Enhancing teaching with technology Education Case Study Dr

+ Enhancing teaching with technology Education Case Study Dr Miriam Tanti Miriam. Tanti@acu. edu. au Leanne. Cameron@acu. edu. au Leanne Cameron

+ Curiosity is everything https: //vimeo. com/128238282

+ Learning for life Australian governments committed to promote equity and excellence in schooling by supporting all young Australians to become: • successful learners • confident and creative individuals • active and informed citizens • be highly skilled in the use of ICT. https: //education. gov. au/melbourne-declaration-educational-goals-young-people

+ Digital Technologies Curriculum

+ ICT in the Australian Curriculum The general capability assists students to become effective users of ICT The Digital Technologies curriculum assists students to become confident creators of digital solutions

+ Education case study 1. Infographics 2. Twitter 3. Snapchat

+ Getting the message across in a visual world Designed by Colin Jacques

+ Twitter n Embedded into undergraduate and postgraduate units: EDFD 472 Transition to the profession, EDFD 529 and EDFD 589 Effective Teaching and Professional Practice (Primary and Secondary) n Cohort of approx 90 - 145 students n Aim: To get students to develop communities of practice (internal and external) n ww. w. twitter. com

+ The Twitter journey n The integration of Twitter, did not reap immediate rewards. n 2009 student evaluations reported, n n “use of Twitter was tokenistic” (Student, EDFD 529, 2009) n “use of Twitter was over-dominated by certain students. There needs to be a way to control that. ” (Student, EDFD 529, 2009). The cyclic interrogation of the student evaluations and literature on the use of social media in higher education (e. g. Siemens, 2007; Keefer, 2008) has resulted in the establishment of a strong ACU social media community n 2015 responses from student evaluations read, “The Twitter assignment was very enriching. I have a phobia of social media and was resistant to Twitter. However as I came to understand Twitter and how it is used I found it beneficial. I have made educational connections with experts all of [sic. ] the world and will continue to use it throughout my career. ” (Student, EDFD 472, 2015)

+ 2016 Twitter case study n Removed Twitter as an assessment task n From 133 students 30 chose to engage with Twitter n Take home: n n ICT integration takes time n Academics n Students Change can not just come from within

+ Snapchat n Embedded into Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts EDST 441 – ICT Curriculum and Teaching 1 n Cohort of approx 50 students n Aim: to get students to draw connections between personal experience and curriculum content (Dewey (1938/1997). Experience and education. Macmillan).