Comments on: Teacher’s Buzz, November 13, 2006 http://mapetite.wordpress.com/2006/11/15/teachers-buzz-november-13-2006/ Vidya's eclectic musings on everything from technology to tarot! Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:34:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Vidya http://mapetite.wordpress.com/2006/11/15/teachers-buzz-november-13-2006/#comment-57 Vidya Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:08:50 +0000 http://mapetite.wordpress.com/2006/11/15/teachers-buzz-november-13-2006/#comment-57 I couldn't agree more. I would also contend that these communities already exist and often times, are no more than a keyboard's length away. For instance, I regularly access them via blogs, IM, Skype, webinars, and sometimes, just good old fashioned POTS ;-). So the other challenge is: How do we make faculty who don't integrate information technologies into their teaching and learning processes a part of these communities and help them tap into the wealth of their collective wisdom. I suspect the answer in part is that faculty see information technologies as a distinct entity, aside and apart from their curricular or research process. For their students, of course, it's just a way of life, a part of what they do everyday, it's not even perceived as "technology". And until the twain do meet as it were, we will grapple with these challenges. I couldn’t agree more. I would also contend that these communities already exist and often times, are no more than a keyboard’s length away. For instance, I regularly access them via blogs, IM, Skype, webinars, and sometimes, just good old fashioned POTS ;-) . So the other challenge is: How do we make faculty who don’t integrate information technologies into their teaching and learning processes a part of these communities and help them tap into the wealth of their collective wisdom.

I suspect the answer in part is that faculty see information technologies as a distinct entity, aside and apart from their curricular or research process. For their students, of course, it’s just a way of life, a part of what they do everyday, it’s not even perceived as “technology”. And until the twain do meet as it were, we will grapple with these challenges.

]]> By: Gardner http://mapetite.wordpress.com/2006/11/15/teachers-buzz-november-13-2006/#comment-56 Gardner Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:21:46 +0000 http://mapetite.wordpress.com/2006/11/15/teachers-buzz-november-13-2006/#comment-56 Excellent questions and insights. We need communities of practice (i.e., robust user communities) if we ever hope to scale and support transformation of teaching and learning with the integration of information technologies. It's all about education and community. Excellent questions and insights. We need communities of practice (i.e., robust user communities) if we ever hope to scale and support transformation of teaching and learning with the integration of information technologies. It’s all about education and community.

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