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Title:

Harvard Was Wrong: Profs’ Perspectives on Blackboards/Backchannels

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Organizer:
Lauren Vargas, Radian6
Description:
This panel will go beyond the discussion of relevancy of backchannel versus blackboard. Discover how professors are successfully incorporating existing social media tools in the classroom and encouraging participation from all students. No student or professor will be left behind in this r/evolution of learning and teaching.
Questions
Answered:
  1. Do technology tools in the classroom provide equal access to all learning styles or are students lost in the "noise"? How can professors encourage total class participation?
  2. Do professors need to create Open Source tools or can they use existing social media platforms?
  3. How does incorporating social media into the classroom affect the student-teacher relationship? Is it about the "tool" or about changing behavior?
  4. How are professors utilizing emerging technology tools to enhance and support the classroom learning environment?
  5. Is it truth or myth that students "know more than professors" when it comes to technology tools? Is the professor "obsolete" because of technology tools?
  6. What is the impact of social media communication tools on learning?
  7. What are the most effective communication tools for professors and for students -- are they the same?
  8. What are the barriers professors face in implementing technology tools in the classroom?
  9. What are the greatest opportunities that technology tools provide in the classroom learning environment?
  10. What is the future of the higher education classroom and how to both faculty and students get ready for it?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Career / Work Concerns, Education, Online Relationships, Social Issues, Social Networking
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
Mack Collier
on 17/8/09
Great topic that isn't getting enough attention and coverage. This will be on my must-attend list!
Kami Huyse
on 17/8/09
Love it! I think this will be critical going forward.
Elaine Young
on 18/8/09
I will be one of the Panelists if we get selected. As a full-time Associate Professor of Marketing at Champlain College in Burlington, VT, I interact with students who have a wide range of comfort level with different communication technologies. Our job as professors is to help all of our students learn how to communicate effectively with the tools that are available today -- and in the classroom it is a big challenge. The age old question is how to engage students around the topic at hand. Believe it or not, it may have nothing at all to do with technology whatsoever.

I teach both F2F and Online classes in subjects that include Internet Marketing, Marketing Management, Non-profit and Social Marketing, and Social Interaction in a Digital Age.

I look forward to talking with people about the challenges and rewards of implementing technology tools in the classroom and engaging around a topic that is one of the hot-button issues on campuses around the country.

Dr. Elaine Young
Associate Professor, Marketing
Champlain College
Burlington, VT
http://champlainprofessor.blogspot.com
@ejyoung67
Beth Harte
on 18/8/09
Hey everyone,

I'll be on this panel with the Lauren Vargas and Dr. Elaine Young.

The three of us have been talking about social media and higher education for almost a year now and we all have hands-on experience with how students are utilizing (or not) social media to learn and share information.

This is an important topic that needs to be discussed by both professors and students regardless of the major, department or course. Technology touches every aspect of higher education and it will continue to influence learning and teaching.

Please join us! We're looking forward to a great conversation and moving the ball forward.

Beth Harte
Community Manager, MarketingProfs
Adjunct Professor, Immaculata University
@bethharte
Narciso Tovar
on 18/8/09
Excellent Idea and Something That Is a Must-Attend for All!
Games Online
on 3/11/09
I would go to SXSW for just this one panel alone.
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