Web 2.0 Tools
Mind the Gap
Have you observed some of your silent, seemingly passive students glued to Facebook or clustered around a computer, talking animatedly? How many of your students have cited a Wikipedia article as a reference? When you want to know something these days, where do you look first? Do you notice differences between how people learn outside versus inside the classroom? If so, what are these differences and what does this mean for learning in higher education? In this brief hybrid workshop, we will explore ways students learn outside the classroom and what it might mean for in-class learning.
Note: This may be used as the first part of a two-part series, with The Connected Student.
Jane Harris, Pamela Howe, Nikolas Hunnicutt - University of North Carolina at Greensboro Instructional Technology Consultants
The Connected Student
The research on the efficacy of active learning strategies is well-established. Many have found that technology not only supports, but requires active learning by students. This brief hybrid workshop explores the link between active learning and current online technologies, the instructor and student skills that are necessary to support active learning online, and mentions a few of the current technologies being used.
Note: This may be used as the second part of a two-part series with Mind the Gap.
Jane Harris, Pamela Howe, Nikolas Hunnicutt - University of North Carolina at Greensboro Instructional Technology Consultants
Beyond the Mirror
Assistant Professor Duane Cyrus leads the viewer through examples of implementing video/audio feedback and notes to demonstrate the pedagogical benefits to students. Video/audio technology isimplemented as a regular part of the learning environment. Examples of this model are applicable for hybrid, distance, as well as classroom courses.
Duane Cyrus - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Promoting Collaboration with Wikis
Today’s learners expect more than online lectures or one-way communications in distance courses. Activities that promote interaction and collaboration with their peers are becoming a fundamental part of how students learn. Within a wiki, learners possessing little or no knowledge of HTML can collaboratively use, create and modify web content. In this brief hybrid workshop, we’ll explore the different ways you can use wikis to promote collaboration in an online course.
Amanda Schipman - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Website design - Benjamin Wyatt