Educational Technology and Design

Copyright, Fair Use, & Creative Commons

2012-01-23T10:51:00.000-06:00

Image source: Wikimedia Commons (this image is in the public domain)

These RWLDs for your upcoming lecture on Jan 30 introduce you to fundamental principles of U.S. copyright law, fair use, and creative commons. Your understanding of these concepts is key to making legal and ethical decisions about how to incorporate media into educational projects (and guiding your own students to do so in the future).

Familiarize yourself with pages 1—6 of Copyright Basics (PDF) from the US Copyright Office (copyright.gov). This introduction to copyright law describes what works are protected and defines ownership as well as the typical duration of copyright law protection.

Explore the interactive web site Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright (from the Library of Congress), especially the section Files on Record which provides an interactive timeline of copyright milestones (look for the scroll bars along the left and right sides).

Download Brief Notes: Copyright for Students (PDF) from Iowa AEA Online. This 4-page handout provides practical guidance for making informed copyright decisions and concise explanations about educational fair use and portion limitations. Save this document for lecture, for future reference (and to use with students in your own classroom).

Creative Commons licenses make it easy for people to share their works which are otherwise protected by copyright law. This provides terrific opportunities for teachers and students! It's what you might say is a happy middle ground between All Rights Reserved and the public domain. Watch this 3-min video remix of the creative commons introduction.

Watch UNI alumnus Chris Pirillo describe Creative Commons in this 5-min excerpt from his show.

Read this short blog post about the idea of Linktribution (do this when no specific requirements are provided)

Bookmark and explore these UNI sites related to copyright: UNI Copyright Policies and Rod Library Guide to Copyright.

Read about how one Minnesota woman was fined $1.9 million dollars for illegally downloading 24 songs. Read the follow up to the story of Capitol v. Thomas on Wikipedia.

You may or may not be familiar with the case of artist Shepard Fairey. Consider what you've learned from the above resources as you read about the legal controversy surrounding his iconic image of President Obama.

Web 2.0 & Digital Natives

2012-01-17T10:26:00.000-06:00


Looking for Change

Complete these RWLDs to prepare for the lecture on Web 2.0 & Digital Natives. This is the first of two lecture topics to be included in Quiz 3.

Begin by completing a few surveys:

Learning Styles: Let's find out a little about yourself and how you like to learn.

Please begin by completing the Felder Index of Learning Styles. You will answer 45 multiple choice questions (about 10 minutes). When you have completed the questions, you will be presented with a results sheet. Please print these responses (or at least write them down) so that you can use them later.

After you have discovered your learning preferences, please complete this student information survey. You will be asked to enter your learning styles along with the other information so remember to have your printout with you when you do this.

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This week we will be exploring how the digital world has changed the world, the people and how we interact with one another. This week's assignment begins with an article by Marc Prensky about Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants. This is followed by a group of videos to introduce you to blogs, wikis and twitter. There are a couple of podcasts that include interviews of educators about using new technologies in schools. Have fun!!!

Prensky, M. (2001) Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.This is the classic article about generation differences. Reflect how this applies to your life and your associates.

To be an effective educator, you need to appreciate your students' characteristics. You will be teaching the Millennials (or Gen Y). Most of you are at the older end of the Millennials but that doesn't mean that you can necessarily identify the important characteristics so that you can address them in your class. Watch/Read the following resources carefully so that you will be more aware of these issues.

Growing Up Digital (Don Tapscott) (video - 25 minutes)

This 25-minute video with Don Tapscott discusses what he has learned about the Net (Millennial) Generation. This video is an interview, not an action show. Pay attention to what haYou may recognize some of your friends in this discussion. =-)

Generation Y: The Millennial Generation (article)This article discusses the characteristics, shared experiences and mindset for Gen Y students. Also includes a number of tips for teaching Gen Y students.

Web 2.0/Social Networking Tools

Social Media in Plain English (video - 4 minutes)
Explains social media using an ice cream metaphor to get to the cold truth.

Socialnomic: Social Media Revolution (video - 4 minutes)Turns out to be an advertisement for a book by this name, but it is informative.

The Twitter Experiment - Twitter in the Classroom (video - 5 minutes)
This video describes Twitter is used in university classes. Lots of interviews with students who share their feelings about the experience. This process is similar to the process that we have in lecture using our BackChannel.

Social Media in the Classroom (video - 9 minutes)
Dr. Wesch explains how he is integrating social media in his anthropology courses. He uses an open wiki site for students to share their notes and thoughts about the topics in the class.
This is a link to the website he is describing.

Systematic Instructional Design

2012-01-09T09:00:00.000-06:00

Image used under Creative Commons license. Some rights reserved by Flickr user Rich_James

This first set of Readings, Watchings, Listenings, and Doings (RWLDs) will prepare you for the lecture on "Systematic Instructional Design" and also help your team plan an interdisciplinary thematic unit of instruction.

Watch "Iowa, Did You Know?", a YouTube video that presents eye-opening statistics and thought-provoking questions. As you watch, ask yourself how 21st century skills and tools should be integrated into the design of learning opportunities for contemporary students.

Read highlights of the 2010 Condition of Education report from the Iowa Department of Education. Note changes in Iowa's schools with regard to enrollment, diversity, and funding in recent years. Consider this information as you begin planning your thematic unit and describing the setting and learners for the unit.

Consider the first 11 screens (click "next page") of Foundations of the Iowa Core, a professional development resource for Iowa teachers hosted by the Heartland Area Education Agency.

Download the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) from The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Familiarize yourself with both NETS for Students (2007) and NETS for Teachers (2008). Keep a copy of these documents for future reference.

Note: The following paragraph replaced previous references to the Planning for Instruction website which has been taken down. Use these links instead:

Familiarize yourself with Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains. This site is an important resource for successfully completing Quiz 2 and your Thematic Unit Description project. Use other areas of this site to learn about writing ABCD style instructional objectives, and choosing instructional methods.

Find the Thematic Unit Description project requirements in eLearning under Course Content > Class Projects. Familiarize yourself with the expectations and resources provided for your first big project in the course.

Welcome New Students!

2011-12-30T09:54:00.003-06:00

See those of you registered for face-to-face classes this Monday, January 9, in Schindler 252.

image by M.Galloway