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Schedule

The schedule below outlines the topics we will be covering in this course, along with the associated time frames and assignments. Please note that as this is a course on emerging technologies, I may occasionally change the syllabus if new items of interest come up or if I identify alternate ways to support the learning of the group. Any changes to the syllabus will be communicated to you via email, as well as be marked on the syllabus page. Check the syllabus and lesson pages for each week to make sure you are accessing the most up-to-date information.

All assignments are due by 11:59 p.m. EST on Tuesday.

Week 1: Orientation and Introduction Week
Week 1
Engage
  • Activity 1a: Introduce yourself on the discussion board
  • Activity 1b: Set up personal blog
  • Activity 1c: Set up Diigo account
  • Activity 1d: Set up a Google account if you don't have one already
  • Activity 1e: Set up RSS reader
  • Activity: 1f: Sign up for announcement updates

Reflect/Create
  • Complete personal profile form
  • Post an introduction on Welcome and introductions discussion board
Week 2: Learning and Web 2.0
Week 2
Engage
  • Use Diigo to comment on Minds on Fire (Brown and Adler)
  • Use Diigo to comment on Learning and working in the digital age (Brown)
  • Read Tips on commenting

Reflect/Create
  • Blog: Post a blog entry based on questions in the lessons page
  • Create and embed a word cloud of your first blog post
  • Comment on at least two peers' blogs
Week 3: The Networked Learner
Week 3
Engage
  • Watch Networked learner
  • Watch Rethinking learning
  • Read Connected learner (pages 4 - 12)
  • Read Becoming a networked learner (Richardson & Mancabelli, pages 33 - 57)

Reflect/Create
  • Blog: Post a blog entry based on questions in the lessons page
  • Comment on at least two peers' blogs
  • Engage in discussion on the course voicethread
Week 4: The New Ecology of Learning
Week 4
Engage
  • Read New culture of learning (Thomas & Seely-Brown; pages 17 - 38)
  • Use Diigo to comment on and read Connectivism (Siemens)

Reflect/Create
  • Blog: Post a blog entry based on questions in the lessons page
  • Comment on at least two peers' blogs
  • Group leader blog summary
Week 5: Becoming a Networked Learner/Teacher
Week 5
Engage
  • Use Diigo to comment on and read Teaching in social and technological networks
  • Read Web 2.0 technologies as cognitive tools (Hsu, Ching, & Grabowski)

Reflect/Create
  • Blog: Post a blog entry based on questions in the lessons page
  • Comment on at least two peers' blogs
  • Group leader blog summary
Week 6: Educational Applications of Web 2.0
Week 6
Engage

 

  • Read Horizon report 2014 (HE) (pages 34 - 47)
  • Read Horizon report 2014 (K12) (pages 32 - 45)

Optional

  • Read Horizon reports from any previous years for technology ideas

Reflect/Create
  • Post your individual tech tool briefing on the wiki
Week 7: Wikis and Learning
Week 7
Engage
  • Read Theoretical framework of collaborative knowledge building (Cress & Kimmerle)
  • Read Power of wikis
  • Read How to Use Wikipedia as a Teaching Tool (Wadewit)
  • Case study: Vicki Davis wiki/Wikipedia university sites

Reflect/Create
  • Blog: Post a blog entry based on questions in the lessons page
  • Comment on at least two peers' blogs
  • Group blog leader summary
Week 8: Media Sharing and Learning
Week 8
Engage
  • Case study: Pedagogical uses of Fickr
  • Case study: Video ethnography
  • Case study: World simulation

Reflect/Create
  • Post your podcast of a practitioner interview on your blog and your blog entry on the texts you read
  • Comment on at least two other peer podcasts
Week 9: Social networks for learning
Week 9
Engage
  • Read Theory of Knowledge, Social Media and Connected Learning in High School (Rheingold)
  • Read Online social networks and learning (Greenhow)

Reflect/Create
  • Blog: Post a blog entry based on questions in the lessons page
  • Comment on at least two peers' blogs
  • Group leader blog summary
Week 10: Participatory culture and learning
Week 10
Engage
  • Read Participatory cultures (pp. 3-11, Jenkins)
  • Watch Scratch here
  • Read Making projects, making friends (Brennan et al.)

Reflect/Create
  • Group summary of tech tools (Post on wiki)
  • Blog: Post a blog entry based on questions in the lessons page
  • Comment on at least two peers' blogs
Week 11: Learning across spaces
Week 11
Engage
  • Read Making space for makerspaces (Foote)
  • Read Horizon report HE 2014 (pp. 8-11)
  • Read Horizon report K12 (pp. 12-13)
  • Read 7 things you should know about badges

Reflect/Create
  • Blog: Post a blog entry based on questions in the lessons page
  • Comment on at least two peers' blogs
  • Group leader blog summary
Week 12: Future of institutions and pedagogy in a digital age
Week 12
Engage
  • Read Future of thinking (Davidson and Goldberg)

Reflect/Create
  • Blog: Post a blog entry based on questions in the lessons page
  • Comment on at least two peers' blogs
  • Group leader blog summary
Week 13: Break
Week 13
Engage
  • No texts

Reflect/Create
  • Post your video on your view of learning to youtube or vimeo
Week 14: Putting It All Into Practice
Week 14
Engage
  • No texts

Reflect/Create
  • Watch and post comments on at least two other peers' video
  • Post reflections on the course in 467 lounge discussion board

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