Digital technologies and teaching:
Let's reflect on the two
Didem Yesil
Fled 403 - December 07, 2017
What are we going to discuss today?
Global technological landscape
Educational technology landscape at 4 levels
Three things to reflect on as a teacher
Education
Professional Experience
Global Technological Landscape I
Global
Population
7.21B
Active Internet Users
3.01B
Active Social Media Accounts
2.08B
Active Unique Mobile Users
3.65B
and the numbers are growing each day...
Global Technological Landscape II
Intelligent Personal Assistants and Robots
Wearable Technologies
Augmented / Virtual Reality
Apple Siri
Sophia the Robot
Google Home
Amazon Alexa
Google Now
Google Glass
Apple Watch
Educational Technology Landscape
EdTech
1. CREATE
2. CONNECT
3. LEARN
4. ASSESS &
EVALUATE
1. CREATE
Printed Material
Digital Courseware &
Adaptive Learning Platforms
How content and knowledge are created, stored, archived and distributed is changing...
From textbooks
To Digital Content
Teachers & students are content creators...
Screen capturing
Animations
Infographics
Digital storytelling
Interactive videos
2. CONNECT
Mobile, open and social learning environments are changing the way learners are connected to their resources, peers, teachers and parents.
Learning management systems:
Blackboard, Moodle, Itslearning, Canvas, Google Classroom, Learnworlds, Thinkific
Social platforms:
Facebook, Twitter, Slack
Web conference tools:
Adobe Connect, GoToMeeting, Zoom, Google Hangout, Skype
An example from a classroom in Van - Turkey
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A professor from Bogazici University
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A state school in Van
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Other schools from Kayseri, İstanbul, Zonguldak, Çanakkale, Edirne and Çorum
3. LEARN
Online Learning
Blended Learning
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Online Degree, Microdegree, Nanodegree Programs
- 58M students registered for at least one MOOC (2011-2016)
- Universities created 6850 online courses
- 700 universities took part
- in 2016 alone, 23M students signed up for the first time
A flipped learning activity
Teaching Vocabulary
Teacher creates a video lecture and
an online quiz to check comprehension.
Students learn the words
at their own pace, in their own time.
Students do group work
to practice the target language.
4. ASSESS & EVALUATE
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Authentic audience for learners
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Documenting learning over time & seeing the progress
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Receiving instant feedback and reflecting on learning
Digital Portfolios
www.kidblog.com
THREE INSIGHTS FOR TEACHERS
1. Make technology an integral part of your teaching vision
BUT, what comes first is purposeful technology use.
Tool is just a tool. Do you know your purpose?
2. Pursue alternative (online) professional development opportunities
Advance your knowledge about educational technology: LEARN, PRACTICE, REFLECT
Attend webinars, online courses, online degree programs
Be part of a personal learning network: Professional and responsible use of Twitter & LinkedIn
Share your knowledge & be a mentor: Be a blogger, a vlogger, give a webinar, teach online
THREE INSIGHTS FOR TEACHERS
Teachers sharing their knowledge and experience
3. Question your role as a "Teacher"
THREE INSIGHTS FOR TEACHERS
Digital Technologies and teaching
By Didem Yesil
