1. CREATING
the
FUTURE
Lessons from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology
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2. Where is the research?
The central challenge for all teachers,
decision makers, and parents is to
better understand the effect that
information and communication
technology (ICT) have upon learning
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3. What is the responsibility of the
public school system to provide
ICT to support learning?
How will public school systems pay for new
technologies against the pressures to
support publicly funded health care?
๏ Growth in health care budget is accelerating
๏ Growth in k-12 budget is static or falling
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4. Safety is paramount but what does it
mean to be safe in the Internet age?
๏ Safety online
๏ Safety offline with many expensive tools
available
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5. 1. How should teaching and learning
take advantage of new Internet-
based technologies?
2. How does the classroom move from
a defined space to an anywhere-
anytime collaborative learning
environment?
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6. EMERGING
LESSONS
from
UOIT
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7. The UOIT Context
Barriers
Demands from
Purposeful
Diverse
Interventions Constituencies
New
Capabilities
UOIT Experiences
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9. Nool.ca
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10. Develop support systems for faculty (teachers)
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12. Attribution and the
curse of plagiarism
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13. Forgetting is now impossible!
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14. Hardware prices continue to
become less expensive
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15. Investments must be refocused
on real value to learning
Without ubiquitous access to ICT, outcomes will be
muted or be detrimental (culture of abundance)
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16. Network technologies are
as important as electricity
is to the modern world
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17. Computer access must be open
‣ Issues of Open VS Closed
‣ Public VS Private
‣ Safe VS Acceptably Safe
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18. Software is still expensive (300
software packages)
‣ Camtasia ‣ Jade ‣ Final Cut Pro
‣ Apache Tomcat ‣ KompoZer ‣ Altera
‣ Comic Life ‣ Maple ‣ Automation
‣ Cool Pack ‣ MediaLab Studio
‣ Dragon ‣ ML Cad ‣ PhotoShop
Naturally ‣ Code Lab C++ ‣ Premiere
Speaking
‣ DreamWeaver ‣ Code Warrior
‣ Faces
‣ Maya ‣ Ghost
‣ Geometer’s
Sketchpad ‣ LabTutor4 ‣ Fuzzy Logic
‣ Gammavision Toolbox
‣ HyperStudio
‣ Smart Ideas ‣ HyperClinic
‣ Inkscape
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19. New capabilities are being
created through creative
development of new
technologies and they are
appearing all the time
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26. Teachers are now broadcasting their ideas on iTunes
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29. And what about m-learning?
TeFrom
BC??
Great,
but
I
though
you
were
on
your
iPad!
;-­‐)
anyways,
since
you
are
far
away
and
can't
hit
me.....
I
shouldn't
tell
you
this
(Associate
Provost
and
all...)
but
yesterday,
to
explore
the
limits
of
m-­‐learning,
I
wanted
to
explore
the
limits
of
m-­‐teaching.....
so
I
did
part
of
my
course
in
Adobe
Connect,
with
full
video,
audio
shared
board
etc..
while
paddling
my
canoe
on
the
lake.
The
students
were
aware
I
was
going
to
try
something
like
this,
but
they
were
amazed,
and
that
for
many
of
them, Text
drove
home
the
idea
that
the
classroom
concept
needs
some
revisions.....
;-­‐)
Not
saying
I
want
to
make
a
habit
of
this,
but
I
had
to
try
-­‐
and
IT
WORKED
FLAWLESSLY!!
Computer
Bluetoothed-­‐tethered
to
my
iPhone
accessing
3G
-­‐
Bingo!
worked
like
a
charm!
That's
what
I
call
"Education
and
Digital
Technology" xt
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30. So how should
we proceed?
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31. with benevolence and an
abundance of spirit to
explore the new landscape
for learning
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32. Contact: bill.muirhead@uoit.ca
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