Edited by Jonathan Turner, Monday, 17 Mar 2014, 09:40
How long used for educational purposes
Technology
by my organisation
by me
Cloud computing
Some years not sure
2 years
Mobile/cell phone
Informally again some years
More like BYOD for the last few years
Open content
no
Just investigating this semester
Tablet computing
iPads were introduced to all Ss 2 years ago
The same
Game-based learning
no
no
Learning analytics
no
no
New scholarship
no
no
Semantic applications
no
no
Augmented reality
no
no
Collective intelligence
No
no
Smart objects
no
no
Telepresence
At least 5 years
3 years (largely unsuccessfully with a couple of notable exceptions)
I would like to investigate the following three technologies more:
- Open content – Open content would allow my organization to use its size to our advantage (there are 4000 faculty members) whilst giving us as faculty more incentive to produce higher quality courses that would be used outside of our organization when levels of existing Ss engagement are often low. At the moment we often spent long hours designing courses that are only used a couple of times and then dropped.
- Collective intelligence – There is a tradition of collective intelligence in the Gulf, I have noticed that my Ss are enthusiastic members of group work ad conflicts rarely arise. I also believe that our currently low standards would be improved if Ss felt that there contributions were part of a wider body of work.
- Telepresence – although this activity asks us to talk about technologies we haven’t yet used, our use of telepresence has been so poor in my experience as to be negligible. Currently I teach in remote locations and across campuses in synchronous environments using expensive telepresence equipment. What has not happened has been a considered pedagogy that takes into account the challenges and opportunities presented by distance, rather we teach the Ss in front of us and the Ss in pother campuses ‘keep up’ as best they can.
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How long used for educational purposes
Technology
by my organisation
by me
Cloud computing
Some years not sure
2 years
Mobile/cell phone
Informally again some years
More like BYOD for the last few years
Open content
no
Just investigating this semester
Tablet computing
iPads were introduced to all Ss 2 years ago
The same
Game-based learning
no
no
Learning analytics
no
no
New scholarship
no
no
Semantic applications
no
no
Augmented reality
no
no
Collective intelligence
No
no
Smart objects
no
no
Telepresence
At least 5 years
3 years (largely unsuccessfully with a couple of notable exceptions)
I would like to investigate the following three technologies more:
- Open content – Open content would allow my organization to use its size to our advantage (there are 4000 faculty members) whilst giving us as faculty more incentive to produce higher quality courses that would be used outside of our organization when levels of existing Ss engagement are often low. At the moment we often spent long hours designing courses that are only used a couple of times and then dropped.
- Collective intelligence – There is a tradition of collective intelligence in the Gulf, I have noticed that my Ss are enthusiastic members of group work ad conflicts rarely arise. I also believe that our currently low standards would be improved if Ss felt that there contributions were part of a wider body of work.
- Telepresence – although this activity asks us to talk about technologies we haven’t yet used, our use of telepresence has been so poor in my experience as to be negligible. Currently I teach in remote locations and across campuses in synchronous environments using expensive telepresence equipment. What has not happened has been a considered pedagogy that takes into account the challenges and opportunities presented by distance, rather we teach the Ss in front of us and the Ss in pother campuses ‘keep up’ as best they can.