Amod Lele

Manager of educational technology at Boston University;views are mine and not BU's. Feed for tech in education and scholarship; philosophy feed @loveofallwisdom

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My POV piece following a #NERCOMP22 panel: https://t.co/PQTPR15wR4 Students don't like technology as much as you think.

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@readywriting Sorry to hear it. Many good vibes to you.

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@FromPhDtoLife It could be reasonable for academics to sacrifice themselves for the good of the academy if the academy ever sacrificed itself for the good of academics.

I think the last time that happened might have been around 1958.

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And Pronto. #nercomp22

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Alternatives to discussion boards: collaborative writing, collaborative annotation, Padlet. #nercomp22

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Good question: how do you assign groups for groupwork? In corporate groups, they mix people intentionally. So idea: use surveys to assemble groups based on personality types that fit roles. So you don't get a group that's all project leads. #nercomp22

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Discussion-board panel: "Conflict fosters critical thinking." True for sure. Tricky if students have learned to see disagreement as dangerous or disrespectful or insulting, but maybe an even more important lesson in that context. #nercomp22

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Panel on improving engagement in online courses begins by attacking discussion boards, from mulitple angles. Which... fair enough. #nercomp22

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"For technology, less is more. I want to be in person as much as possible and have technology in the background to support it." #nercomp22

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One student: "COVID brought us together, I helped others with their work afterschool." Another: "I didn't have that. I felt a lot more alone." #nercomp22

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@readywriting This IS a tech conference, so I wouldn't say "gaslighting" is a fair description of the questions. I'm happy that it's an organic movement from questions about tech to answers about deep learning and connection: I think that's exactly what this audience should hear. #nercomp22

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Student: "I would like an app where everything for the class like grades and assignments are in one place, like Google Classroom with other things." Looks like the LMS is not dead! #nercomp22

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"I personally don't like technology. I like the old-school way with paper and pen." From a HS student's mouth. Prepare to hear a lot more of this from the "tech-savvy digital natives". #nercomp22

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If you think students are distracted by social media in the classroom, imagine how they'll be during remote teaching. #nercomp22

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HS student: "Before covid, if I looked confused, my teacher picked up on that. During covid, I had to go out of my way to say I was confused." #nercomp22

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Confirmed: description of remote class was "It felt like I was watching a YouTube video, but of lower quality." #nercomp22

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Students on the panel are all very good with self-directed learning, finding resources online. Wonder if that's in part because they were learning a lot less from their remote high school classes. #nercomp22

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Panel on the students of tomorrow, in their own words #Nercomp22

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It’s exciting to see an exhibit hall that’s full of people! #NERCOMP22

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Interesting though that the thing VR has been most effective at is treating PTSD. #NERCOMP22