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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Dan King PAETC07

Where is technology most effective: inside or outside of the classroom?
Dan King, Drexel University

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Philadelphia Area Educational Technology Conference Feb 23, 2007
At Drexel University, environmental chemistry is taught to a diverse group of students in a single class. The student population includes both upper level undergraduates and beginning graduate students from a variety of majors. The preparation level of these populations is quite variable, as many of the graduate students have not had a chemistry course in several years. Consequently, a significant amount of time must be spent reviewing fundamental chemical concepts. These general concepts are either incorporated into the lecture material or reviewed in group activities. Two forms of technology were used to improve student learning. In class, personal response systems (or “clickers”) were used to reinforce the lecture material. Outside of class, students use an online discussion board to post questions related to homework problems. The Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG) survey was used to help identify which components of the course helped the students learn the material. These results will be compared to end-of-term evaluations and measures of student performance during the term.

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Gall and Pritchard PAETC07

iTunes U Implementation
Brian Gall and Russ Pritchard, Philadelphia University

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Philadelphia Area Educational Technology Conference Feb 23, 2007

Philadelphia University has implemented a new hosting solution for its educational audio and video content. Learn how we implemented the iTunes University Podcasting solution to create a collaborative learning and information space for the administration, faculty, students and learning community.

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Powerpoint

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Mike Zarro PAETC07

Don't Make Me Think - I'm Here to Learn
Mike Zarro, Drexel University

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Philadelphia Area Educational Technology Conference Feb 23, 2007

3.2 million people took at least one class online in the fall of 2005. As a student in Drexel University's online Master of Library Science program and a webmaster for 8+ years, I'll share my experiences and observations of eLearning success and areas of improvement. Online education more than just Blackboard - it includes video, podcasts, and online collaborative workspaces.

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Jean-Claude Bradley PAETC07

Leveraging Wikis and Blogs for Teaching and Research in Chemistry
Jean-Claude Bradley, Drexel University

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Philadelphia Area Educational Technology Conference Feb 23, 2007

An overview of the UsefulChem project presented to a group of instructional technologists.

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Laura Blankenship PAETC07

Interactivism: Blogging in Freshman Writing
Laura Blankenship, Bryn Mawr College

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Philadelphia Area Educational Technology Conference Feb 23, 2007

See a presentation of results from using blogs in a freshman writing class. In particular, I will discuss the affect that online interaction has on the process of writing and what elements of blogging are most effective.

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Monday, February 26, 2007

Tim McGee PAETC07

Towards Preparing Educators for Multiliteracy
Tim McGee, Philadelphia University

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Philadelphia Area Educational Technology Conference Feb 23, 2007

The teaching of print literacy, traditionally understood as the ability to read and write texts made primarily out of words, was the responsibility of all teachers at the elementary level and the specialty of English, Language Arts, and Composition teachers in middle school, high school, and college. With the advent of digital computers and the multiliteracy demands they create, some teachers at every level find themselves ill-prepared to teach even the decoding of multimedia and multimodal texts, much less their encoding or production. Taking into consideration state standards, teacher education programs, and current theories of multiliteracy and multimodal discourse, this presentation suggests short and long term action plans to help prepare the teachers of today and tomorrow to meet the multiliteracy needs of their students.

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Monday, February 05, 2007

Second Life in Education

Tim Siftar from our Hagery library at Drexel gave a talk this morning about Second Life basics and some educational applications. It was a really good introduction and hopefully some of the people in attendance will get inspired to give it a try.

We then met Beth in-world and she shared lots of tips about getting started and teleported us to a few educational places. Josh controlled our avatar. Unfortunately, Beth couldn't record her part with Camtasia because of the computational demands of SL. But she did provide us with a link to her wiki on educational Second Life applications.

Here is the audio (mp3) of Tim's talk.
Here is the screencast (Flash).
Here is the Powerpoint.

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