New technologies are constantly evolving, offering fresh ways for teachers to ramp up their curriculum. But with so many new tech options available, it is difficult for teachers to stay abreast of new technologies and figure out how to best incorporate them into their teaching style.
The following infographic from e-Learning Infographics describes 7 key characteristics shared by all teachers who use technology effectively.
Explain Everything is a powerful iPad app that provides an interactive whiteboard for creating screencast presentations.
With the Explain Everything app, you can import documents, pictures, videos, sound files, or browser windows to your project, and then add drawings annotations, animations, or voiceover narrations. The final project can then be recorded and shared with other people.
Here are 4 examples of how instructors can use the Explain Everything App to provide feedback on student work.
If you want to offer students the flexibility of an online class while maintaining the personal connection of a face-to-face course, videoconference courses are a great solution.
Here are 7 best practices that we keep in mind when we set up our videoconference courses.
Pinterest, the social network that allows users to “pin” content to their online bulletin boards, can be used in a variety of ways in education. Take a look and try some of them yourself.
Instructional scaffolding (also known as educational scaffolding) refers to the process of supporting students as they work to achieve educational goals that they would be unable to accomplish on their own.
Just as construction workers add temporary scaffolding to buildings, teachers can use instructional scaffolding techniques to put temporary “props” in place as students “build up” their skills and knowledge. Eventually, once the student has been sufficiently trained, the scaffolding can gradually fade away and be removed.
Picture a teenager bent over a videogame, intent to master Level 99 and conquer the world. Contrast that image with the image of a student trying to master a long list of terms for his class in Anatomy & Physiology. Why is the former student so motivated, and the latter is itching to get away?
Game designers make use of certain elements and strategies that draw players into the game and motivate them to keep on playing.
Read on to find out 5 creative ways to incorporate gaming elements into your course.
Whether out of habit or by conscious choice, we all make use of various learning techniques when we attempt to store new information in our long-term memory. But not all study habits are created equal; some may be more effective than others, especially when you factor in the amount of time it takes to implement each one.
Researchers have recently characterized 10 learning techniques according to whether they provide high, moderate, or low utility, based on each technique’s relative efficacy, ease of use, and applicability to a broad range of learning situations.
Using flashcards is a popular way to learn new terms or a foreign language. By reviewing your set of of cards over and over again, the information becomes ingrained in your memory so you won’t forget it.
Here are 6 online flashcard-creation tools that let you create your own flashcards, or learn a pre-existing set of cards:
Educators around the world are always coming up with new and innovative ways to use technology to improve education. After we witnessed so many changes in education in 2013, what’s coming up next?
Which educational technologies will become popular, and when can we expect them to break into the world of education?
This infographic from eLearninginfographics.com outlines 6 emerging educational technologies, including MOOCs, mobile learning, gamification, learning analytics, 3D printing, and wearable technology.
Rhizomatic learning is a perspective on learning that has been promoted in the past few years by Dave Cormier, a teacher at the University of Prince Edward Island.
In botany, a rhizome is the term used for the stem of a plant, usually found underground, whose roots spread out in many directions. With this image in mind, supporters of rhizomatic learning believe that learning is a multi-dimensional process that has no defined beginning or end. Learning is a complex, chaotic process, in which each student independently chooses his or her own path.
The rhizomatic learning perspective is based on the premise that teachers cannot possibly know or cater to students’ individual needs, interests, and contexts.
If your university provides videos lectures for students, you might want to consider transcribing those lectures into text format.
Here are 8 ways that adding lecture transcripts can help your students learn.
In the battle between online learning and classroom learning, who wins each round?
Check out this infographic from eLearninginfographics.com to find out which player trumps the other in this battle of the century.
Nearpod is an app that allows teachers to create interactive presentations that incorporate student input. After downloading the Nearpod app, teachers can create presentations and add opportunities for interactivity. The slides of the presentation can include images, videos, live web…
What kind of learner are you? Visual, auditory, kinesthetic, or read-write? Check out this infograhic from education infographics to find successful studying tips for your unique studying style.
Which is better – online learning, or face-to-face? Torn between the two? Try a HyFlex course.
A HyFlex (hybrid-flexible) course is a course that allows each individual student to choose whether they want to attend class online or in person. Students can choose their preferred method of learning on a daily basis; they can attend some sessions online, and other sessions in the classroom.
