Center for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching

(CALT)

http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/calt

Anne Arundel Community College

Bruce Bird

October 3, 2000

Mission

  • explore possible applications of new technology to teaching and learning
  • explore recent advances in the theory of teaching and learning
  •  increase faculty awareness of new technology
  • provide a faculty computer resource center
  • offer faculty workshops on software and hardware with application to the creation and delivery of teaching materials
  • work with the Learning Systems Technology group to provide support for faculty projects (Online Academy, Designs for Learning grants)

Tour of CALT Web site

  • Gateway to Teaching, Learning, and Technology Resources on the Web
  • Examples
  • Wandering Web Watchers
  • Faculty Workshops
  • Teaching Templates

Trends

  • Technology

rate of change increasing

delivery system:      

floppy disk, CD-ROM, Web ---> CD/DVD-ROM,

broadband Web, interactive TV, wireless handhelds

computers ---> faster, more memory, more storage

  • Teaching

rate of change not increasing  ( good or bad?)

text and images -----> text, images, audio, video, animation, 3-D  -----> increased interactivity ---> tutorials

e-mail, chat, listserves  ---> group conferencing ----> video conferencing

Opportunities

Different ways to teach

  • Variable semester length
  • Over the shoulder
  • Just in time
  • Games
  • Studio
Mulling Time

 Handbook of Intelligence, Robert J. Sternberg editor, Cambridge University Press, 2000

Criteria for Teaching Intellectual Ability - Richard E. Mayer

  • teach a small set of well-documented cognitive skills
  • emphasize the processes involved in learning
  • teaching of learned skills should be embedded within specific subject domains
  • teach students how to learn before they try to master basic skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have Fun

 

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