class?
– Sincerely, 1992
Connecting To Perception
•Internal Perception
What you believe to be true.
I’m Funny
•External Perception
What others believe to be true about
you.
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor Test…
He Thinks He’s Funny
Mark Edmundson
Eliminating Diversity
Dr. Eric Mazur
Lecture vs Sleep: Eric Mazur
Lecturing
National Survey of Student Engagement, USA 2006
Academically Adrift
(Arum / Roksa, 2011)
• “….but for a large proportion of
them [students] the gains in
critical thinking, complex
reasoning, and written
communication are either
exceedingly small or empirically
nonexistent.”
• 45% : 2 Years
• 36% : At Graduation
Common College Outcome
• Communication:
– Nonverbal
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Haptics
Objectics
Proxemics
Chronemics
Optics
Vocalics
Kinesics
– Mirroring
Kinesic Mirroring: Modern Communication
2007 NYTimes
“The majority of
communication in
the workplace
occurs over email
and chat today.”
2009 WSJ:
“…leading more
and more Fortune
500 companies to
ask if future
employees have
taken an online
class.”
That’s SO 2002…
• What’s the best way to lecture & assess my
(9, 90, 900) students in class?
– Sincerely, 1992
• What’s the best way to do what I normally do
in the classroom online?
– Sincerely, 2002
Online Education: At Best
Online Education: At Worst
e-vangelists vs C.A.V.E. People
That’s SO 2012…
• What’s the best way to lecture & assess my
(9, 90, 900) students in class?
– Sincerely, 1992
• What’s the best way to do what I normally do
in the classroom online?
– Sincerely, 2002
• What’s the best way to learn?
– Sincerely, 2012
Harvard Assessment Seminars
Confluence
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Bringing It Altogether
• We are connected…
• …and we know more about learning than
ever…
• …so let’s not rely on old, ineffective methods…
• Let’s strive for the best ways to educate…
• …through cognitive science…
• …student choice…
• …collaboration…
• …authentic tension…
• …and diversity.
Edu-Blogger:
• YouTube Video: Have You Been Paying Attention?
• “…Has anyone seen this garbage? Technology simply
promotes copy & paste! Educators must teach them to
be original, have original thought, and do original work!
Imagine if society worked this way.
• We’d still be hoping someone would invent the rolling
stone so as to create a wheel. Imagine a world where
using other people’s work to create your own was ok.
• We’d never have gotten past the toaster to see the
benefits of the microwave. We’d never have gotten
past swing music to experience amazing original works
like Elton John’s “The Lion King” or other seminal
works…”
Remix, Sample or Steal?
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Remember…
Thank You
Dr. Jeff D Borden
jeffb@ecollege.com