Essential Question: Where are we with teaching and learning in higher education - Shifting or Stagnating?
David and Mark are joined this week by Jeff Nugent from the
. We also introduce a new segment called Shifted Practices where educators share an example from their classroom on ways they are using technology to enhance the teaching and learning experience. This week Elizabeth Lockwood, librarian at Alexandria Country Day School, shares a wonderful example of her shifted practice.
In this show, David, Jeff, and Mark discuss ways in which technology plays out in higher education. In a wide-ranging discussion, we explore ways in which we see technology enabling more student-centered approaches to teaching in higher education.
Tips of the Week:
Jeff- Udacity is a very interesting start-up company developed by former Stanford Professor Sebastian Thrun. Udacity was founded by three roboticists who believed much of the educational value of their university classes could be offered online. A few weeks later, over 160,000 students in more than 190 countries enrolled in our first class, "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence." This may be a really interesting vision to where higher education is going.
Mark- Thanks to David, I’ve rediscovered the Bit by Bit Seedlings podcast. They were on my podcast list for a few years, but for whatever reason, the fell off my radar. They have some really insightful conversations about technology integration. In the last couple of shows (Show 126 and 127) they’ve had particularly interesting conversations with Mike Muir from Projects4Me and Multiple Pathways. Great, substantive conversations about shifted practices and new ways of thinking about education. Give them a listen.
David- I am really enjoying the podcasts from the EdReach Network. The assistant head of school at ACDS, Nishant Mehta, heard of my hope that future iBooks will have the function of being able to type in notes, draw/script notes, diagrams, etc. and be able to imbed audio recordings. He shared that the Notability app can do all three functions. Another wish from my blog post on iPad was that one could switch screens without going to the home button. One of our students showed us that with “gestures” turned on, you can use your whole hand to swipe to another app that you previously opened. Thus one can be reading an iBook and swipe to Notability to take notes in the format of your choice.
Mark- Thanks to David, I’ve rediscovered the Bit by Bit Seedlings podcast. They were on my podcast list for a few years, but for whatever reason, the fell off my radar. They have some really insightful conversations about technology integration. In the last couple of shows (Show 126 and 127) they’ve had particularly interesting conversations with Mike Muir from Projects4Me and Multiple Pathways. Great, substantive conversations about shifted practices and new ways of thinking about education. Give them a listen.
David- I am really enjoying the podcasts from the EdReach Network. The assistant head of school at ACDS, Nishant Mehta, heard of my hope that future iBooks will have the function of being able to type in notes, draw/script notes, diagrams, etc. and be able to imbed audio recordings. He shared that the Notability app can do all three functions. Another wish from my blog post on iPad was that one could switch screens without going to the home button. One of our students showed us that with “gestures” turned on, you can use your whole hand to swipe to another app that you previously opened. Thus one can be reading an iBook and swipe to Notability to take notes in the format of your choice.