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- 1. Saint Joseph University Joao Garrott Marques Negreiros, PhD joao.garrot@usj.edu.mo - Version 2.1 EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGIES - 1
- 2. GOAL We live in world full of computer and Internet technologies -> How to use these technologies in teaching, that is, our focus is on improving the learning environment and some technology concepts. BASIC MANDATORY EXPECTATIONS Have a good strategic and general understanding of the potential roles of technology in education and how it can be adapted to enhance and enrich educational processes •Moodle (Learning Management Tool - LMS) •Web 2.0 tools •Blend-Learning issues •Mobile learning •Assessment topics 2
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- 4. Web 2.0 Tool Presentation •http://www.go2web20.net/ •First to come, first to serve •Reply to General News and Announcements link 4
- 5. Your presentation about your allocated tool should address the questions: What is the tool? And how does it work? Where are the main websites for using this tool online, and what are the costs (if any)? How can the tool be used in educational settings? Learning Outcomes Assessment: Single Presentation Research suitable Web 2.0 tool - tool and catalogue reference websites Explain usefulness of the tool in educational context Demonstrate use of tool in educational contexts. Present orally to peers in an informative, interesting and interactive way. 5
- 6. moodle.org Teaching Presentation You are expected to choose a topic that you currently/would like to teach or have taught in the past, and create a Moodle (http://download.moodle.org/) Lesson that incorporates the use of education technology as long as it addresses the following questions: What is the scope of the topic and what learning outcomes for students do you have? What pedagogic approach will the lesson plan be founded on and how will demographic and other learning characteristics of the students be considered? What learning media and other technology materials will be provided to students to supplement classroom work to support better learning? What criteria (rubrics, tests, presentations…) will you use to assess the performance of students taking the course? 6
- 7. FURTHER POSSIBLE EXPECTATIONS Submission of optional working papers (research conference or publication) leading to the Master’s dissertation 7
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- 10. Possible Research Paper Themes for Master´s Dissertation Topics Extra Optional Assignment • These social software networks (mySpace, Flickr, SecondLife, Facebook, Twitter) support millions of participants in the creation of friendship and sharing networks (social networks). Can these tools be transformed into school spaces? How? • The role of the future professor within primary and secondary schools, university degrees, long-life and elderly courses. • State-of-the-art of Web 2.0 tools (paper only) • Web 3.0: Which future? • By doing all the work behind the computer keyboard and touch screen panels, how will be the the writing hand skills of next generation? (paper only) • Solid study related to web-based learning outcomes • Are books likely to disappear anytime? How it should be the future library? • Benchmark among plagiarism tools. • Impacts of blogging on social, economical, politics, marketing… • What kind of students will Universities produce in the long term? (framework creation to quantify how different are students nowadays from the past / future ones) • Mobile Learning: Does this really matter? http://www.zimbio.com/mLearning/articles/91/10+Reasons+Mobile+Learning+Matters 10