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TELTA Module (Week 7)

The following is a selection of my contributions to the group chat on Slack from from Wednesday 22nd February to Tuesday 28th February 2017. The Slack ‘Chat Channel’ was set up by Dr. Frances Boylan on 10th January 2017 and I joined the channel on 11th January 2017.

28th February 2017

Gerard Kilkenny [12:53 AM]
I have been involved in different ways in eLearning for about 26 years. I get very involved for periods of time and then move on to do something else. The MSc in Applied eLearning (this TELTA module is an elective component) is my latest foray. The names and acronyms keep changing – CAI, CBT, TBT, eLearning – but one constant is that when I come back to the eLearning ‘fold’, everybody I meet, and everything I read, suggests that we are on the cusp of a digital breakthrough in education. The names of the principals often change, but the evolving eLearning community always seem excited that something is about to radically change education. Except it never does. There is a line from a Mary Coughlan song (from her 1996 album ‘Under The Influence’) that reads “…but every few years it’s right back to zero.

I was aware that Steve Jobs and Bill Gates had a long chat shortly before Jobs passed away in October 2011, during which they talked about education and technology. This is an excerpt from one of two postings below. (The second posting, which is nothing to do with Jobs and Gates, is a 7 minute video called “This will revolutionize education” which I think is well worth looking at in the context of today’s webinar).

QUOTE FROM MEETING BETWEEN JOBS AND GATES:
“True to form, one of the elements Jobs brought up during their final meeting was the failure of both men to “materially” improve education through technology.”

http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/13/friends.and.rivals.discussed.family.history.future/

Bill Gates emotionally details final meeting with Steve Jobs – (May 13) | MacNN
An unaired portion of a 60 Minutes interview with Bill Gates saw the founder of Microsoft in an unusually reflective state when questioned by interviewer Charlie Rose on the topic of the late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, his friend and rival.

This Will Revolutionize Education

 

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TELTA Module (Week 6)

The following is a selection of my contributions to the group chat on Slack from from Wednesday 15th February to Tuesday 21st February 2017. The Slack ‘Chat Channel’ was set up by Dr. Frances Boylan on 10th January 2017 and I joined the channel on 11th January 2017.

19th February 2017

Gerard Kilkenny [11:10 PM]
I’m playing back parts of some webinar recordings as part of the reflective process. I didn’t know that there is a ‘CC’ (Closed Caption) button which shows the subtitles for the webinar (at least in YouTube playbacks). The speech recognition software has Pauline handing over to a country (France) though rather than a person (Frances)! The important point is that this makes it possible to listen to the Match of the Day commentary for the multitaskers in our class. 😀

21st February 2017

Gerard Kilkenny [11:53 AM]
This is the Annotated Mindmap that I will be presenting at today’s TELTA Webinar:

Mindmap (created using Mindomo)

Gerard Kilkenny [11:54 AM]
https://www.mindomo.com/signup.htm?invite=eb0daf4e9c7d45639164ee4d0c7099a2&join=5sZm6C&cmp=404861&src=1

Gerard Kilkenny [11:54 AM]
The Mindomo link above will invite you to set up a free Mindomo account if you so wish. This will allow you to click on the numerous links in my mindmap. If you don’t wish to set up a free Mindomo account, then I have attached a downloaded image (as a .PNG file) of the Mindomo mindmap to this email. This will obviously not allow you to click on the links contained in the original Mindomo mindmap.

http://gerardkilkenny.ie/mindmap-img.png
http://gerardkilkenny.ie/mindmap-img.png
Mindmap (documentation including module description, links and references)
http://gerardkilkenny.ie/mindmap-ref.pdf

Gerard Kilkenny [12:36 PM]
RE: VIEWING MY MINDMAP IMAGE.
If you double-click on my mindmap image (above) and resize the resultant Slack window, the image also resizes. Moreover, clicking once on the image zooms in and once again zooms out. One can also pan the image from left to right in the Slack window containing the image.

Gerard Kilkenny [1:14 PM]
Mindmap (image)
http://gerardkilkenny.ie/mindmap-img.png

Gerard Kilkenny [2:00 PM]
@frances I’m not sure what the “Where” means in “where, why and how technologies could be integrated within their teaching, learning and assessment practices…” Does it mean “where” in the module? If so, for me that would be throughout all of my Geometry 1 Transition Year module. I have just used two sections (area of triangle and area of parallelogram) on my mindmap for the moment. I’m conscious that I have merely repeated that node (area and parallelogram) across Teaching, Learning and Assessment. However, the “where” in the module simply applies to all of the material within the TY module. I assume that “where’ does not mean location, i.e. classroom versus computer room versus home versus mobile? I’ll post this is the Webinar chat as well. Any advice here appreciated Frances.

Frances Boylan [2:20 PM]
Hi Gerry,

Gerard Kilkenny [2:21 PM]
Hi Frances!

Frances Boylan [2:23 PM]
The ‘where’ can mean both actually. So it can be where in the module and for what types of activities could you see technologies enhancing the teaching, learning or assessment processes. and it can also mean the physical where – technologies do not have to be something that are employed at a distance only. You mentioned in your own presentation today certain apps that you can use with your students and you might note on your map whether this activity is happening in class or whether it’s something they are engaging with at home and bringing back into the classroom. I hope that helps. (edited)

http://www.rooclick.com/index.html
rooclick.com
RooClick Interactive Video
RooClick Interactive Video

Gerard Kilkenny [2:27 PM]
@frances Yes, that helps. I’ll have a look at how I can change the Mindmap to incorporate your clarifications for the next iteration of my mindmap.

Frances Boylan [2:27 PM]
http://www.rooclick.com/index.html Have ye seen this? Looks kinda cool. And it’s free to individual teachers. Might be worth playing with. (edited)

Gerard Kilkenny [2:30 PM]
@frances Had a quick look at it. Interaction with video makes sense for learning of course. Will probably set up a teacher account. Schools cost a bit more: $299 per year.

 

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TELTA Module (Week 5)

The following is a selection of my contributions to the group chat on Slack from from Wednesday 8th February to Tuesday 14th February 2017. The Slack ‘Chat Channel’ was set up by Dr. Frances Boylan on 10th January 2017 and I joined the channel on 11th January 2017.

9th February 2017

Frances Boylan [9:16 AM]
Hi all. Just want to check if everything is ok with the material & CA this week? The chat channel has been quiet. I’m away tomorrow & over the weekend so won’t be about to answer questions here after today until Monday morning.

Gerard Kilkenny [9:44 AM]
@frances: I’ll be looking at this week’s CA later today Frances. I’ll get back to you if I have any queries. Any idea when the CATME self and peer assessment results are available? Just looked and there are no links in there yet.

Gerard Kilkenny [10:09 AM]
Gerard Kilkenny
@frances: I’ll be looking at this week’s CA later today Frances. I’ll get back to you if I have any queries. Any idea when the CATME self and peer assessment results are available? Just looked and there are no links in there yet.
Posted in #chatFeb 9th, 2017
Gerard Kilkennygerard.kilkenny
@frances: Grand.
Feb 9th, 2017

Pauline Rooney [10:13 AM]
@Gerry I’m waiting on one CATME evaluation and that should be in today. I don’t want to release the results until all evaluations are in as it will skew them. (And It is only possible to release results to the full class – I.e. I can’t release individual team results. A restriction of the system as I’m discovering!) Will be in touch later today with a further update though.

Gerard Kilkenny [10:15 AM]
@paulinerooney: Thanks. Badges for Week 4 to be pushed or pulled?

11th February 2017

Gerard Kilkenny [2:15 AM]
https://phys.org/news/2016-11-robots-classrooms-tools-teachers.html
phys.org
Robots likely to be used in classrooms as learning tools, not teachers
Robots are increasingly being used to teach students in the classroom for a number of subjects across science, maths and language. But our research shows that while students enjoy learning with robots, teachers are slightly reluctant to use them in the classroom.
https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/hires/2016/robotslikely.jpg

Now that they’ve replaced most of the checkout operators in SuperValu, we could be next. 😀

Mick Mc Keever [7:02 PM]
@gerard.kilkenny I teach automation and robotics in DIT so we have been using them for years to teach. Unfortunately the memory capacity on the batches over the last few years seems inferior. It might be due to a Y2K bug the millennials suffer and can only keep max 4 digits in memory at any one time instead of the standard 7 +/- 2 (according to Miller).

Gerard Kilkenny [7:28 PM]
@mick_mc_keever: Very funny Mick! Unfortunately, there is a certain amount of truth in what you seem to be indicating. In the second level sector, teachers who have been correcting the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Maths papers for many years will tell you that a significant decline in standards began during the celtic tiger years. Many students got part-time jobs, spent more time in menial jobs and socialising, and neglected their studies. Marking schemes for the Maths papers have been ‘adjusted’ for many years now to keep the number of As, Bs, Cs, etc the same inside the ‘bell curve’. If this hadn’t happened, there would have been a national outcry. The new Project Maths courses (which were very controversial and politicised) could not be allowed to fail. There is substantial evidence to support what I say. You could write a thesis on the subject!

13th February 2017

Dave Culliton [10:06 AM]
Gerry I thought the powers were retracting on the Project Maths rubbish? I thought I read that somewhere last year.

Gerard Kilkenny [2 years ago]
@daveyc Who are the ‘powers’ and what do you mean by ‘retracting’? I’m afraid I don’t understand your question in order to reply?

14th February 2017

Gerard Kilkenny [1:29 PM]
Allesio found this simple but very good video on 21st Century Skills. The 4 Cs and 2 Ps. It’s less than 3 minutes long…

https://k12.thoughtfullearning.com/FAQ/what-are-21st-century-skills

K-12 Thoughtful Learning
What are 21st century skills?
The 21st century skills are a set of abilities that students need to develop in order to succeed in the information age. Explore this page to learn about these drivers of success.

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TELTA Module (Week 4)

The following is a selection of my contributions to the group chat on Slack from from Wednesday 1st February to Tuesday 7th February 2017. The Slack ‘Chat Channel’ was set up by Dr. Frances Boylan on 10th January 2017 and I joined the channel on 11th January 2017.

1st February 2017

Pauline Rooney [10:12 AM]
@gerard.kilkenny The full instructions on this week’s CA including submission details are available in webcourses. (See topic 4). As in previous weeks, you will need to click the “Mark Reviewed” option under the introductory video before this week’s content and task details are visible. To “submit” your video you will need to tweet it to #dittelta. There is also a discussion board for this week under topic 4: if you have any thoughts on the readings etc. please discuss there and feel free to post your mindmaps there also. It would be great to get some peer review going before next week’s webinar!
Also if anyone is having any difficulties accessing the group tools etc. just let me know.

Gerard Kilkenny [10:55 AM]
@paulinerooney: Thanks Pauline. I went in to BB last night and I could see that what we have to do is all explained well. I thinks having the discussion board in Webcourses as well as Slack though means that we have to go to two places to see/partake in discussions or chat. I prefer Slack and use it more often as it takes too long to get to then discussion board in Webcourses with logins and navigation. Slack is more instantaneous.

Terri Gray [11:46 AM]
Hi I agree with Gerry slack is much user friendly

2nd February 2017

Gerard Kilkenny [9:07 PM]
I know that e-assessment is not for another couple of weeks. However, during a ‘key viewing’, I found my mind wandering and I started to ponder user authentication for online examinations. Veering off the immediate subject matter, I came across this research paper called ‘Continuous Biometric User Authentication in Online Examinations’. It was interesting to read about an authentication method I had not read about before:

Keystroke Dynamics
http://lsia.fi.uba.ar/papers/flior10.pdf

5th February 2017

Gerard Kilkenny [11:51 PM]
Coggle – Motivating Online Students – the CRISPS-(FC)2 Model (by Group 4) https://coggle.it/diagram/58979f9fc128180001bd6ab5/2a93410f20ca56700d9210bd5ec9b7a7c6c73e51d1a880d59bf23d68b66643d9

Coggle
Motivating Online Students – the CRISPS-(FC)2 Model (by Group 4)
A Coggle Diagram about FLEXIBLE. For assessment, provide a choice of tasks and also a choice of modes for completing the tasks, e.g. create a video OR a screencast. Students feel empowered when they feel that they have control over some aspects of their learning., INTERESTING. Trigger the students' interest so that they pay attention during the course. Situational interest (short-term) refers to an aspect of a course that is enjoyable or fun. Individual interest (long-term) is linked to content and vocation., SUPPORTIVE. Provide a personal welcome to the course (e.g. video or screencast) and be available to respond to students' questions (e.g. SLACK). Create a comfortable a… Show more

Gerard Kilkenny [11:53 PM]
Group 4 (for the Mindmap for Week 4) of TELTA were: Blathnaid Sheridan, Dave Culliton, Gerard Kilkenny.

The PDF file of the Coggle diagram.
Motivating_Online_Students_-_the_CRISPS-FC2_Model_by_Group_4.pdf

Gerard Kilkenny [11:59 PM]
I also tweeted our Group 4 (Week 4) mindmap (Coggle diagram). I used the hashtag #dittelta. Can anyone see it on Twitter? I can’t see any other groups’ tweeted mindmaps. The last tweet with the hashtag #dittelta was from Pauline Rooney (5 days ago) which is Tuesday 31st January 2017. It begins with “Exploring online communication tools…”

6th February 2017

Pat Zaidan [12:02 AM]
Hi Gerry, the hashtag is not updating on Twitter. We tweeted the map and hashtag but it does not show up.

Gerard Kilkenny [12:08 AM]
Thanks Pat. I think my issue is that my tweets were protected. I have just changed them to public. I don’t know if there is any other issue that is preventing tweets with y#dittelta
…with the #dittelta hashtag from being discoverable/viewable.

Gerard Kilkenny [12:22 AM]
I resent the tweet having made my Twitter account
Damn enter key is too close to the backspace key!

I resent the tweet having changed my Twitter settings from protected to public. Still no sign of the new tweet under #dittelta. No other groups tweets are visible either.

Gerard Kilkenny [12:36 AM]
@frances @paulinerooney However, my tweet appears on the #twitter channel that you set up Frances / Pauline! Frances, you set up a Twitter integration with Slack on 10th January and asked if anyone else had set up Twitter integration. As you know, four of us students and Kevin O’Rourke added Twitter integration, with mine added on 19th January. You disabled and removed your integration on 20th January, perhaps assuming that Twitter integration with Slack doesn’t work? However, now on 6th February, I can confirm that it does appear to work for tweets sent from unprotected Twitter accounts. It would have been great if all of the groups tweeted mindmaps had appeared together in the one Slack #twitter channel. As things stand, with the midnight deadline having passed, I can’t see any other groups’ mindmaps for week 4. Technology!

Rachel Lynch [8:45 AM]
I tweeted group 6 but I don’t see it either.

Frances Boylan [8:52 AM]
No idea what’s happening with #dittelta :disappointed: I’ve sent a tweet there now to #dittelta from within Twitter and it showed. Are you sharing/tweeting your map from within Coggle, or logging into Twitter and doing it from there?

Pauline Rooney [9:48 AM]
Gerard Kilkenny
I also tweeted our Group 4 (Week 4) mindmap (Coggle diagram). I used the hashtag #dittelta. Can anyone see it on Twitter? I can’t see any other groups’ tweeted mindmaps. The last tweet with the hashtag #dittelta was from Pauline Rooney (5 days ago) which is Tuesday 31st January 2017. It begins with “Exploring online communication tools…”
Posted in #chatFeb 5th, 2017
Pauline Rooneypaulinerooney
@gerard.kilkenny I can’t see your mindmap on Twitter either. Very odd.
Feb 6th, 2017

Gerard Kilkenny [9:54 AM]
Screen shot of my Twitter interface.
Screen Shot 2017-02-06 at 09.49.40.png

Gerard Kilkenny [10:05 AM]
@frances @paulinerooney I just sent a test tweet with #dittelta from my Twitter account. It appeared by searching for #dittelta, same as for Frances’s test tweet. It also appears on the #twitter channel in Slack if you wish to have a look.

Frances, to answer your question about the origin of the tweets. In my case, I sent the two mindmap tweets from the sharing button (Facebook, Twitter and Embed Code) within Coggle. This forces you to login to Twitter, so ultimately it seems to be sent from there. (However, who knows, maybe Coggle are using an old API).

My first (protected) tweeted mindmap from within Coggle didn’t appear under #dittelta (understandable). My second (public) tweeted mindmap from within Coggle doesn’t appear when you search under #dittelta but does appear in the Slack #twitter channel.

That’s the results of my testing.

Gerard Kilkenny [10:10 AM]
@frances Those increased statistics for Slack have probably something to do with the fact that Coggle chat is unusable (doesn’t update in real time) and folk probably dislike having to take an arduous stroll through BB to get to the ancient ‘chat’ interface. Also, it makes sense to use one place for instant and group messaging.

Gerard Kilkenny [10:16 AM]
Maybe we should get Donald Trump in for a talk on Twitter?

Gerard Kilkenny [10:43 AM]
@frances @paulinerooney The #twitter channel on Slack works. Why didn’t we use it for this group task since a Slack channel was used for the Week 2 group task?

Mary O’Rawe [11:39 AM]
@gerard.kilkenny . And all groups, I can see your map in Twitter, all good and well done.

Pauline Rooney [1:33 PM]
@gerry I opted to use Blackboard tools for the Topic 2 task (i.e. discussion board/wiki etc.), although individual groups were free to use other communication tools if they wished. So I think the Slack channel that you are referring to was your private group’s channel? Thanks for your suggestion though! – it is something we will certainly take on board for further iterations of the module.

Gerard Kilkenny [2:35 PM]
@paulinerooney: Sorry, Pauline, the Slack channel I was referring to was the #video-ca channel that was used for individual posting for Week 3 (last week). The #twitter Slack channel is working. You will see my Group 4 posting was automatically posted there from Twitter if you go and set up Twitter integration in Slack.

Pauline Rooney [2:52 PM]
Gerard Kilkenny
@paulinerooney: Sorry, Pauline, the Slack channel I was referring to was the #video-ca channel that was used for individual posting for Week 3 (last week). The #twitter Slack channel is working. You will see my Group 4 posting was automatically posted there from Twitter if you go and set up Twitter integration in Slack.
Posted in #chatFeb 6th, 2017
Pauline Rooneypaulinerooney
@gerard.kilkenny I can see your mindmap when I view your account on Twitter but it isn’t appearing when I search for #dittelta. I tried retweeting it but when I do that, your tweet is marked “unavailable”. If you can figure this one out Gerry, there might be an extra badge on offer! 😉
Feb 6th, 2017

Pat Zaidan [2:59 PM]
Pauline, Gerry, copy the URL from Coggle and paste it into a regular twitter a/c with the hashtag. That’s what I did the last time. Gerry if your Tweets are protected it wont be seen publicly. Hope this helps.

Gerard Kilkenny [8:05 PM]
@gerta: Adding the hashtag #dittelta below the link that appears when the user shares to Twitter from within Coggle is problematic Gerta. There are a number of technical comments posted to this #chat channel by myself and others earlier today. The tweet is sent but the #dittelta hashtag doesn’t do its intended job. From the earlier comments, it seems that the only way to get the hashtag to work is to create a link from Coggle, paste it into your Twitter account, add #dittelta and tweet. I haven’t tried this myself yet but will probably do so later to test this hypothesis and to satisfy my technical curiosity!

Gerta Nestorowicz [8:27 PM]
@gerard.kilkenny I have seen messages but I still managed to post to twitter! As I said – the first attempt with the link did not work. The second, from within coggle was fine. I clicked share to twitter icon, the new tab opened with the standard message (Coggle – **Name of the MindMap** http link). I simply added #dittelta and Group 6 in front of that text. Oh! and one other thing (not sure if someoe has already said that). When searchin for #dittelta I was not able to see the posts on until I cliccked on the tab for Latest results (as oposed to Top results that twitter search defaults to). Good luck!

Gerard Kilkenny [8:56 PM]
@gerta I put the #dittelta AFTER the text in the Coggle share link. I will try placing it BEFORE the link (later) and test it. Yes, I know that you need to click on ‘Latest’ tweets and not ‘Top’ tweets.

Mick Mc Keever [9:11 PM]
@gerard.kilkenny Did you ask last week during the webinar about loading up PowerPoint into webcourses webinar so we can do the 7 min talk and control the screens as well (like we had in ID module)? I don’t see this facility and not sure where to stick my PowerPoint up on line! Any advice on where you are going to put your PowerPoint would be appreciated.

Gerard Kilkenny [10:17 PM]
@mick_mc_keever: Mick, I’m not going to use a PowerPoint tomorrow because (i) the short time slot (7 mins) (ii) I think it makes sense to show the actual mindmap and speak about the different branches and how our group arrived at these branches. Pauline’s email from earlier today seems to suggest what I have indicated in (i) and (ii). Here’s the relevant extract from her email:
“this nominee will present the group’s mindmap and outline the process by which the group arrived at the mindmap. I will give each presenter moderator rights during the webinar so that they can share their mindmap via their own desktop.”

Gerard Kilkenny [10:27 PM]
@mick_mc_keever: @paulinerooney …but if you have a PowerPoint prepared, I’d say go ahead and use it. I don’t think you need to move the file anywhere. My understanding is that when your 7 minute time slot begins, Pauline (or Frances) will just switch to your screen (which is showing a maximised window). I am assuming that’s the way the BB application works but I haven’t been ‘behind the curtain’. Perhaps Pauline or Frances might confirm this or not before tomorrow’s webinar?

7th February 2017

Mick Mc Keever [12:30 AM]
@gerard.kilkenny Thanks Gerry. As the running order is a surprise there is a 5:1 chance of someone else has to blazing the trail tomorrow.

Gerard Kilkenny [2:22 PM]
@paulinerooney How do you get your CATME score/assessment? I went in just now and there are just two buttons (Rater Practice and Change Password) and no links. I submitted my group peer assessment last night.

Cora O’Donnell [3:03 PM]
I had the same experience as Gerard. No links to my own review..

Mick Mc Keever [4:52 PM]
In summary Pub Only, Friday 10/3/17, 8pm in Dublin City Centre. Now for the location! Suggestions please in the whichpub channel. Any one not included let
them know

Terri Gray [6:16 PM]
Mick technology has gone to your head !!!!

Gerard Kilkenny [7:48 PM]
Good man Mick! I suppose it’s too late for a #whichpresident sub-channel as a branch off the #twitter channel?

Rachel Maguire [10:01 PM]
Good work Mick :+1::skin-tone-2: