{"id":2180,"date":"2002-10-06T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2002-10-06T00:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/cltnewsletter\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2026-10-28T12:46:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:46:56","slug":"pedagogy-first-technology-second-the-dos-and-donts-of-teaching-with-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/cltnewsletter\/?p=2180","title":{"rendered":"Pedagogy First, Technology Second: The Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Teaching with Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Originally published on:<\/strong> October 6, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center for Learning and Teaching at AUC has just launched a pilot program (Student  Technology Assistants Program) aimed at helping faculty with matters of instructional technology. If you are new to teaching with technology\u2014or even if you are not \u2013 here are some tips that you may find useful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Do not incorporate technology for the sake of technology. Focus first on a pedagogical issue and see if technology can help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Collaborate and learn from others. A good way of doing this is to visit (and encourage your students to visit) other websites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Whenever possible, allow your students to have remote access to learning materials  (through a course website, WebCT, internet links, or email) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Be patient<\/strong>. Using computers as an aid to teaching and learning is an iterative process that requires experimentation and perseverance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Use technology to enhance student-centered learning<\/strong>. For example <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u25aa Promote active learning: drill and practice modules with feedback are one example. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u25aa Encourage collaborative learning (some instructors have students <\/em>proofread each other\u2019s outlines,\u00a0 abstracts, or drafts before submission)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25aa Provide links to the latest data or literature in your field. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Use technology to \u201cthink out of the box\u201d. Here are some examples from the University of  Michigan: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

o David Porter <\/em>(English and Comparative Literature)<\/strong> has designed and implemented the\u00a0 Eighteenth-Century England website, an ongoing, <\/em>cooperative project <\/strong>by UM students studying eighteenth-century literature. To view the Eighteenth-Century England website, go to\u00a0 <\/em>http:\/\/www.umich.edu\/~ece\/\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

o Dennis Pollard <\/em>(Romance Languages and Literatures)<\/strong> uses technology in a variety of\u00a0ways to teach intermediate Spanish courses. His Spanish webtrips site gives students in Spanish\u00a0conversation the opportunity to take a virtual tour of Madrid and then do their own online research to create a virtual tour of a Spanish city. Students studying Spanish composition can go to Pollard’s\u00a0website called The Essay, in which they view a classically structured Spanish-language essay and its\u00a0corresponding outline; by clicking on individual\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

sections of the outline, students highlight key sections of the essay and see more detailed comments on the function of the essay’s various parts. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/wwwpersonal.umich.edu\/~dennisdp\/CRLT.html. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

o Nancy Kerner <\/em>(Chemistry)<\/strong> created CoLABnet, a program whose full name is \u201ccollaborative\u00a0 laboratories through networked computers.\u201d Students work in the lab in teams, with each using its<\/em> own set of samples and\/or conditions. Each team funnels its data into the CoLABnet software program, which then collects, pools, and summarizes the qualitative and quantitative data and places\u00a0it into a customized databank. Students can then study, manipulate, and analyze the data in a<\/em> laboratory context that simulates the scientific process.\u00a0 <\/a><\/em>http:\/\/www.umich.edu\/~chem125\/<\/a><\/strong>.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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