ICLS2010: Preparing for the Long Tail of Teaching Tools
1. Preparing for the Long Tail of
Teaching and Learning Tools
Charles Severance and Stephanie D. Teasley
School of Information, University of Michigan
International Conference of the Learning Sciences
Chicago, IL - June 29, 2010
3. A Tale of Two Eras
• Mid 1990's
• Innovative, experimental, lots of small teacher and student-run efforts
• Rough edges, many inconsistent solutions missing basic functionality
• Late 2000's
• Rational development is resistant to change, very well understood
• Pick a vendor, pay them and turn it on - focus on reliability
• IT staff make most choices - a few teachers might be on a committee
22. S N
Level of Use
C U A
O B R
R S R
E E O
T W
Ranking
23. Three Categories
• Core (Management oriented)
• Well known tools, widely used across multiple disciplines and
teaching styles, and levels of education - included in most LMSs
• Subset (Pedagogy or Particular kind of Management)
• Very widely used within a a few disciplines, teaching styles, levels, etc
• Narrow / Experimental
• Limited to a particular book, course, topic, school, culture, etc...
24. University of Michigan University of Michigan
Ann Arbor Flint
https://www.lecturetools.com/
Subset:
Interactive
Lecture Pedagogy
Washtenaw Community College
28. A Learning App Store
• Commercial Tool Providers are
starting to notice this path into
Learning Management Systems
• With a widely supported integration
standard, a logical step is an
"Learning App Store"
http://videos.noteflight.com/MoodleBasicLTI.mov