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Integration of technology and science education: A collaborative workshop for instructors
Author(s) -
Hurtt Barbekka C,
Kipp Brian H.,
Dutta Kaushik
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.519.4
Subject(s) - personalization , creativity , variety (cybernetics) , engineering ethics , science education , mathematics education , psychology , computer science , engineering , world wide web , social psychology , artificial intelligence
This workshop focuses on the benefits and challenges of incorporating digital education technology into 21st century undergraduate science education. Students and faculty alike are adapting to a new, more technologically driven paradigm of pedagogy in the ‘classroom.’ In The College of 2020: Students (2009), Van Der Werf and Sabatier predict this shift will continue in a variety of manners: greater student access of online courses, improved access via portable computing devices, greater connectivity and creativity from colleges, personalization of education, exploring concepts through games and simulations, among other pedagogical changes. Scientific organizations, publishing companies, and technology companies are driving many of these technological innovations. Research is starting to emerge on the pedagogical effectiveness of digital education resources, although no clear, definitive relationship has been identified. The goals of this workshop are to discuss: 1) how digital education resources can be leveraged to complement and enhance traditional science education pedagogical approaches, and 2) preliminary results of studies identifying the resources anatomy and physiology students find most effective for studying and learning. Digital content from McGraw‐Hill Higher Education as utilized by two faculty members in their A&P courses will be discussed as part of the preliminary research.