Implementing successful ed tech projects don't forget the pedagogy

Implementing Successful EdTech Projects:

Don’t Forget the Pedagogy!

Rich McCuermccue@uvic.caTwitter: richmccuehttp://richmccue.com

EdTech & Pedagogy: Putting New Wine in Old Bottles?

Rich McCuermccue@uvic.caTwitter: richmccuehttp://richmccue.com

New Educational Technology +

Old Pedagogy = No Significant Difference?

Rich McCuermccue@uvic.caTwitter: richmccuehttp://richmccue.com

I Tech

Microsoft

Ecumenical Technologist

Use the Best Tool for the Job…

High Tech

Low Tech

1994 Clark vs Kozma Debate on Effectiveness

of EdTech

VS

Book & Reading will diminish my student’s memories!

Clark: EdTech is a Medium just like a Truck

=

Kosma: You have a point but...

Some New Media can give us powerful new methods…

Educational Technology Circa 1986VHS Video Player Apple IIe - 1mhz processor!

The Internet!Microsoft Word

Technology Has Changed!Virtual Frog Dissection

PC Flight Simulator

Google Hangouts Video Conferencing

High Power Laptops

Technology Has Really Changed!

New EdTech + Old Pedagogy =

No Significant Difference

If EdTech Project Success = Increased Student Success => Change EdTech & Pedagogy

A Real World Example: Comparison of EdTech with

Pedagogy Held Constant

Anderson, K., & May, F. A. (2010). Does the method of instruction matter? An experimental examination of information literacy instruction in the online, blended, and face-to-face classrooms. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 36(6), 495–500. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2010.08.005

Library Based Information Literacy Instruction

No Significant Difference in Student Outcomes

LectureOnline

Blended

Anderson, K., & May, F. A. (2010). Does the method of instruction matter? An experimental examination of information literacy instruction in the online, blended, and face-to-face classrooms. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 36(6), 495–500. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2010.08.005

Identical Content

“The observed advantage for blended learning conditions is not necessarily rooted in the media use per se and may reflect differences in content, pedagogy and learning time.”

Means, B., Yoyama, Y., Murphy, R., Bakia, M., & Jones, K. (2010). Evaluation of evidence-based practices in online learning: A meta-analysis and review of online learning studies. US Department of Education. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf

Write down the 1 or 2 pedagogies you use most.

http://j.mp/cali2015

We Typically Don’t take advantage of the new capabilities that new Tech affords us…

at least right away...

Classroom Projectors

eBooks

Most Highlighted Passages

Accelerated Reader: https://www.renaissance.com/products/accelerated-reader

Online Video

Online Video: Interleaving & Enriching

The Internet & Web

Course website circa 2004

Modern LMS: Interleaving & Supporting

Many Interesting Web Applications for Education…

Powerful Pedagogical Tool

Peer Evaluation of Assignments

Peer Evaluation of Assignments

Peer Evaluation of Assignments

Some Pedagogies were possible in the past, but impractical because of

cost & time…

Video Reflection & Feedback

= Tones of Work!

Video Reflection & Feedback

Video Reflection & Feedback

Gamification

Gamification

Gamification of Business Case Studies

Think about a pedagogy that you would like to try out…

Spend 1 minute talking to your neighbour what the pedagogy is and how it might help your students (1 min each).

1.

“Nothing works better than a good teacher, unless it’s a good teacher with decent tools.” - Katrin Becker

http://www.slideshare.net/becker/the-clarkkozma-debate-in-the-21st-century

Unless...

…Unless you have a highly motivated group of students

with good tools!

http://richmccue.com/2011/01/12/youtube-facebook-educational-distractions-or-learning-tools/

http://richmccue.com/2011/01/12/youtube-facebook-educational-distractions-or-learning-tools/

Back to the Clark & Kozma Debate on EdTech

New EdTech + New Pedagogy =

Significant Difference

eTutoring

A- Class Average

How Can We Increase the Success Rates of Our EdTech

Projects?

Research!Experiment!

Share!

Comments or Questions?

Rich McCuermccue@uvic.ca

Twitter: richmccueRichMcCue.com

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