For CAFDN group at Chicago State University on April 27, 2011. Most images are copyright protected. Do not use images without permission.

1. e-Learning Alphabet
E-Learning Atheists
E-Learning Zealots
My images: rights reserved

2. Barry Dahl dot com

3. A-Z A-Z
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

4. A-Z Networked Learning A-Z
How many
people are in
this room?
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

5. Select each site where you
have an account.
78% 1. Facebook
56% 2. Twitter
67% 3. Linked In
33% 4. Google Plus
50% 5. You Tube
11% 6. None of the above

7. A-Z A-Z
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

8. A-Z A-Z
Open
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

9. A-Z A-Z
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

10. A-Z Postman A-Z
Now
this...
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

11. Neil Postman
• Public Discourse
in the Age of
Show Business
• Published 1985

12. Amusing Ourselves to Death
• Many of the
remarks he made
about television
can be made
today about
computers and
social networking

13. Which of these books have
you read?
32% 1. 1984
11% 2. Brave New World
47% 3. Both of them
21% 4. Neither of them

14. Graphics by Stuart McMillen
Hey Barry! Read the beginning of the book!

27. Graphics by Stuart McMillen
• All words from “Amusing
Ourselves to Death: Public
Discourse in the Age of Show
Business” by Neil Postman … a
book about the possibility that
Huxley, not Orwell, was right.

28. My Take on Postman
• Web 1.0 was just another one-way
distraction device, very TV-like.
• However, Web 2.0 goes beyond
amusement by bringing people
together and encouraging creativity.

29. Related Questions
• How does the use of emerging
technologies add value?
• If we aren’t adding value, are we
simply trying to amuse ourselves?

30. A-Z A-Z
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

31. A-Z Quality A-Z
E-Learning Quality
=
Quality Matters
Right?
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

32. Quality Matters is Sufficient
Learning
• Um, no, it isn’t!!
• Quality Matters
looks at the quality
of course design.
Quality
• That’s good, but it’s Concerns
only one leg holding
up the stool. Teaching Design

33. 3 Major Components of e-Quality
Learning Level
Is High
Learning Assessment
Teaching Level Course Design
Is High Meets Standards

34. Is This a Problem?
Learning Level
Is High
Learning Assessment
Teaching Level Course Design
Is High Below Standard

35. Beautiful, Just Beautiful
Learning Level
Is Low
Learning Assessment
Teaching Level Course Design
Is Low Meets Standards

36. A-Z A-Z
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

37. A-Z A-Z
Rubric
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

38. Table Exercise
• Revisit your list of factors
affecting the amount of time
flexibility in online courses.
• Construct a rubric that could be
used to score the level of
flexibility.

39. A-Z A-Z
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

40. A-Z SMS A-Z
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

41. McLuhanism
“We shape our
tools and
afterwards our
tools shape us.”
CC-BY Photo of Marshall McLuhan
painting. Credit to Adobe of Chaos
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42. McLuhanism
“We shape our Mobile phones
tools and
afterwards our
tools shape us.”
For Talking?
CC-BY Flickr Photo: snappybex
42

43. McLuhanism
“We shape our Mobile phones
tools and
afterwards our
tools shape us.”
No, for Texting!
CC-BY Flickr Photo: mattwi1s0n
43

44. Texting: most used data service in world
4.2 Billion Texters
Worldwide
Source: http://www.mbaonline.com/planet-text/ 44

45. Texting: 72% of cell phone users
45
Source: http://cellphones.org/blog/facts-about-text-messaging/

46. Texting: higher minority use
46
Source: http://cellphones.org/blog/facts-about-text-messaging/

47. Texting: 95% of 18-29 y-o
47
Source: http://cellphones.org/blog/facts-about-text-messaging/

48. A-Z SMS A-Z
Texting your Students?
41% 1. Good idea
59%
2. Bad idea
A-Z N O P Q R S A-Z

49. Texting about what?
• Reminders
about due
dates
• Helpful hints
about
assignments
49

50. Texting about what?
• Breaking news
relevant to class
• Links to useful
information
50

51. Texting about what?
• Inspiration and
encouragement
• Whenever you
need their
immediate
attention
51

52. Hand Holding?
• Overheard: “There’s a
bit too much hand
holding going on here.
These students need to
fend for themselves.”
CC-BY Flickr Photo: mikebaird
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53. Lots of naysayers out there - 1
• “Really? Should we stay up all night and
‘cram’ with them also? Come on, let the
STUDENT be accountable, load the due
dates in their own phones, etc.
Good grief Higher Education is not
Kindergarten.”
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/professor-textblaster/21451
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54. Lots of naysayers out there - 2
• “Students can ignore this text like they
do all other written communications,
like the syllabus and class schedules.
The good students get a break and the
weaker students will still live in denial.”
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/professor-textblaster/21451
54

55. Hand Holding?
• Overheard: “There’s a
bit too much hand
holding going on here.
These students need to
fend for themselves.”
• Also overheard: “We
have huge retention
issues. Going the extra
mile can save a student
from failing.”
CC-BY Flickr Photo: mikebaird
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56. Group Messaging Options
56

57. A-Z A-Z
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

58. A-Z Twitter A-Z
Speaking of
Twitter …….
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

59. A-Z A-Z
Twitter is Stupid!!!
31% 1. Twue
69%
2. False
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

60. My Twitter Network
• Social Learning
• I learn more every
day from my
Twitter network
than I ever did in
school. (Blasphemy, I know)

61. A-Z A-Z
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

62. A-Z Un A-Z
Unfriend
Unfollow
Uncircle
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

63. Twitter makes me like people I’ve never met and Facebook
makes me hate people I know in real life. @shaylamaddox

64. A-Z A-Z
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

65. A-Z VILOS A-Z
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

66. A-Z A-Z
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

67. A-Z Wi-Fi A-Z
Campus Wi-Fi is an Important
Component to Student Success
88% 1. True
12% 2. False
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

68. Educause: ECAR Undergrads Study
ECAR National Study of
Undergraduate Students
and Information Technology
Source: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/ERS1103W.pdf

69. 70-75% of students 78% of students who
Educause:
say they use Wi-Fi ECAR Undergrads Studyit is
use Wi-Fi say
networks and want “extremely important”
anytime, anywhere to their academic
access. success.
79% say that college
“would be a lot harder”
without Wi-Fi access.
Source: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1103/ERS1103W.pdf

70. Beer or Wi-Fi?
• 48% would give up • Before giving up Wi-Fi
Source: http://www.wi-fi.org --- short URL = http://goo.gl/Eg5kp

71. Better Wi-Fi = Better Grades?
• 75% of students polled • agree that Wi-Fi helps
them get better grades.
Source: computerworld.com --- short URL = http://goo.gl/Fh2F2

72. Importance in College Choice?
Source: http://www.wi-fi.org --- short URL = http://goo.gl/Eg5kp

73. 60% say they wouldn’t attend a college
that doesn’t offer free Wi-Fi
Source: http://www.wi-fi.org --- short URL = http://goo.gl/Eg5kp

74. Choose each true statement
89% 1. You are a texter
89% 2. You have Wi-Fi in your house
53% 3. You have 5+ cloud documents
42% 4. You can define the term “Web 2.0”
5% 5. None of the above are true

75. What is Web 2.0?

76. A-Z A-Z
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

77. A-Z X A-Z
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

78. A-Z Xena, Warrior Princess A-Z
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

79. A-Z A-Z
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

80. A-Z You Tube A-Z
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

81. The State of YouTube

82. A-Z A-Z
A-Z T U V W X Y Z A-Z

83. The e-Learning Battle
• The Zealots are those
that tout the benefits
of online learning
without having any
evidence to back it up.
• Zealots begin many of
their sentences with
“one time there was
this one student …”
E-Learning Zealots
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84. Sample Zealot Comment
• And here we are, in 2011, fer cryin‘aloud,
with dodgy naysayers STILL kicking and
screaming and throwing fits in regards (sic) to
online teaching and learning. Get over it,
already – the days of having students seated
around your flowing toga in utter awe of your
knowledge and acumen are LONG GONE.
Welcome to the present.
Source: http://chronicle.com/article/How-Big-Can-E-Learning-Get-At/128809/
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85. Last Words
Wrap-up from
Postman and Godin

86. Quoting Postman
• “Our politics, religion, news, athletics,
education and commerce have been
transformed into congenial adjuncts of
show business, largely without protest
or even much popular notice.
• The result is that we are a people on the
verge of amusing ourselves to death.”
Pg. 3

87. Linchpins
Don’t Need
(no stinkin’)
Résumés

88. What is a linchpin?

89. An artist
What is an artist?

90. Anyone who does
“emotional work”
Work that matters

91. Everyone’s an
artist now
It’s not
what you do

92. It’s how
you do it
Make the leap

93. Be an artist
Do emotional work

94. It’s a choice
Choose it