Lecture 1 introduction
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This module aims to enable students to understand the potential role of technology in teaching and learning. It will survey the main technology formats used to support learning and how schools have adopted them. Students will explore their own technology use for learning and emerging issues. The module will map the history and current use of educational technology, cover key concepts like digital literacy and personalized learning, and assignments will ask students to consider the future impact of technology enhanced learning.
Lecture 1 introduction
- 1. EDU2004: Global Developments in Technology Enhanced Learning Thursday 31st Jan 2019 (2pm-5pm) Module Leader: Dr James Stanfield
- 2. Module aims The module will aim to: • Enable students to better understand the potential role that technology can play in the teaching and learning process • Enable students to survey the main technology- based formats available to support learning and to identify how schools have adopted and accommodated these formats and to what effect • Enable students to explore their own personal use of technology for learning and investigate emerging patterns and issues.
- 3. Module Part 1 • Module Introduction and Mapping the History and Current Use of Technology in Education • Key Drivers for Integrating Technology • Theories of TEL • Digital Literacy in the 21st Century • Personalized, Blended & Flipped • Gamification, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality
- 4. Module Part 2 • Digital Badges and Portfolios • The Dark Side of TEL • Presentations • Review of the Presentations – Key Issues and Themes • TEL: Lessons from Failure and the Principles for Digital Development • TEL: Conclusions and Future Directions
- 5. Assignment 1 (40%) In the future, what kind of technology enhanced learning do you think will have the greatest impact? Referring to existing research and examples of best practice, please explain why.
- 6. Assignment 2 (60%) Nature of the assignment • The assignment comprises a 2,500 word essay which draws on key literature, critical thinking and evidence to make a well substantiated argument. • It is expected that students draw on sources presented in the taught sessions and their wider reading to support their argument and discussion. • Why is technology enhanced learning in schools failing to achieve its full potential? Referring to existing research identify lessons from the past that can help inform the future.
- 7. For this Semester I recommend that students sign up to the following weekly email newsletters from the following websites: • Mindshift • Edtechdigest.com • EdSurge • Getting Smart • Ed tech magazine • Ed tech teacher • Ed tech update
- 8. These are the 10 top ranked edtech journals: • Computers & Education • British Journal of Educational Technology • The Internet and Higher Education • Journal of Educational Technology & Society • Journal of Computer Assisted Learning • The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning • Educational Technology Research and Development • International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge • Australasian Journal of Educational Technology • International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
- 9. Lecture 1: Mapping the History and Current Use of Technology in Education
- 10. Learning objectives In this lecture we will consider • The history & growth of technology in education • The current use of technology in education • Personal learning networks
- 11. History & Growth Emerging themes: • innovations initially involved hardware, with a shift to include software over time • devices are becoming smaller, more powerful and cheaper • the number of innovations has increased dramatically since 2000 • hardware and software are now becoming smarter – more intelligent • there has been a dramatic increase in global connectivity since 1990 • technology now plays a key role in many areas of our lives outside of school
- 12. Potential negative impacts Potential negative impact from increasing use of technology in education : • a decline in social skills – communication, collaboration. • a decline in handwriting skills • increasing back pain • visual impairment • decreasing attention spans • Digital dementia!
- 13. In this lecture we considered: • The history & growth of technology in education • The current use of technology in education • Personal learning networks
- 14. Further reading Further reading: • Corcoran, B (2013) A Brief History of (Edtech) • Time, Texas Education Review, Volume 1, pp. 104-118 (2013) • A Brief History of the Evolution of Classroom Technology, EdTech Feb 2016. • A short history of educational technology, Tony Bates, December 2014