https://toddtaylor.myportfolio.com
Students compose a "Spark Page" instead of a research paper.
Go to https://spark.adobe.com to get a free account and start creating in minutes.
Spark Page has almost no learning curve.
Initiative for Digital Education for Accelerated Learning
The goal of IDEAL is to transform current undergraduate pedagogical practice at FPU through the enhancement, across the curriculum, of digital skills and literacy.
Context: The Third (or Fourth) Industrial Revolution
New York Times: "Welcome to the Post-Text Future"
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/09/technology/the-rise-of-a-visual-internet.html
"I’ll make this short: The thing you’re doing now, reading prose on a screen, is going out of fashion. . . . The defining narrative of our online moment concerns the decline of text, and the exploding reach and power of audio and video."
- Farhad Manjoo
Digital Renaissance
Science and Art
Technology and Humanity
High-Impact, Experiential, Applied, Active Teaching and Learning
- Students are no longer passive consumers of knowledge and information.
- Students become active producers of knowledge and information.
- Learning by doing, making, problem-solving = creative, critical thinking and learning.
- Learning outcomes and capacities that transfer
University Mission Statement
Franklin Pierce University embraces an education that matters: one that achieves academic success through the integration of liberal arts and professional programs. Our community of educators and learners creates an environment that fosters intellectual curiosity and encourages experiential and applied learning. A Franklin Pierce experience enables each student to discover and fulfill his or her own unique potential. We prepare students to become confident, knowledgeable individuals and leaders of conscience.
University Vision Statement
Franklin Pierce University will be celebrated for providing distinctive educational opportunities that intentionally connect academic majors and programs to meaningful career options through the integration of our liberal arts heritage and excellence in undergraduate and graduate education. Our alumni will be well-prepared for the professional, personal and social demands of the 21st century and will continue to be ethical leaders and catalysts for positive change within and beyond their communities.
At UNC Chapel Hill, we are using Adobe Creative Cloud as a "virtual maker space" that travels with students wherever they go:
to produce and circulate intellectual work
to critically and creatively solve problems for themselves, their communities, families, professions, institutions, and organizations
"Our Lives Together" is a documentary short film made by Carrie Lewis, who had never made a film before this class. The film tells the story of a family's poignant struggle with Alzheimer's disease through the words of loving, faithful wife and her thoughtful, caring son.
In what kinds of courses/departments might "Our Lives Together" belong?
From a Student Experience perspective, how might an assignment like "Our Lives Together" compare with a conventional research paper on such a topic?
From a Faculty perspective, how might an assignment like "Our Lives Together" compare with a conventional research paper on such a topic?
Omni-Literate Students
TOOL vs. INSTRUMENT
"The goal of IDEAL is to transform current undergraduate pedagogical practice at FPU."
Critical Literacy = From Knowledge Consumers to Knowledge Producers
Critical Digital Literacy = From Media/Information Consumers to Media/Information Producers
Digital Literacy Pedagogy is not just merely aesthetic; it's epistemological.
Digital Literacy Pedagogy is not just surface, it's substance.
1) Early success and retention
2) Success across the curriculum and time-to-degree through transformative, high-impact, experiential learning
Watch One -- Do One -- Teach One
Adobe Creative Cloud is a Virtual Maker Space that travels with students where they live and work through their mobile devices.
https://issuu.com/tiffanyfriedman/docs/scientific_tar_heel_vol._1
3) Success on the job market: Professional, Technical, and Scientific Communication
4) Success as life-long learners
"I thought of you because I am now in charge of my division's blog; I just utilized some HTML code that you taught me during my freshman year [2000]! When I reflect back on how I have used the skills you taught in that class, I am amazed by what a positive impact you've had on my life. By using multimedia, you helped me understand the importance of strong communication skills as well as given me unique skills [that others in my profession do not have]."
Faculty Development and Support
IDEAL: "Develop a digital pedagogy library"
Free Online Textbook: Adobe Creative Cloud Across the Curriculum
Todd Taylor Online Portfolio and this Presentation
https://toddtaylor.myportfolio.com/
Adobe Education Exchange "Turn-key" Teaching Modules
https://edex.adobe.com/member/2148d786/
Ten Commandments for Innovating with Instructional Technology
Credits:
Created with images by Markus Spiske - "untitled image" • nike159 - "deadvlei namibia africa desert drought tree dead" • Skitterphoto - "apple tree garden green fruit season summer" • mp1746 - "apple pie dining food sweet baker taste" • Art Poskanzer - "heating manifold" • skeeze - "discovery space shuttle launch mission astronauts liftoff"