rpi: leveraging the social web
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Leveraging the Social Web
for Teaching & LearningPast, Present, & Future
Richard Hartshorne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Instructional Systems Technology
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Everyday: Then Education: Now
Analog
Tethered
Isolated
Generic
Consumption
Closed
David Wiley (BYU)
Typical Teacher Network
A. Couros
Everyday: Now Education: Future?
Digital
Mobile
Connected
Personal
Creating
Open
David Wiley (BYU)
Dan Pink, A Whole New Mind
Shift from paper to digital
Why Social Software?
Typical Teacher Network
A. Couros
Potential Teacher Network
A. Couros
What the research says:
50%10%75%80%96%71%35
hours
In education, though, it’s a
different story
Attitudes & Use: Faculty
Blogs (+)
Social networks:
improving student-student interactions (+),
improving student-faculty interactions (-)
Social Bookmarks (-)
However….the overwhelming majority stated that
they do not use, and do not plant to use.
Attitudes & Use: Students
Various Tools (+)
Social Bookmarks (-)
Used tools more than faculty, but not as
much as expected, and not in educational
contexts.
Seemed to recognize pedagogical
affordances of specific tools more
effectively than faculty.
Path Analysis
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Perceived
Usefulness
Attitude
Subjective
Norm
Perceived
Behavioral
Control
Behavioral
IntentionBehavior
Perceived
Ease of use
Compatibility
Student
Influence
Peer
Influence
Superior
Influence
Self efficacy
FC-
Resources
FC-
Technology
*** Significance Less than 0.001
** Significance Less than 0.01
* Significance Less than 0.05
Factors: Faculty
Most Important: AttitudesVery significant: Perceived Usefulness
Significant: Compatibility
Still Significant: Perceived Ease of Use
Important: Perceived Behavioral ControlVery significant: Self Efficacy
Significant: Availability of Resources
Not significant: Availability of Technology
Not Important: Subjective NormsVery significant: Superior Influence
Significant: Student Influence
Not significant: Peer Influence
Factors: Students
Most Important: Attitudes
Very Significant: Perceived Usefulness
Significant: Perceived Ease of Use
Still Significant: Compatibility
Important: Subjective Norms
Very Significant: Superior Influence
Very Significant: Peer Influence
Not Important: Perceived Behavioral Control
Very Significant: Self Efficacy
Significant: Availability of Resources
Not Significant: Availability of Technology
So What?
…we as educators need to reconsider
out roles in students’ lives, to think of
ourselves as connectors first and
content experts second.
Will Richardson
Ustream.tv: Sarasota County Schools
Flexibility/Mobility
Personalization
Sharing (Kevin Kelly)
More of the Cloud
Generating (Kevin Kelly)
Future?
Richard Hartshorne, Ph.DAssociate Professor, Instructional Systems Technology
UNC-CharlotteE-mail: [email protected]
Skype: rhartsho49erVoice: 704.687.8711