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The technology boundary: a strategy to bridge the gap

Explore strategies, tools, and resources to overcome the challenges of the technology boundary in education, and unleash the full potential of IT for enhanced teaching and learning experiences.

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The technology boundary: a strategy to bridge the gap

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  1. JISC RSC summer conference 2006 The technology boundary: a strategy to bridge the gap Liz Falconer E-learning development co-ordinator

  2. The technology boundary – some apparent characteristics • Appears difficult to cross • Confounded by a different language • Constructed by IT specialists • The classroom is becoming second best • Risk of being left behind • Student expectation (explicit) • Institutional expectation (tacit)

  3. The upshot • Technology dominance • Difficult to envision the potential of IT • Lost opportunities for enhancing teaching and learning

  4. The UWE strategy • Reduce bottlenecks and dependencies on small numbers of technical staff • Not require teachers to re-skill • Teachers use the media with which they are familiar • Let technology do conversions to web friendly formats

  5. The tools • Word to html – Transit • PowerPoint to Flash – Pointe Cast Publisher • Office documents to pdf – Active pdf • All tools available on networked drives – upload files to source folders and pick up conversions from output folders.

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