i've got my computer... now what

I’ve got my computer… now what?

Colin GrahamSubject co-ordinator for Study Skills and Strategies

School of Foreign LanguagesAbdullah Gul University

Egitim Teknolojileri Zirvesi - 14th March 2015

Contents

• Background about the University• A – Z of some issues• Questions


Background – Where are We?


Background – Who are We?

• State university supported by private funding

• All teaching done in English• Inaugurated 2010• 4 schools• 13 graduate and

undergraduate programmes• Cited among the

preferences of 21,534 high school graduates nationwide and as number one choice of 3,046 of these future students

• First students 2013-2014 academic year


A is for…


A is for… AARGH!


B is for…


B is for… blending learning

• What exactly is it?


C is for…


C is for… compatibility

• iPad• Apple• Windows


D is for…


D is for… Diigo

• Research• Collaboration• Filtering• Organizing


E is for…


E is for… engagement

• How does it happen?• Is it guaranteed each time?


F is for…


F is for… flipped classrooms

• Not a new idea• Change of methodology• Not just replacing the

textbook with a video


G is for…


G is for… games

• Gamification• Measurement of

achievement


H is for…


H is for… help!

• Is it available?• Is it appropriate?


I is for…

• “Is there anywhere on earth exempt from these swarms of new books?”

– Erasmus, 1525


I is for… information

• Paralysis through analysis• Intellectual laziness• Impulsive & flighty

consumers• “A little learning…”

• Internet of “things” – the second digital revolution


J is for…


J is for… Jing

• Self-made tutorials• Student-made tutorials


K is for…


K is for… knowledge

• Language• Technology• Application


L is for…


L is for… LiveBinders

• Research• Presentations• Collaboration


M is for…


M is for… motivation

• Element of self-pacing• Delivery and content• Affect


N is for…


N is for… note-taking

• Effectiveness• Techniques• Paper vs digital


O is for…


O is for… organization

• Finding things quickly• Time management


P is for…


P is for… plagiarism

• How to check/combat?


Q is for…


Q is for… quizzes

• Feedback• Self-made


R is for…


R is for… reference tools

• Monolingual• Bilingual• Visual• Collocation• Thesaurus


S is for…


S is for… Schoology

• Resource bank• Administrative tool


T is for…


T is for… technology

• When it’s not there?• Appropriate?• Pencil and paper…


U is for…


U is for… university

• New ‘culture’• Independence• Expectations


V is for…


V is for… vocabulary

• Recording methods• Choice• Lexico-syntactic structures


W is for…


W is for… Wikipedia

• Principled referencing?• Over-reliance • Primary sourcing


X is for…


X is for… a gratuitous picture of Hugh & Halle

• Mutation or evolution?


Y is for…


Y is for… YouTube

• Availability of material• Quality of material• Student-generated content?


Z is for…

• Zyxt is listed as the last word in the online Oxford English Dictionary, an obsolete Kentish word that is the second singular indicative present form of the verb see. The next-to-last is zyxst, an obsolete word meaning 'sixth'.

• Several online dictionaries list the word zyzzyva, a tropical American weevil, as the last word in the letter Z.


Am I the last word?

Contact

Any questions?

[email protected]


i've got my computer... now what

Documents

state university

blending learning

high school graduates

swarms of new books

study skills

schools13 graduate

private fundingall teaching

undergraduate programmescited