Critical Thinking Learning MOOC Preparation of

Critical Thinking Learning MOOC Preparation of

1. ICT for Critical Thinking
MMTTC
-Anusha Ramanathan

Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education (CETE)
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
< [email protected] >

2. Why Teach? Teach What? -
Related to ICT
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-To facilitate teaching-learning - processes - more
interactive -
-Use of videos/animations - teaching is more
effective.
-Simulation models make the abstract more
concrete.
-New technology Use -
-Attracts attention of students
-Enabling multimedia - not just listening span
is less and multimedia can help retain interest
-Time saving
-Easy and Simple →
-Multisensory →
-Access anywhere/everywhere
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Why use ICT in class?

3. What is the use of ICTs in the classroom? If at all.
What challenges and/or opportunities do you see for
ICTs in our teaching practice?



-Connect the concept at global context by using ICT tools
-Effective Teaching

4. Can ICT really foster Critical Thinking? How?
-Updated information shared with students → Can be used for
Problem-solving
- in better visualization and that will lead to Critical thinking.
-AR and VR can lead to increased Critical Thinking

Midjourney | Slides AI | Grammarly | Quillbot | →
-after going through all these technical sources, I am back to your initial question of critical thinking. Rather than critical thinking, does ICT
(AI) going to make academic dependable on ICT and become the benchmark to determine the quality of teaching/research?
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5. Critical Skills for HEIs
-Grammarly
-Quillbot
-Slides AI: https://www.slidesai.io/#demo
-Gapminder: https://www.gapminder.org/
-Visual Capitalist: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/
-Open Data: https://data.worldbank.org/
-Midjourney - Discord:
-ChatGPT:
-Gemini:
Canva | Google (and Extensions)
Elevate App: Sample Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz3f6-AGsdE
Critical Thinking Tools (non-ICT) -
https://leadershipeffect.com.au/critical-thinking-tools/

6. How to handle Plagiarism/Ethics in Students using AI?
●Change your questions - customise to local / hyper local contexts →
●Process related questions → How did you arrive at this answer? What
information/resource/source discard and why?
●Describe collaboration process - Number of meetings / challenges → Group
projects.
●Carol Dweck → Focus on Growth Mindset → Focus on process questions and
not the product alone.
●Guideline Check Manual + Declaration students have to sign.

7. Break till 12:05 PM
-Am around for questions or chat if needed

8. Task 1: Gapminder and Open Data (WorldBank)
Explore Gapminder Tools and resources and Open Data (World Bank):
Discussion:
●How can this be used in teaching your students?
●What research skills and/or communication, collaboration, critical thinking
and creative skills can be fostered?

9. Task 2: Generative AI
So, ChatGPT can churn out answers? Can it churn out all answers?
Explore what Generative AI fails to do as of now.

Discussion:
●What does giving instructions to a chatbot involve?
●How can students critical thinking, reading and writing skills be improved
using generative AI?

10. Tools to Use
● Research Methods:
○ https://methods.sagepub.com/
● Data Collection Tools:
○ Kaggle - data
○ KoBoToolBox
○ Google Forms
● Data Analysis Tools:
○ Quantitative: Spreadsheet | Tableau | R | SPSS
○ MAXQDA | Atlas.ti
○ Miner Lite
● Research AI:
○ Petal |
○ Voyant Tools: | MapThis
○ Connected Papers: | Ooen Knowledge Maps
○ Scite | Consensus | Research Rabbit
○ Unpaywall | Scholarly
● Reference Tools and such
○ Mendeley | Zotero
○ Research Rabbit |
○ Incitefull | https://www.kipper.ai/
● Academic Writing Help
○ Writefull -
○ Grammarly | QuillBot |
○ Overleaf | Trinka
○ ChatGPT | Gemini
● Plagiarism Tools:
○ TurnItIn | Drillbit | Ourginal | BibMe |
○ Originality AI (Paid) | Paraphrase IO (free)
● Communities of Practice
○ ResearchGate | Academia
● Overall
○ ChatGPT
○ Gemini (Sample)
● PDF converter/editor
○ https://www.printfriendly.com/
○ Smallpdf | SimplePDF.eu
● Tools for Teachers
○ Brisk
○ Gibbly (Kahoot like quizzes)
○ Explorable Explanations
○ Gapminder:
○ Visual Capitalist
○ Open Data:
○ PhET Simulations
○ Amrita OLabs
GeoGebra
○ Storyweaver
○ NotebookLM
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● Browsers - Safe
○ Brave
○ Duck duck go (Search Engine)
○ Tabs Organiser - Sessions Buddy
● Presentations
○ Slidesai.io | Canva | Tome.ai
● Google (and Extensions)
● OER Repositories
○ OEC
● Finding Alternative Software/Apps
○ https://alternativeto.net |
https://www.opensourcealternative.to/
○ Ninite
● Research Database
○ Sci-Hub | https://core.ac.uk/ |
○ https://unpaywall.org/
● Images
○ UnSplash | Pexels | Pixabay | WikiMedia | Noun Project
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○ Playground AI |Bluewillow AI
○ Photopea (Editing)
● Transcription
○ Otter AI /Scraibe AI |
● Music
○ Suno.com
● Videos
○ Synthesia
○ Animaker
○ How To Videos: Scribehow.com
● Stock Market
○ BSE: https://www.dsij.in/more/stock-simulation
○ https://www.stockmarketgame.org/
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