It was great to see how Dr. Bonk used Web 2.0 tool in his lecture. I learn a great deal by watching how others use these tools to instruct.
I wish he had a chance to talk about his research a bit more. I am really interested to hear about his research in game-based instruction. I think gaming will be influential in how we instruct and assess our learners in the future.
On a side note, thinking about dissertations for a Ph.D. or our 894 projects. I wonder if the assessment will change to accommodate a more 21st Century approach? We encourage collaboration and group projects in our classrooms and identify these as key skills for the 21st Century. Furthermore, many recent learning theories suggest that knowledge occurs through construction or connecting of information, which would require collaboration. However, our 894 project is an individual task. Wouldn't a group project be more aligned with our teachings and where Instructional Technology is headed? Or is it too difficult to assesss?
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Yup. I agree. It seems like it should actually be a requirement that our 894 projects don't die on a shelf at Cahill, that people should be able to take our work and extend it. It would be great if the ITEC department set up several incubating areas that people could add to for their final project: a master wiki for itec instruction, for example. Right now, we all seem to start from scratch each semester and for each 894 project.
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