| Emerging Technologies: Definitions and Applications |
| Drs. Veronica Diaz and Patricia McGee |
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| Technology | Definition | Application: Learner | Application: Instructor | Example | Tool/Resource | ||
| Audioblogs | Blogs, or weblogs, that are enriched by audio files. | Communicate, illustrate, reflection, journaling, peer critique | Provide feedback, assess | Spooky
Projects Edupodder webblog Learning English as a Second Language Learning German |
Text
America Audio Blogger Audio Blog YackCast SkypeCasters |
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| Blogs | A weblog, which is usually referred to as blog, is a type of website where entries are made (as in a journal or diary) and displayed in a reverse chronological order. | Writing, critiquing, sharing, collaborating, providing feedback | Critiquing, presenting, reviewing, assessing, providing feedback, observe work | Intro
to Interactive Communication CyberOne Edublog 2006 award winners College Composition Class Information, Technology, People Class |
Class
Blogmeister Notemesh |
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| Clickers | Formally known as Personal Response Systems, an audience responds to an instructor’s presentation delivered through technology using wireless devices. Their responses are then captured by the presentation device, aggregated and displayed. | Provide feedback, communicate information, reflect | Poll, survey, check for understanding, provide feedback, assess comprehension | HE
applications by Chris Johnson Wake Forest Writing Assignment |
Turning Technologies | ||
| Collaborative Editing/Writing | The terms collaborative writing and peer collaboration refer to projects where multiple people create written works together (collaboratively), rather than individually. Some projects are overseen by an editor or editorial team, but many grow without any top-down oversight. | Writing, collaborating, publishing, taking notes, editing | Reviewing, assessing, facilitating, observe work, providing scaffolding | Teaching
wiki (ideas for teachers) New Worlds Project |
Writely/GoogleDocs Social Text Group Scribbles stu.dicio.us Wizlite |
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| ePortfolios | ePortfolios are a digital compilation that presents accomplishments, products, experiences, reflections, etc. over a specific period of time and/or experience (e.g., a degree program). | Communicate, demonstrate, reflection, journaling, review materials, peer critique | Provide feedback, check for understanding, assess, review, assign value to student work, advise | ePortfolio
Consortium Open Source Helen Barrett’s Resources |
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| IM-Type Tools | Instant messaging (IM) is a form of real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text. The text is conveyed via computers connected over a network such as the Internet | Collect data, exchange data, communicate, collaborate with others | Communicate, provide feedback, counsel, advise, interact with multiple student at one time | ESL General applications |
Buddy
Space Gabbly Language Exchange My Language Exchange |
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| Learning Objects | Learning objects (LOs) are modular digital resources, uniquely identified and metatagged, that can be used to support learning or any digital resource that can be reused to support learning (Wiley) or any entity, digital or non-digital, that may be used for learning, education or training. |
Practice,
experiment, review material |
Lecture, demonstrate, present information | Faculty generated | |||
| Mashups | A mashup is a website or Web 2.0 application that uses content from more than one source to create a completely new service. Mapping mashups use online mapping services, such as those offered by Google or Yahoo, to display customized, clickable markers showing points of interest and related information. | Collect information, identifying useful information, organize information, communicate information | Present information, observe student work, assess | Krazydad Flickr Air Tight Interactive Google Earth |
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| Podcasts | Podcasts use audio or video files that can be streamed or downloaded to mobile devices or computers. | Identify useful/valuable information; listen or view; communicate, demonstrate |
Lecture,
communicate, demonstrate |
Berkeley Courses MIT Opencourseware RSS Feeds - Apple links to HE podcasts |
Education
Podcast Network Podcasts Podbean Educational Podcast ReferatoriesPodcasts: Where's the Learning? |
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| RSS | Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other Web content. Think of it as a distributable What's New for your site. | Document, manage and organize information | Manage information | A Quick Guide for Educators | RSS Readers | ||
| Social Bookmarking | Social bookmarking (SB) is a web based service, where shared lists of user-created Internet bookmarks are displayed organized through meta tags so that information can be quickly and accurately displayed. Folksonomy is one outcome of SB as users self-determine the meaning of what they know. | Communicate, identify useful/valuable information, search for information | Communicate, present information | Directed
questioning Towards a Managed Social Book marking Environment in Higher Education |
Carmun Del.icio.us Bubbleshare Folksonomy Furl |
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| Virtual Communities of Practice | Virtual Communities of Practice (VCOP) are technology-mediated communities in which people with shared interest participate in activities around a subject, problem, or event over a period of time as a strategy to draw conclusions, solve problems, learn, and make innovative changes. | Communicate, present, solve problems, practice, rehearse | Facilitate group work, scaffold, model, interact with multiple student at one time, scaffold, mentor, model, lead discussion | CLII
(HE educators) –Engineering The Well |
Elgg Opencourse Epsilen Live Journal |
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| Virtual Learning Worlds | Virtual Learning Worlds are a multi-user virtual online environment that is structured for learning, but allows the learner to alter and manipulate elements in the environment, within social and structural organization. | Communicate, demonstrate, present, lead discussion, facilitate group work, collaborate, perform, create | Interact with multiple student at one time, lead discussion, observe student work, model, demonstrate | Active
Worlds Virtual-U (HE) |
Croquet Cybertown Second Life Secondlife Insider Entropia The Manor |
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| Vlogging | A blog that includes video. |
Communicate,
create, demonstrate, organize information |
Communicate, demonstrate, present information | Advanced
Food Service The Main who was Thursday Project |
How
to Vlog Vlogmap Community UN Vlog |
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| WebCams | A webcam is a real-time camera whose images can be accessed using the Internet instant messaging, or a computer video application. | Communicate, collaborate, practice, rehearse, perform | Communicate, present information, provide feedback to students, counsel, advice, mentor, observe | Art (see
#2) Geography MSU Viewpoint |
Flash meeting | ||
| Wikis | A wiki is a type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration. | Publishing, journaling, taking notes | Reviewing, assessing, providing feedback, observe work | AI
on the Web User Interface What can you do with a wiki? |
Teaching
Wiki Wikispaces WikiHow |
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