Engaging Learners with New Strategies and Tools
There are many technological tools that learners are using outside the classroom into the educational process. It is to everyone's benefit to utilize the things that are out there because in the real world, learners will come into contact with them.
One of the biggest things I can do to bring these tools into the classroom is first to learn how to use them myself. I can learn what their benefits are and find ways to apply them to my daily class activities. This is also an engaging way to get learners to be excited about learning.
Skype is a great tool for communicating in distance education. It is free and it allows learner and professor to communicate face to face. It is communication that happens immediately and so feedback is timely.
Wikis are a great way to collaborate between learners. They provide the opportunity to share ideas and build new concepts as a team when you can't be together.
Video presentations are an excellent way to deliver content. It gives the learner the opportunity review content as much as they need to to make sure that their own learning happens.
Hi Erin,
ReplyDeleteI am very impressed with the list of tech you selected for this graphic. It is very clear and easy to understand which tools can be used for the purposes of creating the online learning environment. Especially interesting is the use of discussion boards across all three dynamics. It would have been easier to see the relationship by labeling the arrow with Discussion Board since it really is a way to allow for collaboration, communication and the transfer of content.
Thank-you for making an easy-to-understand and relate to graphic.
Cheers - Shar