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Teaching Digital Natives
Saturday,
November 7, 2009
Bertrand
H. Snell Hall, Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
| 8:30
- 9:00 |
Registration |
Bertrand
H. Snell Hall Lobby |
| 9:00
- 9:15 |
Opening,
Welcome & Introductions
Anneke J. Larrance, Executive Director, Associated Colleges;
Anthony G. Collins, President, Clarkson University;
Douglas Bohl, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aeronautical
Engineering, Clarkson University.
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| 9:15
- 10:30 |
Digital
Natives Are Always On
Presenter: Martin Ramsay, Chief Instructional
Technologist, Appalachian College Association and Managing
Director of Ceath Company Consultants
The
implications of the ways in which digital natives are
different from earlier generations of students will
be explored. These differences set up expectations for
how classes are conducted and how students learn.
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| 10:30
- 10:45 |
Networking
and social time |
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| 10:45
- 12:15 |
Teaching
Digital Natives using Collaborative Learning Tools
Presenter: Martin A Walker, Assistant
Professor of Chemistry, SUNY Potsdam
What
are the strengths and weaknesses of wikis -- user-editable
websites and environments for collaborative online work
-- as teaching tools? Key features of wikis such a basic
editing, talk pages, templates, article histories and
tables will be demonstrated. Copyright issues, collaborative
work and wikis as information resources will be reviewed.
A live wiki will be used during the presentation and
afterwards to illustrate answers to questions.
Presenter:
Tom Langen, Associated Professor of Biology
and Psychology, Clarkson University
Open
access web-based data archives for the environment and
social sciences (e.g. EcoTrends, National Atlas) and
freely-available digital orthoimagery platforms (e.g.
Google Earth) provide an unprecedented opportunity for
students to conduct sophisticated classroom exercises
and research on large high-quality datasets at spatial
and temporal scales that would have been impossible
in the recent past. Models will be presented of how
to use these data for student-active learning, and some
of the challenges using 'uncanned' data presents to
the student 'digital scientist.'
Session
Chair: Maria Hepel, Chair/Professor of Chemistry,
SUNY Potsdam
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| 10:45
- 12:15 |
Transitioning
Towards the Post-Literate 'Academy'
Presenter: Amy Hauber, Assistant
Professor of Art, St. Lawrence University
The
students today are the transitional generation between
literate and post- or trans-literate. The development,
content and asessment methods used in a course on digital
media will be shared as well as observations of students
in the course as they relate to definitions of traditional
trans- and post-literacy. Recommendations will be made
for responsible progress toward the goal of immersing
our students in media as well as poly-modal learning.
Presenter:
Joseph
Duemer, Professor of Humanities, Clarkson University
If
our students are indeed digital citizens, what is the
nature of that citizenship? Using classroom experiences
with blogs, Blackboard, and electronic grading, the
engagement of students with class material and the depth
and quality of that engagement will be explored and
shared.
Session
Chair: Doug Bohl, Assistant Professor of Mechanical
and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University |
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| 10:45
- 12:15 |
Engaging
the "Pod People:" Podcasting in the Digital
Learning Environment
Presenter:
Peter M. McCoy, Chair of Music Education, SUNY Potsdam
Presenter: Brian K. Harte, Assistant Professor
of Science, Health and Public Service -- Criminal Justice,
SUNY Canton
The
current iPod video initiatives utilized in higher education
environments to enhance the student learning experience
will be reviewed. The use of both faculty and student
generated content will be discussed to provide an overview
of the uses of current and emerging iPod technologies
within the classroom environment. Both advantages and
disadvantages of the use of this type of technology
in fostering a positive student learning environment
will be shared. There will be specific discussion about
the use of podcasting as an emerging learning tool to
enhance student learning outcomes.
Session Chair: Marcellina Hamilton, Associate Professor,
Business and Liberal Arts, SUNY Canton
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| 12:15
- 1:00 |
Lunch |
Bertrand
H. Snell Hall Lobby |
| 1:00
- 2:30 |
Digital
Natives Learn by Becoming Engaged
Workshop Presenter: Martin Ramsay,
Chief Instructional Technologist, Appalachian College
Association and Managing Director of Ceath Company Consultants.
This
workshop will encourage participants to explore the
pedagogical implications of engaged learning and how
faculty should approach class preparation in order to
fully engage students.
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