• Identify key approaches to support online learners
• Discover Brightspace tools that enable student engagement
• Reflect on options for group work
• Deploy effective strategies for online teaching and learning
Type of Material:
Presentation
Recommended Uses:
The video and materials could be used as an in class presentation/guest lecturer with Q&A, students could be assigned steps and be given an assessment after each step. Groups could watch the video and then create their own lesson based upon the video content, or the video could be self-paced learning by stopping and starting the video.
Technical Requirements:
Available through the browser. Ability to view/hear video presentation.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Learner will gain insight into techniques for engaging the online learner, group activities, and feedback.
As stated in the presentation:
By the end of this session you should be able to:
Identify key approaches to support online learners
Discover Brightspace tools that enable student engagement
Reflect on options for group work
Deploy effective strategies for online teaching and learning
Target Student Population:
High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Professional. Teachers, trainers, and pre-teachers, as well as administrators might benefit from this video.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
No special skills are required but an interest in designing online learning is necessary.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The video presesntation focuses on valid concepts, models and skills for onine teaching and learning. The video itself is quite long as it is the speaker giving an actual training session geared to a group with questions from participants. The speaker obviously cares deeply about supporting online learners.
Some of the material is geared specifically toward the Brightspace/D2L LMS but most will easily transfer to tools used in other LMS's.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The learning goals are easy to identify because the author has created a PPT presentation that is organized into steps with topics/objectives. The video could be used as is because the speaker is very easy to listen to, he explains himself, gives examples, and keeps his slide presentation engaging. Plus he pauses for questions after each step. The materials provided are open to all and could easily be adapted for a training session. So basically all of his materials could be customized for an overview at any institution.
Step 1 includes the introduction and overview of the session where he explains the plan for the hour: Supporting online learners, Brightspace tools, Designing group activities and Adaptive curriculum design. Following steps include the title, followed by the objectives of the session.
Step 5 Tools (in this case BSp but similar to all LMS's)
Announcements
Discussions
Class list
Checklists
Rubrics
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The video presentation is laid out very well with steps and explanations. Also the accompanying Google Drive folder has easily accessible documents and PDF files for download.
It is easy to navigate to certain segments of the video presentation.
Concerns:
Plan ahead as entire video is about 50 minutes.
Setting aside that amount of time is challenging but worth it!
Creative Commons:
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