Posts Tagged ‘multimedia’

NCLDA Presentation – Taking Your Talents Online: Are you ready to teaching Online?

I will be making two presentations at The North Carolina Distance Learning Association’s 2011 Virtual Conference: Engaging Online Learners. The first will be looking at three models for online courses and course redesigns.  For those that arent able to attend virtually, below is the abstract and PowerPoint slides. Abstract This presentation will be for anyone that is interested [...]

3 Social Media Tools for Connecting with Students

social-media-marketing

With the prevalence of Smartphones, affordable phone plans, and texting, social media is quickly becoming one of the most efficient and cost-effective ways to inform the masses. There are several tools that aid in the creation and maintenance of your online presence; implementing these tools correctly can provide make a big difference.

Finding the Early Adopters

Student and instructor interaction

Before you begin any initiative, it is important that you have the support of other faculty and the IT support group, if you have one. Any type of change will be initially met with some type of resistance. The best way to combat this resistance and increase chances for success is to identify and develop a group that I refer to as the “early adopters.”

Using Sakai and Elluminate for an Online Course

Student using webcam for discussion

With the right tools, online courses can be as effective as traditional face-to-face courses. I designed an online course that would teach instructors how to integrate multimedia into their own – virtual or traditional – courses.

Integrating Multimedia into Instruction

Multimedia in the classroom

Multimedia helps to create a virtual learning space, can be used to create authentic assessments that encourage active learning, and can be used in multimedia tools such as PowerPoint and discussion forums.

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