Field research collaborations using iPod technology is gaining in popularity among students and faculty. iPods can be used to quickly gather data in an efficient manner and seamlessly present results from massive data collections. This session describes a variety of research applications using iPod technology. The presenters will demonstrate previously completed iPod-based data collection techniques, [...]
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Surveying with iPods to Connect Students with the Research Process
Posted Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by maryannSpark Learning with Online Games and Polling
Posted Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by maryannWe know that millennial students demand a different classroom experience. These “digital natives” have grown up with technology and expect to use it in every aspect of their lives. This session will demonstrate how free online review games and electronic polling can keep students engaged and having fun while learning. You will receive templates for [...]
Setting Up Your Hybrid Course for Success
Posted Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by maryannMoving a course from fully face to face to partially online requires more than figuring out which activities will work online. Portland State University provides grants and training to faculty to support hybrid course development. This session’s presenters have taught hybrids and will describe the PSU hybrid initiative design process, leading participants through a condensed [...]
Pseudonymous Blogging and Student Engagement
Posted Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by maryannThrough the use of blogs, the presenters of this session have found that many students are better able to express their opinions about course topics and add their voices to class discussions. For this presentation, they will demonstrate how student use of online pseudonyms in frequent course blog posts facilitates student engagement and enriches student [...]
Looking for Mr. Wright … and Finding Him on Facebook
Posted Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by maryannSocial networking has been much maligned as a major distraction. This session will demonstrate the educational value inherent in closed networks assembled on Facebook and clustered around a fan page for the renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Seminar students created avatars for Wright associates, “friended” each other and constructed an impressive interconnected repository of information. [...]
Integrating Emerging Technology in the Classroom and Beyond
Posted Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by maryannLearn how instructors can integrate emerging technologies in current classroom environments as well as use new technologies in the development of hybrid and online course. This session will explore the use of training videos for instruction and lab demonstrations, iPad to control and monitor classroom activity with products such as LanSchool, and use Smart Board [...]
I Capture the Classroom: Enhancing Learning through Video and Lecture Capture
Posted Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by maryannThis session will demonstrate how to capture your classroom through lecture capturing and instructional video tutorials that mirror and reinforce classroom content. Employing educational video design principles and recording tools such as the tablet PC, SMART Board, webcams, Flips, Camtasia Studio and Relay, Jing, and YouTube, instructors can create quality videos that students will watch [...]
How Do Tablet Computers Facilitate Social Interaction in the Classroom?
Posted Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by maryannThis workshop will focus on creating an environment where technology can be used to foster the forms of social interaction that contribute to a vibrant learning community. Participants will join in sample activities in which the use of networked tablet computers and iPads contribute to such an environment. This will be accompanied by evidence from [...]
Fostering Student Engagement in Online Learning Environments
Posted Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by maryannDo you believe that active engagement is a key element of student learning, no matter what the course format? Are you seeking ways to design your online or Web-enhanced courses so that students are actively involved in the learning process? The presenters of this session will share findings from their research, insights from their teaching [...]
Effective Teaching Strategies for Large Classrooms: Using a Mix to Blend the Past, Present, and Future
Posted Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by maryannThe presenter of this session will show how she combined lecture, an online discussion contest, simple prizes, a video, a game, and in class discussion to find connections between nursing’s past and present while pondering possible challenges of the future.
