{"id":61160,"date":"2018-08-03T08:01:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T13:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/?p=61160"},"modified":"2018-08-03T08:01:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T13:01:56","slug":"ted-tips-issue-5-inspiration-for-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/2018\/08\/03\/ted-tips-issue-5-inspiration-for-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"TED Tips \u2013 Issue 5: Inspiration for Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">I want to start this week with a thought exercise.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Rank the importance of the following free internet services.\u00a0 What is most important to you?\u00a0 If asked to give up one of these services for a year\u2026what service would you be able to do without?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">E-Commerce<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Email<\/span><\/li>\n<li>GPS \/ Maps<\/li>\n<li>Online Streaming<\/li>\n<li>Search<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Social Media<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Even without having the full context and background behind the question \u2013 I was engaged in it. \u00a0What internet service is most important to me? \u00a0There is clearly no \u201cright\u201d answer.\u00a0 People value services differently. \u00a0\u00a0When I starting thinking more deeply about it, I realized that each category of internet services leads to additional analysis and further places of discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Talking about this topic with other people prompted additional questions.\u00a0 For example, what does \u201cE-Commerce\u201d mean? \u00a0\u00a0My first thought was, no big deal, I could do without Amazon or buying products online\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 However, a colleague realized that \u201cE-Commerce\u201d could also extend to a variety of other activities like online banking, direct deposit, automated bill baying, and every credit or debit card transaction!\u00a0 That changed my own thinking on the topic.\u00a0 Could I return to a world carrying cash and mailing checks?\u00a0 \u00a0Do I remember how to balance a checkbook? \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">This type of questioning could lead me to think differently about my own behaviors and habits.\u00a0 Many of these internet services have become ubiquitous, completely integrated in our personal and professional lives. \u00a0It is hard to imagine life without search. \u00a0\u00a0Google search is merely 20 years old. \u00a0\u00a0Smart phones and other technologies continue to evolve changing the environment.\u00a0 YouTube (via online streaming) is the number one place where many learn new things! \u00a0Social Media continues to change how we receive, create, and distribute information. \u00a0A model where these internet services are free is NOT the only possible model.\u00a0 It can be a valuable exercise to challenge our own basic assumptions and expectations\u2026and to discuss those ideas with others. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61163\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2018\/08\/internet_services.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61163\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61163\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2018\/08\/internet_services-300x200.png\" alt=\"internet services\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2018\/08\/internet_services-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2018\/08\/internet_services-451x300.png 451w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2018\/08\/internet_services.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">internet services<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">My goal this week was to explore some tips to create good discussion board prompts!\u00a0 Discussion boards are a great way to improve student engagement, encourage interaction, and expand the learning objective in different areas by getting students to think about things differently. \u00a0They can be used in face-to face classes or online. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">One of the themes of TED Tips is examine our technological environment. \u00a0Approaching questions and topics in different ways can find inspiration from different places and find new ways to connect ideas from one field or application to another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">What was the source of inspiration that prompted the starting question this week?\u00a0 I encountered a version of this question on a friend\u2019s Facebook page.\u00a0 The conversation enraptured me with a variety of healthy dialogue.\u00a0\u00a0 Posts that prompt good discussion often inspire other prompts!\u00a0 After a bit of additional search, I discovered that the question originated from a real world problem.\u00a0 An economist was faced with the challenge of being assigned to a project in China \u2013 and specifically, behind the \u201cGreat Firewall of China\u201d.\u00a0 The firewall regulates the Internet within China by limiting access to foreign information, restricting internet tools like Google search and social media, and disabling many mobile applications.\u00a0 What can you do to plan to be successful from an environment that does not provide the same access to technological services?\u00a0 How valuable are those services? \u00a0The \u201cIndicator\u201d economics podcast (3:38) hosted by Stacey Vanek Smith and Cardiff Garcia that presented this information is embedded here and helps show us how far online streaming has evolved.\u00a0 Good engaging discussion board prompts can originate from anywhere!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">In conclusion, here are a few quick TED tips for writing good discussion board prompts:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Relate prompts to a learning objective.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Provide opportunity for reflection, interpretation, analysis, and problem solving.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Encourage open-ended exchanges. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Seek inspiration from everywhere!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Draw connections between past and present course content.\u00a0 Plant the seeds for future conversations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Next week I want to explore the Learning Technology Center and discuss the LTC\u2019s mission and vision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">\u2013 Ted Witt<br \/>\nTeaching, Learning, and Technology Consultant<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Resources:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/06\/08\/618162974\/would-you-give-up-some-widely-used-features-on-the-internet\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/06\/08\/618162974\/would-you-give-up-some-widely-used-features-on-the-internet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Would You Give Up Some Widely Used Features On The Internet?<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Economics podcast The Indicator, hosted by Stacey Vanek Smith and Cardiff Garcia.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">June 8, 2018 Heard on Morning Edition\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thought exercise for discussion:  Rank the 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