Week 1: ITEC 800 TH August 30, 2007

Hello and welcome to another fun semester of ITEC 800!

On this rather hot day, Dr. Kim Foreman introduced us to her link on iLearn, discussing the course syllabus, expectations, and the importance of group interaction. "Know your audience and how they learn!," she said. Kim mentioned she's like one or more of us each week to post on this blog about what the class had discussed. We then had the opportunity to introduce ourselves, and tell the group our name, where we're from, background, and something interesting about ourselves.

From this, we learned that different information is stored in different parts of the brain:

*Short-term memory (30 seconds)
*Long-term memory
*7 + or - 2 principal by David Miller detailing learning research and how the mind works.

As a broad overview the class discussed the following topics which will be covered throughout the semester in this class as well as ITEC 801:

*Instructional Technology and ID
*Different Learning Perspectives (Behaviorist/Cognitivist/Constructivist)
*Learning Principals and ID
*Instructional Principals and ID Design
*Research and Implement technologies: Online tools: blogs, Wiki, podcasts, Skype, Breeze, Centra, etc.

After a short break, Kim mentioned a great website to take a look at: AECT.org.

The group then went a bit deeper into how much do we remember, which included the group guessing and then Kim reviewing Dale's Cone of Expertise. Subject areas included:

*Read-10%
*Hear-20%
*See(view images, watch videos, etc.)-30%
*Hear & See (exhibits, sites, demo, etc.)-50%
*Discuss (participate in hands-on work, group work, design a lesson): 70%
*Experience(design/teach): 90%
*Teaching

During the discussion, Kim also mentioned ADDIE, which stands for:
Analyze Design Develop Implement (Use It!) and Evaluate

Finally, the group was divided into several teams to try and define what "educational technology" means. For my group, we defined educational technology as the "use of technology to develop and deliver education and access to learning."

For our next class, we're to read "A Brief History of Instructional Development" and create a time line that highlights the major events and theorists in the history of instructional development. We're to include events from our own lives or something from another aspect in history. The time line can be drawn or done on a computer with pictures and/or symbols. Have fun!

Happy Labor Day Weekend!