canvas: bells & whistles + improvables
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CanvasBells & Whistles + Improvables
Bodong Chen, Assistant Professor
Curriculum & Instruction, CEHD
November 8, 2016
About me
Learning Technologies
▷ Computer-supportedcollaborative learning (CSCL)
▷ Learning analytics▷ Online learning & MOOCs
My prior journey with LMS
▷ 2006 -- Develop a SCORM-compliance LMS
▷ 2008 -- Moodle customization
▷ 2009~onging -- Knowledge Forum, etc.
(as a researcher; “anti-management”)
▷ 2015~ongoing -- Canvas, KF, Data Carpentry, etc.
(as an instructor)
My pedagogical principles
Community of inquiry (Garrisona & Arbaugh, 2007)
Photo credit
My pedagogical principles (cont’d)
(Chen & Hong, 2016; Scardamalia, 2002; Scardamalia & Bereiter, 2014)
Photo credit: Dr. Monica Resendes
Knowledge-Building Communities▷ Student agency▷ Improvable ideas▷ Community discourse▷ Knowledge-generating
(vs. knowledge-telling)
My (biased) pedagogical needs
More of:
▷ Scaffolding
▷ Conversations
▷ Student identity
▷ Self-regulation
▷ Emergent collaboration
▷ Community progress
▷ …
Less of:
▷ Managing
▷ Knowledge transmission
▷ Content-centric
▷ Teacher-regulation
▷ Scripted collaboration
▷ Solely individualistic goals
▷ …
Note: # of institutions currently using Canvas: 628. Figure shows institutions with 2K+ students.
My courses on Canvas
▷ CI 4311W - Fall’15 (public version)
▷ CI 4311W - Spring’16, Summer’16▷ CI 5301 - Summer’16, Fall’16▷ CI 8134/35 - Fall’16, Spring’17
Special thanks to LT PhD candidate Derek Schwartz
““my first time using Canvas… it is pretty easy to
navigate and [has a] pretty slick look.”
“Tricky in the beginning. It is really easy to get used to.”
“I think it is [a] better version of Moodle.”
Third-party tools: Yellowdig Photo credit
Unizin Engage (A big shout-out to Shane Nackerud!)
More course-level customizationWith contributions from Derek Schwartz
Color schemesFront-page templates
Customizable analytics...
(Yet another long)threaded discussion
Opportunities● “Movable” ideas● Richer linkages● Support for reflection● Mentioning (@)● Cross-thread search
What is Canvas -- for you?
By Phil HillBy Stephen Downes ?
Know -- Make -- Play(Thomas & Brown, 2011)
▷ Instructors in the “new cultures” of learning
▷ Emerging PD areas (e.g., data literacy)
▷ Campus dialogues (e.g., Unizin CoP)
Thank [email protected]
@bod0nghttp://bodong.ch/
AcknowledgmentsChris Scruton, Erik Epp, Tom Nechodomu
Shane NackerudDerek Schwartz, Yu-Hui Chang