6. …you can see anyTV show
you want to see anytime
you want to see it. …while
you’re doing something else
— even while you’re out of
the house. … It can also
videotape something off
one channel while you’re
watching another channel.
11. “…we must put digital literacy at the core of the curriculum.We spend
countless hours teaching our students to navigate the world of research and
published books.And yet we graduate them into a world where the vast
majority of the information they consume professionally and personally will
come through the Internet.The literate culture of books and published
articles is one of the great achievements of our culture; it is necessary to
lifelong learning and must remain central to the education of our students.
But it must be placed side-by-side with instruction on how to best use and
critique the information environments that students inhabit on a daily basis.”
Mike Caulfield, @holden
director of blended and networked learning at Washington State University
Can Higher Ed Save the Web?
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/1/can-higher-education-save-the-web
12. informal learning is fueled by
technology, creativity, and sharing.
In the Snapchat Era,
13. A shift is taking place in schools all over the world as
learners are exploring subject matter through the act
of creation rather than the consumption of content.
2016 K12 Horizon Report
New Media Consortium
14. “My online instructor cared about me”
Jaggars, S. S. & Xu, D. (2016). How do online course design features influence student performance?
Jaggars, S. S. & Xu, D. (2015). Predicting Online Student Outcomes from a Measure of Course Quality,
is correlated with higher online student success.
15. -Samantha Becker Adams, @SamBeckTweets,
Educational Futurist
"We should cultivate
environments for learners
where they are encouraged
to experiment, fail, iterate,
dream and do,"
16. “If I have my students do
something, I want it to be really
useful to them and to others.”
-Laura Gibbs, @OnlineCrsLady
University of Oklahoma
Photo by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash
Ch 6: Unlocking Learning, Best
Practices for Teaching with
Emerging Technologies
http://teachingwithemergingtech.com/open-version/
http://mythfolklore.net/
17. Laura Gibbs
University of Oklahoma
Final Student ePortfolio Project: https://sites.google.com/view/musicaldemonslayers
Teaches Mythology and Folklore,Ancient Indian Epics Online
22. Share their own stories.
Share their own struggles.
Show their own growth over time.
Meaningful online instructors…
23. Seeing and hearing each other
is correlated with higher online student success.
Borup, J., West, R. E., & Graham, C. R. (2012). Improving online social presence through asynchronous video. The Internet and Higher Education, 15(3), 195-203.
Pacansky-Brock, M. (2014). Learning out loud: Increasing voluntary voice comments in online classes. In Lowenthal, P., York, C., & Richardson, J. (Eds.), Online
learning: Common misconceptions, benefits, and challenges. Nova Science.
32. Made with Adobe SparkVideo (free!).
https://youtu.be/qDWiOzPECIo
33. Spring 2012
3 4-year institutions
sample: 780 seniors
http://meaningfulwritingproject.net/
Michele Eodice,Anne Ellen Geller, & Neal Lerner
The Meaningful Writing Project
34. More than 1 in 3 students described a personal connection
as a reason why their project was meaningful.
Eodice, M., Geller,A., & Lerner, N. (2016). The Meaningful Writing Project: Learning,Teaching and Writing in Higher Education. Logan:
University Press of Colorado.
35. 79%
21%
Yes No
For the project you
found meaningful,
had you written
anything similar?
Eodice, M., Geller,A. E., & Lerner, N. (2017). The Meaningful Writing Project: Learning,Teaching and Writing in Higher Education. Norman: Utah State University Press.
36. 79%
21%
Yes No
For the project you
found meaningful,
had you written
anything similar?
Eodice, M., Geller,A. E., & Lerner, N. (2017). The Meaningful Writing Project: Learning,Teaching and Writing in Higher Education. Norman: Utah State University Press.
(Teaching innovations matter!Try new things!)
37. 23%
77%
Yes No
Are there ways in which
this project might
contribute to the kinds
of writing you hope to
do in the future?
Eodice, M., Geller,A. E., & Lerner, N. (2017). The Meaningful Writing Project: Learning,Teaching and Writing in Higher Education. Norman: Utah State University Press.
47. Making writing meaningful with
digital curation.
populr.me Adobe Spark Page (new) Google Sites Pinterest
48. Make Your Own Museum
Digital Curation Project
Meg Phelps
Art Appreciation (Online)
Ventura Community College
Project Showcase including project overview, student examples, and student feedback.
https://padlet.com/megphelps/8bthfyk9vemd
49. "This was a very unique, enjoyable project. I felt we
really had a chance to show what we learned,
while getting creative ourselves. It was also very
challenging. For me, even coming up with a theme
was a challenge, but I had a lot of fun with it. ...it
was a lot of work but it really gives us a chance to
show what we have learned."
- FALL 17 Student
50. “This assignment was cool
because it was different than
writing a boring paper."
-- Student FALL 17
51. The Giving Pledge
Clifton Justice
English Faculty
California State University Channel Islands
http://cliftonjustice.populr.me/the-giving-pledge
52. Project Overview
Read
Curate
Write
Compose a letter (1,000+
words/ 4 full pages w 2+
sources) explaining the Giving
Pledge and its connection to
your writing, identifying the
issues/organizations you want
to commit to, and describing
why these issues are important
to both you and the world.
The Giving Pledge is a digitally-inspired writing project by Clifton Justice, English faculty at CSU Channel Islands.
Passion Board
The Giving Pledge
53. The Giving Pledge
Passion Board
A passion board is a collection of images, sayings,
articles, poems, videos, and other inspirations about
what is important to you. You will use the passion
board as a tool for imagining the causes/organizations
you want to support in your giving letter.
Passion Board Example
The Giving Pledge is a digitally-inspired writing project by Clifton Justice, English faculty at CSU Channel Islands.
Final Letter Example
54. photo by Mayur Gala from Unsplash.
Sharing your
teaching
innovations will
change the world.
Thank you to the faculty and
students featured in this
presentation for sharing their
contributions.