1. Teaching Philosophy Andy Saltarelli, CEP 952

2. Introduction Baby Salts Pregame Why How What Conclusions

3. Pregame – Web Presence

4. Pregame – Web Presence

5. Why – Joining Search in Progress Attended Kevin Johnston’s Teaching Philosophy Session 1… got too busy teaching to finish the second session.

6. Why – Biosocial Perspective

8. A: [crickets]

9. Q: What is one word you could use to describe my role in this class (e.g., transmitter, catalyst).

10. A: [is this mic on?]

11. Q: What is a “quality” learning experience for you? What do you hope this class will do for you 5 years from now?

12. A: [Bueller, Bueller…]

13. Q: What should we do more of?

15. Why – A Question Has the rise of online learning (and CSCL in particular) changed how we look at “teaching philosophy”? Should it? Constructivist vs. Direct Instruction Models Compare 1999-2004 to 2005-2010 “Web 2.0” Coined in 2004

16. Why - Hypotheses H1: The rise of CSCL and Web 2.0 tools has re-focusedthe teaching community to constructivist, collaborative, and semi-directed teaching practices. H1a: There will be less text and more links in the 2005-2010 hits. H1b: There will be more direct instruction words used in 1999-2004 and more constructivist words used in 2005-2010.

18. Constructivism

19. Guide

20. Explore

21. Collaborate

22. Direct Instruction

23. Educate

24. Disseminate

26. How – Lots of Keyboard Shortcuts Follow URL + U + A + C + Tab + V + MS Word Count = # Txt/Char in Code

27. How – Lots of Keyboard Shortcuts Tab +V + TextWrangler + F + href = #Links

28. How – …and TextWrangler

29. What – Lots of Raw Date

30. What – The Descriptives: Means Averages Over Top 15 Hits for Each Time Period

31. What – The Links Average # of Links Over the 15 Hits for Each Time Period

32. What – The Words # of Times Word is Used Across the 15 Hits

33. Conclusions H1a: There will be less text and more links in the 2005-2010 hits. No, YES! H1b: There will be more direct instruction words used in 1999-2004 and more constructivist words used in 2005-2010. Yes, perhaps would play out over larger sample

34. Conclusion – The Future How to mine this data more efficiently? Apply more sophisticated statistical techniques to control for variables and increase validity. Use qualitative analysis to glean themes from the text of the pages. Write my own stinkin’ teaching philosophy.