a.

Describe flexible learning environments

that enhance collaboration with the
positive use of technology tools in
teaching.
b. Identify which among the technology
tools is best suited for maximizing
teaching and learning experience.
Teachers should seek out technology that
enhances student learning. Most students
come to our courses with a strong
foundation in the use of technology and
expert instructors to incorporate it into their
teaching. Some caution is necessary to
avoid using technology merely for effect,
without knowing how it will enhance
learning. Take the time to determine which
technologies will support and to improve
student learning, and learn how to use
them.
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Blackboard Classroom Online Projects Information
Response and Visualization
System Collaboration Tools
"clickers" Tools
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Flipping the Games Converting a
Classroom Face-to-
Face Course
to an Online
Course
It focuses on online learning delivery
but supports a range of uses, acting
as a platform for online content,
including courses, both asynchronous
based and synchronous based.
One way to encourage student engagement is
by using electronic devices that allow students
to record their answers to multiple-choice
questions and will enable you to display the
results instantly. The anonymity encourages
participation, and their responses help the
teacher know when further discussion is
needed. The use of clickers can also catalyze
discussion.
Technology can support student collaboration
on creating new knowledge, reflecting on what
they are learning, or working together to achieve
a deeper understanding of course material.
These articles provide ideas about their use and
misuse. Online tools provide many new options.
Students can collaborate on projects, collect
and synthesize information, and write for
different types of audiences.
Technology can also clarify and stimulate
thought by transforming words into pictures.
There are some tools to help lead your students
to think more critically by encouraging them to
structure information visually. Visualization tools
can help you make information clearer to
students, either by providing you with clearer
visuals or, better yet, assigning them to use
visuals to make connections.
Sometimes a great way to move them toward
higher levels of understanding is to move the
lecture out of the classroom and use the in-
person time for interactions that require
applying, synthesizing, and creating. "Flipping"
doesn't have to use technology, but tools such as
videos, podcasts, online quizzes, and the like can
help in and out of class activity work together.
What could be more engaging
than a good game, a game
may lead to deeper learning
and give some examples of
their use in higher education.
Teaching online, whether in a hybrid course or a wholly-online
course, requires different techniques and different tools.
Without the F2F contact, professors will need to be even clearer
about setting and articulating expectations for digital work and
participation. Encouraging interaction between professor and
student and among students is an additional challenge, as is
monitoring student learning as the course progresses. The
online environment requires the use of basic technologies to
digitize course materials as well as mastery of the university's
learning management system. And various tools like Skype
allow synchronous communications, while blogs and Twitter
can encourage asynchronous interaction.
Synchronous learning is instruction and
collaboration in “real time” via the
internet.
Live chat
Audio and video conferencing
Data and application sharing
Virtual "hand raising"
Asynchronous learning methods use
the time-delayed capabilities of the
Internet.

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