Talking
Toward Techno-Pedagogy
is a collaborative, cross-college, cross-constituency effort that
uses the advent and proliferation of new information technologies
as an occasion to rethink all aspects of educational practice. Talking
Toward Techno-Pedagogy takes collaboration on teaching and learning
as its main goal. Many approaches to the integration of technology
into teaching start and end with the technology. With support and
in collaboration with members of the college community differently
positioned vis-à-vis teaching and learning, we have developed
a workshop that aims to support a rethinking of people's roles and
responsibilities regarding the integration of technology into teaching.
This workshop is designed for teams, and it starts with pedagogy
- the teaching and learning goals of the team members. Through organizing
conversations among teachers and learners from different constituencies:
professors, librarians, information technologists, students, and
other participants in the teaching and learning efforts of a college
we aim to:
- foster
communication across constituencies who are often separated by
institutional structures
- encourage
each team member to reconsider what he or she as well as what
other participants in the workshop have to contribute to the teaching
and learning goals of a particular course
- ensure
that teams leave the workshop with a specific curricular project
to be implemented in the coming year
- help
to build foundations for future, long-term collaborative relationships.
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