1. Incorporating Web 2.0 Tools in a DE Environment to Develop Critical Thinking Skills in African American Students Cynthia Johnson, MS, BS, CHES Online Program Director/Adjunct Instructor Dept of Health Studies, Texas Woman’s University Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Conference 2010

2. Outline Stats Advantages & disadvantages Bloom’s Taxonomy Higher level thinking skills in African American students Open source web tools Overcoming barriers to techology innovations Questions?? Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

3. Stats 8.3 % African-American college students enrolled in an online course, compared to 8.6% White students Estimated 175,000 African-American DE students (Distance Education Report, 2004) Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

4. Advantages: More affordable than living on campus?? Able to work full-time ?? Pursue education at their convenience?? Able to stay at home to take care of children?? Disadvantages: DE course fees increases affordability Full-time work schedule decreases graduation rate Enrollment less than 12-15 hours credit load per semester delays graduation date Difficulty staying at home to care for children Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

5. Comparison of Bloom’s Taxonomy & Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating Collaboration** Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

6. Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

7. Why higher level thinking skills in African American students? To be competitive in 21st Century world. To be able to work well together with the global community. To be able to effectivelycommunicate social injustices, racial and health disparities and issues to the key leaders. Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

8. Evaluating (featuring Discussion Boards participation, and Internet source validation) Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

9. Discussion board participation Commenting and replying to threaded discussion Providing constructive criticism Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

10. Validating Internet sources Wealth of Internet information, but lack of data authentication Correct URL links Proper APA format Evaluate data sources Type of sources (.com, .org, .edu, .gov) Professional journals, library databases RefWorks (http://www.refworks.com/) Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

11. Creating (featuring animoto.com and “photovoice”) Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

12. Animoto.com Free! Create 30 seconds video clips Images and music Edit, produce and publish high quality video Interacts with facebook, and flickr accounts Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

13. Animoto.com [cont.] Children of Africa http://animoto.com/play/YyYQ9q6bkJ6OxHpOAEoP0g?utm_campaign=share_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_email Senegal, Africa http://animoto.com/play/kKKGcgT0I9g5V5KELL1AKA?utm_campaign=share_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_email Breastfeeding Saves http://animoto.com/play/Uvl1CavNid18AKqCgo8hlg?utm_campaign=share_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_email Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

14. “Photovoice” Methodology Developed by Dr. Carolyn Wang Based on Paulo Freire’s theory Used for community participatory needs assessment Key concepts: Photo Voice Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

15. Collaboration (Featuring wiki collaboration) Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

16. pbWiki PbWorks.com http://pbworks.com/content/edu+overview TWU HS 6443.50 Foundations of Health Science http://www.screencast.com/users/LSandon/folders/Default/media/49c38350-c717-407e-9180-7cf2fa05a7a1 Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

17. Overcoming barriers to technology innovation Effective Diffusion Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

18. Diffusion of Innovation Defined as:“ the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system.”(Glanz, K., Rimer, B., & Lewis, F., 2002) Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

19. Key factors to maximize appeal Relative advantage Compatibility Complexity Trialability Observability Impact on social relations Time Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

20. Communication Channels Media Software demonstrations from vendors Videos of students’ example work Interpersonal interaction Networking One-on-one “early adopters” Decision makers Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

21. Questions??? Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence

22. References Crew, R. (2007). Only connect: the way to save our schools. New York, NY: Sarah Crichton Books Church, A. (2009). Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. Retrieved on January 19, 2009 at http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+Digital+Taxonomy In the news: Black students and distance education. (2004, August 1). Distance Education Report, pg.3. Dynarski, S. (2005). Finishing college: the role of state policy in degree attainment. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan, 2005). Retrieved on February 20, 2010 at http://cee.lse.ac.uk/27-05-05-dyn.pdf Glanz, K., Rimer, B., & Lewis, F. (2002). Health behavior and health education: theory, research, and practice. Diffusion of Innovations. (pp. 312-334). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. McKeachie, W. & Svinicki, M. (2006). McKeachie’s teaching tips. strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co. Ogbu, J. (1992). Understanding cultural diversity and learning. Educational Researcher, 5, pp. 5-24. Pbwiki, Inc. (2010). PBWorks. Pbworks for your classroom and School District. Retrieved on March 1, 2010 at http://pbworks.com/content/edu+overview Wang, C. & Burris, M. (1997). Photovoice: concept, methodology, and use for participatory needs assessment. Vol. 24: 369 DOI. 10.1177/109019819702400309. Zvacek, S. (2001). Confessions of a Guerilla Technologist. Educause Quarterly, 2, pp. 40-45. Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education 37th Annual Confererence