the flying chair syndrome
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A slide presentation showing how cognitive enhancers can be incorporated into 2nd language learning and an overview of digital literacy.TRANSCRIPT
The Flying Chair SyndromeThe future of digital literacy
Prepared by:
Willard Van De Bogart - Language Institute, Bangkok, University
For
Culi’s International Seminar 2013 – November 21-22
Revolutionizing
English Language
Teaching
For the ASEAN Integration
Revolutionizing English Language Teaching For The ASEAN Integration
Learning methodologies for the digital classroom
Do we need ESL teachers?
IconicInstruction
Introduction
BANGKOK: -- In a 60-nation ranking released last week, the Education First Institute put
Thailand 55th on the English Proficiency Index
BU DNA Professor Award - New breed of teacher
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Students flying in their chairs
100% of all my students use smart phones or tablet computers
The flying chair syndrome
Where are the students going?
A student’s world, a teacher’s nightmare
A Universe of Cognitive Enhancers
More places than I can imagine
Exercise 1: Teaching in cyber space
Your first class
Step 1. The clean slate
The set up
Comfort zone
Step 2. Symbol construction
Trigger cognitive activity
Instill curiosity
Step 3. Definition construction
Insert a visual cue
I have noIdea whatthoughts aregoing onin the
Student’s mind.
Step 4. Identity construction
Provide for realistic imagination
Open resources for ideation
Step 5. Provide a realistic setting
Bridge the two worlds: Virtual and Real
Step 6. Mirror the setting
Mirrored realities - static
Step 6. Mirror the setting
Mirrored realities - active
Exercise 2: The era of Digital Literacy
Where are we going with digital literacy?
Definition of digital literacy
• “Digital literacy is the ability to understandinformation – more important – to evaluateand integrate information in multipleformats that the computer (digital assistant) can deliver. Being
able to evaluate andinterpret information is critical. You can’tunderstand on the internet without evaluating its sources and
placing it in context”. Paul Gilister
Culturally different digital competencies – concept approaches, attitudesDigital usage – application of digital competenciesDigital transformation – creative involvement in the digital domain.
Basics of digital literacy?
1. Be proficient with tools2. Cross cultural connections3. Collaborative problem solving4. Strengthen independent thinking5. Manage, analyze, synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous info.6. Create, critique, analyze and evaluate multimedia texts.7. Share information within global communities.
The Learning Cycle for digital literacy
Digital literacy for in-service teachers is the ability to use digital artefacts as an integrated part of their pedagogical content knowledge and be aware of what implications this has for teaching, learning strategies. Krumsvik, Norway
Taxonomy of Learning
Digital literacy and cognitive enhancement?
A game or not a game?
Digital literacy and Cognitive Interoperability
Teaching scenario:
1.You walk intothe classroom.
2. Every studentis text messaging.
3.You are anotherfish in the sea.
Welcome to decentralized asynchronous learning?
Digital Literacy and Connectivism
Complex learning in a rapidly changing social digital world.
Conclusion to Connectivism chart
Relative diversity of the group was a source of growth, enrichment and cognitive dissonance – in short, each person was important to the learning environment.The idea that learning occurred as a result of this diversity is in line with network theory and specifically the theory of interpersonal ties, which postulates that “weak ties” between individuals are more likely to facilitate the flow of new information than “strong ties”.
Exercise 3: Multiple Literacy
From Boston to Thailand
This is what they are sayingKeys to 21st Century Learning
• To learn collaboration, work in teams.
• To learn critical thinking, take on complex problems.
• To learn oral communication, present.
• To learn written communication, write.
• To learn technology, use technology.
• To develop citizenship, take on civic and global issues.
• To learn about careers, do internships.
• To learn content, research and do all of the above.
Digital Literacy is less about tools and more about thinking.
• Lets Re-mix this idea:1. Language – print and texting, as well as visual, and
multimedia.
2. Information – searching, tagging, critical thinking
and filtering.
3. Connections – social skills and networking,
collaboration, digital safety and intercultural awareness.
4. (RE)Design – remix literacy, copyright awareness
What is cognitive enhancement?
• Impacting both the task and the learner using cognitive strategies is referred to as Cognitive enhancement.
• From a teachers perspective:
1. Evaluate the content
2. Determine the necessary approaches to learning for student success.
3. Using instructional supports to help students apply techniques and strategies
Exercise 4: Iconic Teaching Techniques
• The main objective behind this technique is to find a way in which a student can quickly grasp an idea related to any subject and at the same time allowing the student to apply that understanding to the subject they are studying and help them learn more about it. Iconic Teaching Technique incorporates a multi tasking approach as well as a multiple stimulus approach by offering many different ways for a student to relate to a subject
Cognitive stimulation techniques
Developing higher order functions
ITT Example
• "Green technology is a continuous evolving group of methods and materials from techniques for generating energy to non-toxic products."
Color association with objects for Green Technology
What is cognitive development?
• Sorting objects by one characteristic – by color
• Classifying - architecture and ecology
• Understanding the objects can be changed or regrouped
• Following a pattern
• Sequencing pictures to tell a story
• Putting together a puzzle
Scaffolding – solving the learning puzzle
Lev Vygotsky defines scaffolding instruction as the “role of teachers and others in supporting the learner’s development and providing support structures to get to that next stage or level”.
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How will we adjust to digital literacy?
WolframAlpha’s New Computational Knowledge Engine
In most languages there’s a sharp distinction between programs, and data, and the output of programs. Not so in the Wolfram Language. It’s all completely fluid. Data becomes algorithmic. Algorithms become data. There’s no distinction needed between code and data. And everything becomes both intrinsically scriptable, and intrinsically interactive. And there’s both a new level of interoperability, and a new level of modularity.
Cognitive development - Classification
WolframAlpha app
Students must learnHow to combine informationfrom different disciplines
The next generation of digital processing
Google Glass
Preparing for Literacy
A new era of education is before us
Thank you