October 2007 - Teaching and Technology

This month we are presenting resources around teaching with technology. Included are two podcasts - one of which is a video podcase or vodcast - as well as a link to a conference presentation held earlier this year.

Podcasts - Teaching with Technology at UOIT

On Video: Dr. Bill Muirhead interviews Chris Hinton, Director of the Innovation Centre.

Play it / see it - MP4 - 10.9 MB

Maureen Wideman interviews Gerry Pinkney, Vice President, Information Technology Services

Play it / hear it - MP3 file - 2.9 MB

Educause Review – October / November 2007
It’s All About Faculty

This issue looks at the relationship between the faculty member and technology with articles that concern active learning, Web 2.0 and social networking, faculty challenges, etc.   Available online at:

http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm07/erm075.asp

From R2D2 to the Matrix: A Galaxy of Online Learning Style, Motivational, and Blended Learning Examples

Featuring: Curtis Bonk

A presentation given at the Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference at Purdue University, April 2007.  His presentation looks at technology through three frameworks – learner-centredness, motivation, and Read, Reflect, Display and Do (R2D2).  The video runs 1 hour and 10 minutes.
http://video.dis.purdue.edu/itap/tlt/tlt070403b.wmv

Seven Things You Should Know About Haptics

Haptics technologies provide force feedback to users about the physical properties and movements of virtual objects represented by a computer. Human-computer interaction is largely visual -- words, data, or images on a screen. Input devices such as the keyboard or the mouse translate human movements into actions on the screen but provide no feedback to the user about those actions. Haptics incorporates both touch (tactile) and motion (kinesthetic) elements.

http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7029.pdf

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