Matt’s Notes
Hey there, howdy! This is the first of a twopeat of episodes… linked insofar as Doug crafted these notes and those for episode 49 at the same time… or, at any rate, I received both Google docs at the same time!
I, for my part, have aimed for some GIF consistency— silent film legend Buster Keaton is the de facto Action Man for the EnT… AND… have tied the musical choices to 80’s Minneapolis punk, hardcore, and alternative legends The Replacements & Hüsker Dü…
To each their respective contributions, yes?? This episode is all about Reinforcement not replacement. Feeling as I do about the ‘Mats, I suspect I may problemetize that formulation a bit…
Please click below as per your inclinations!
Sixty-one minutes and fifty-one seconds… you won’t get back!! Will you dare? #ednontech
My objective… to the extent that I ever have an objective with this show… is currently to start reducing the backlog of emails-to-self sitting in my Gmail inbox… so… the next few episodes will include some of those… I honestly don’t remember the first time I saw some of these…
There is also a point of pride for me to include at least one or two references on the slides most episodes… legit former quasi-academic technologist and whatnot…
ANYWAY
How Education Works (Jon Dron)
This is a case where my last work-related reading was the recent Principles of Blended Learning (Vaughan et al, 2023) from Athabasca University Press. As I’ve spoken of variously over the program so far, AU is the home of some of, to my mind, both necessary and practical works of e-learning by some of the best in the field. They are also the de facto home of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model… spoken of EXTREMELY variously on this show…
And so… the latest (for me!) from AU: a book by whose author and title are as promising as any e-learning lit that I’ve looked at across my career! This is, for sure, my next book-length professional reading!
Here is the link to the free e-book! And also the bibliographic reference…
Dron, J. (2023). How education works: teaching, technology, and technique. Athabasca University Press.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion in open education (Distance Education 44)
I’m highlighting this now, cause I have the supreme privilege in a few weeks time of returning to Thompson Rivers University at the invitation of an excellent colleague to lecture to a class on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in educational contexts, broadly…
Suffice it to say that this is going to be downright essential reading in my own preparation for that Ed non-Tech Conversation… with a confirmed guest who I am absolutely stoked to be able to speak with… a PhD in a totally different field, with additional perspective on the BC post-secondary landscape… and a local connection from my teenaged years… BUT… I might have said too much already!!
Here is the full bibliographical reference!!
Iniesto, F., & Bossu, C. (2023). Equity, diversity, and inclusion in open education: A systematic literature review. Distance Education, 44(4), 694-711.
The Internet Classics Archive & Project Gutenberg
Every so often I am reminded in one way or other about these two HIGHLY AWESOME online repositories…
[That statement leads me to the thought: is “online repository” an oxymoron in contemporary vernacular?]
Both the ICA and PG look distinctly… Web 1.0… and yet… they each fulfill their purpose brilliantly…
This is all to say… that if ever I needed a copy of Marcus’s Meditations on the fly… in an emergency situation… this has happened before!… there is always a direct route with an Internet connection… and those private notes-to-self… miraculously preserved across centuries and millennia… have saved me from severe depression more than once… including earlier this year!
They have also preserved a good many Penny Dreadfuls… including Varney the Vampire!
AI Teaching LibGuide (BCIT / Ian Linkletter)
With contributions from a wide range of high-quality sources, this BCIT resource prepared by Ian Linkletter… a significant educator in BC Higher Ed now working as Emerging Technology & Open Education Librarian with BCIT… who has notably been involved in a series of lawsuits both by and against online exam proctoring service Proctorio…
For anyone in Canadian post-secondary, this is a timely, necessary publication. Its sections on terminology, along with links throughout to significant, contemporary resources ensures that educators and learners from other sectors… I am thinking of corporate learning and/or K-12… will be able to benefit significantly… it is, effectively, a sort of “one-stop shop” on this topic…
The Books and Articles and Liner Notes of Bob Mehr (Mats biographer and bestselling author)
It would be wrong of me to end my notes for the first half of this Minneapolis Two-peat without acknowledging Bob Mehr… the THIRD Bob of significance in Replacements history…
*The other two being original guitarist Bob Stinson, and his replacement Bob “Slim” Dunlap
He’s won two Grammy awards for Best Liner Notes, for the Replacements Dead Man’s Pop reissue in 2022… and the notes for the Super-Deluxe re-issue of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in 2023…
And that is just the start! The bio from his LinkedIn says it all succinctly… and it is pretty incredible…
Two-time GRAMMY-winning writer, editorial director, producer, and journalist with 20 years of experience creating acclaimed traditional, digital media, and audio content. Author of the New York Times best seller Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements. An NPR book of the year and one of Billboard’s “100 Greatest Music Books of All Time,” it also earned the ASCAP Foundation’s Timothy White Award for Outstanding Biography. Contributor to the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and U.S. correspondent for Europe’s leading music magazine, MOJO. Reissue producer and project consultant for major and independent labels, including Warner Music Group, Sony/Legacy, and Fat Possum Records.
Finally, if rock bios are your thing even remotely, I can’t recommend his Replacements biography Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements strongly enough…
Doug’s Notes
Reinforcement not replacement
There definitely needs to be a stronger research focus on the interaction between technology, pedagogy, curriculum, and student learning.
Achacoso, M. (2003). Evaluating technology and instruction: Literature review and recommendations. Texas: The University of Texas, 3.
In order to teach effectively in the digital age, teachers must realize that “teaching as you were taught” will no longer work.
Fawcett, G. & Juliana, M. (2003). Teaching in the Digital Age: “Teaching as You Were Taught” Won’t Work. in Rogers, P. L. (Ed.). (2003). Designing instruction for technology-enhanced learning. IGI Global.
Technology had an impact on the way her students learned.
Technology had an impact on the expectations of how teachers at Anne’s school were supposed to teach.
Palak, D., & Walls, R. T. (2009). Teachers’ beliefs and technology practices: A mixed-methods approach. Journal of Research on technology in Education, 41(4), 417-441.
“I’ve never had to repeat directions to students,” said no teacher, staff member, or central office personnel ever!
Soto, L. (2023, May 4). The benefits of using interactive videos in the classroom. Tech Notes. https://blog.tcea.org/interactive-videos/
Word of the Podcast
Reinforcement
Phrase of the Podcast
I don’t care how you were taught!
Question of the Podcast
How do we ensure that the learning is reinforced by technology use?
You, whoever you are checking this out in any way… are downright IRREPLACEABLE! Let’s try & do this again soon!
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