Changing Patterns, Shifting Practices, and Emerging Pedagogies

Digital Learning in the Classroom Roundtable Discussion

What are effective uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) that support meaningful learning experiences? How are everyday digital cultures, practices, and identities of students outside of the classroom shaping how instructors and learners think about using traditional, new, and social media? How can we meet the ongoing opportunities and challenges of technology-enhanced education in these rapidly changing classroom environments? These are only a handful of persisting questions regarding best pedagogical practices for using information and communication technologies in the classroom.

As with all things digital, community is an essential aspect to any work, including critical investigation into and examination of best practices for learning with ICT. Join IRDL as we begin to develop the Learning with ICT Special Interest Group, a shared intellectual and research community committed to mobilizing knowledge on issues pertaining to digital learning and 21^st century pedagogies in classroom environments.

Our kick-off roundtable discussion on technology enhanced classroom instruction features:

• Carolyn Steele (MA), Instructor, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies
• Kelly Parke, Program Organizer, Learning Technology Services
• Dr. Celia Popovic, Director, Teaching and Learning Commons
• Dr. Mary Leigh Morbey, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
• Dr. Heather Lotherington, Professor, Faculty of Education
• Chaired by Dr. Jennifer Jenson, Director of the Institute of Research on Digital Learning and Professor, Faculty of Education.