Transcript Not for Technology`s Sake William Ashton, Ph.D. Behavioral

Not for
Technology’s Sake
William Ashton, Ph.D.
Behavioral Sciences Dept.
York College Faculty Forum
Teaching with Digital Technology
March 15, 2007
Pedagogical Needs
1. Information Literacy in Psychology
2. A Commuter Campus
3. Common Student Needs
Information Literacy in
Psychology
a.k.a. Library Research
changingminds.org
In their own words …
• A striking feature of the results of each
experiment was the powerful effect on
attribution of the content of the
opinions expressed. While subjects do
take account of choice and prior
probability, … they also give
substantial weight to the intrinsic or
“face value” meaning of the act itself
in their attributions of attitudes. –
Jones & Harris, 1967, p. 22
• “The Rocky Road from Acts to Dispositions.”
– Jones (1979)
• The tendency to explain other’s actions as
corresponding to dispositions even in the
presence of situational causes. – Baron,
Byrne, Johnson (1998).
• A tendency to assume that a person’s words
and deeds correspond with that person’s
underlying traits, attitudes and intentions,
even when the words or deeds were
facilitated by situational constraints. – Lord
(1997).
What else is wrong with this?
This
A Commuter Campus
• A need for group work
• Hanging Around
– Office hours
– Developing an interpersonal relationship
Group Work
• A need for group work
– Benefits of
collaborative/cooperative/active
learning
• Organizational Behavior (Psy 251)
– Reflect upon group experience
• Research Methods (Psy 330)
– Low stakes writing / drafting-redrafting
assignments
Group Work
Office Hours
Developing an Interpersonal
Relationship
Photos
Hobby
Common Student Needs
• Library Research, Writing and APA Style
• Social Psychology
• Careers
Just for Fun
• 10 Reasons to use your student email
address
Something Extra
• Research Participation Pool
• Students in Psychology and Social Science
courses learn about research studies by
participating in such studies as research
participants
• Faculty members and students conducting
research have a more convenient time
finding research volunteers.
• HaRP
The Last Slide
• Question, Comments, Diatribes?
• Thank you!