{"id":215,"date":"2017-09-28T15:41:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T22:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/?p=215"},"modified":"2017-09-28T15:41:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T22:41:11","slug":"assignment-1-hotseat-learning-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/assignment-1-hotseat-learning-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment 1 &#8211; Hotseat learning tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Interestingly enough, I came across two different tools almost simultaneously when I conducted a web search into technology for student engagement.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The first I came to was a tool called iClicker, and the second, which I will discuss here is called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wz6TUhcGf6s\">Hotseat<\/a>. If you want to see a comparison, I have included it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itap.purdue.edu\/learning\/tools-resources\/hotseat-vs-iclicker.html\">here<\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Although not used (to my knowledge) in online learning environments, this tool has many aspects which support constructivist learning theory, as well as current instructional design approaches to learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-216 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2017\/09\/hotseat-large-300x105.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2017\/09\/hotseat-large-300x105.gif 300w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2017\/09\/hotseat-large-600x210.gif 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/105;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image was taken from:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openhotseat.org\/images\/hotseat-large.gif\">https:\/\/www.openhotseat.org\/images\/hotseat-large.gif<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">What is Hotseat and how is it used?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Developed at Purdue University<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Can be used with smartphones, tablets and computers, as well as being compatible with Blackboard Learn<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Professors use it as a backchannel solution in class to create discussion through questioning, get valuable feedback on student interests and challenges (needs assessment), give rapid feedback to inquiries, as well as to use questioning to inspire discussion within the class<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Promotes collaborative micro-discussion and inquiry based learning &#8211; students can remain anonymous<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Students can participate synchronously, or comment asynchronously (could be applied to a mixed online and classroom learning situation)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">How does this tool relate to our current learning?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hotseat engages students in many ways, and relates directly to both David Merrill\u2019s problem-based instructional phases, as well as to constructivist learning theory.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>By using tools that allow students to answer questions that inquire about prior knowledge on a new topic, as well as to see the answers of others immediately, learning <b>activation<\/b> occurs. By going through a problem progression where instructors can <b>demonstrate<\/b> through examples, in combination with students answering questions anonymously, learners can engage at their own speed without fear of embarrassment.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Analytics can also be used to show the class that not all are instantly understanding, which further supports all learners. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>As evidenced by Ertmer and Newby (2013),<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>constructivists support \u201cindividual, direct experiences with the environment\u201d (p. 55) as being essential for learning.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>By being actively involved and socially present in the learning environment, power distance and the \u2018sage on the stage\u2019 situation common to higher learning environments can be eliminated.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This is not only supportive and collaborative, but can help to invoke a meaningful context where learning can occur.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">References<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Agaard, H., Bowen, K., &amp; Olesova, L. (2010, September 22).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><i>Hotseat: opening the backchannel in large lectures<\/i>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Retrieved from http:\/\/er.educause.edu\/articles\/2010\/9\/hotseat-opening-the-backchannel-in-large-lectures <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ertmer, P., &amp; Newby, T. (2013). Behaviorism,Cognitivism, Constructivism: Comparing critical features from an instructional design perspective.\u00a0erformance Improvement Quarterly, 26(2), 43-71.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Merrill, M. D. (2002). First principles of instruction.\u00a0Educational Technology Research and Development, 50(3), 43-59.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interestingly enough, I came across two different tools almost simultaneously when I conducted a web search into technology for student engagement.\u00a0 The first I came to was a tool called iClicker, and the second, which I will discuss here is&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/assignment-1-hotseat-learning-tool\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[38,39,21],"class_list":["post-215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt523","tag-constructivism","tag-hotseat","tag-rrumalat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}