Upload
tektrekker
View
3.542
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Campus Technology '08 presentation
Citation preview
Welcome to
Technology-Enhanced Strategies
for Engaging Your Learners
What Should You Expect?
• Barriers to student engagement• Strategies to overcome barriers• Suggestions for implementing the
strategies• LOTS of opportunities to interact and
share ideas!
What is Engagement?*
• Participation in class activities/assignments?
• Time on Task?• Deep, sustained effort?• Enthusiastic, curious approach to
content?
* Do your students hold the same definition?
Barriers to Engagement
• Social• Administrative• Learner Motivation
Break down the barriers; provide opportunities to build up engagement
Social Barriers
• Feeling isolated• Lacking interaction• Missing social context cues
(Am I being understood? Do I understand?)
Reducing Social BarriersGoal: Create a sense of community.
FIRST CONTACT• Make early contact• Welcome audio/video messageINTRODUCTIONS• Ask students to introduce themselves.SHARING / TEAMWORK• Provide opportunities for collaboration.
Reducing Social BarriersFirst Contact
Tech Enhancement: EmailShare your syllabus, contact info, resources
Tech Enhancement: Azooca http://www.azoocacapture.com Embed a video message on your home page.Encourage students to reply.
Reducing Social BarriersINTRODUCTIONSAsk students to introduce themselves.
Tech Enhancement: VOKI http://www.voki.com This fun and easy tool will provide you and your students with various opportunities to show off your personality and share something fun about yourself.
Reducing Social BarriersSHARING / TEAM WORKAssign work that fosters collaboration & sharing.
Tech Enhancement: BLOG http://www.blogger.com A class-created blog will provide opportunities for you and your students to share resources and course survival tips!
Administrative Barriers
• Missing directions/clear expectations
• Lacking timely feedback*
* In published research, student-instructor interactions - including timely feedback – are one of the most significant factors in student satisfaction and learning.
Reducing Admin BarriersGoal: Increase your interactions with students.
SHARE CONTACT INFOBe available to answer questions.
REPEAT YOURSELF OFTENState directions and expectations in various ways.
PROVIDE FEEDBACKVary your timing, amount, and manner of feedback
Reducing Admin BarriersSHARE CONTACT INFO
Be available to answer questions. REPEAT YOURSELF OFTEN
State directions and expectations in various ways.PROVIDE FEEDBACK
Vary your timing, amount, and manner of feedback
Tech Enhancement: SKYPE http://skype.com An easy to use IM tool that makes your students feel as if you are available and provides opportunities for you to answer question, give feedback, etc.
Motivation Barriers
• Finding online environment to be boring(lack of varied resources, sameness of assignments, etc.)
• Procrastination• Lacking self-direction abilities
(planning, scheduling, organizing, etc.)
Reducing Motivation BarriersGoal: Provide support and engaging content
CHUNK LARGE ASSIGNMENTSCreate smaller, more frequent assignments that encourage interaction
USE CALENDAR & REMINDERSPost reminders about upcoming deadlines.
USE MULTIMEDIA RESOURCESCreate a resource collection from items on web.
Reducing Motivation BarriersUSE MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES
Create a resource collection from items on web (or have your students create them!!)
Tech Enhancement: Protopage http://www.protopage.com
or Pageflakes http://www.pageflakes.com
Easy tools to help you create resource collections. Can also be used to promote multimedia resource sharing and collection by your students.
#10: Be Engaged
• Share your excitement!– Podcast your research or ideas on
subject– Share your professional resources – wiki,
blog, start pages, del.icio.us bookmarks– Remember what got you excited about
your field and let them know.
Thank You!
Please visit
My wiki http://tektrekker.pbwiki.com orMy blog http://tektrek.wordpress.com
for more ideas about using to engage your learners.