Presentation Overview

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Presentation Description

Learn about tips and trends for staying relevant in changing instructional environments and engaging students and supporting their learning for jobs that may not even exist today. Discuss the top learning technology trends and Personal Learning Networks.

Learning Outcomes

Attendees will:

• learn tips and trends for staying relevant in a changing higher education landscape, including exploration of new technologies, a look into the future of higher education credentialing, and the future of jobs.
• be able to employ research-based methods for engaging students in learning.
• develop methods for updating digital materials to meet accessibility standards.

Workshop Activity Plan

1. (20 minutes) Introductions
   • Presenters will introduce themselves and orient participants to the session and back-channel
   • Participants will introduce themselves, including the name of the institution they represent and what they hope to get from the workshop
2. (25 minutes) How Our Students are changin
   • Phigitals – Gen Z students who are unwilling or unable to draw a distinction between the physical world and its digital equivalent are known as “phigitals”
   • Social Constructivism and Emerging Technologies
3. (30 minutes) Technological Changes Impacting Higher Education
   • Games, AI and the Future of Cognitive Computing
   • Alter Ego
   • Jill Watson
   • Credentialing and Block Chain
4. (15 minutes) Break
5. (30 minutes) Connecting Education and Work
   • Affordable VR devices
   • Google Expeditions
   • Google Daydream
   • Other devices or new technologies
   1. (20 Minutes) Think Like a Broadcaster
   2. (30 minutes) Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning
      • Review of ADA standards
      • Consideration of what fits within the standards
      • Example of UIS program
      • Universal Design for Learning
6. (15 minutes) Preparing for the Future
7. (15 minutes) Wrap-up – Questions, Comments, Indignant Remarks