It is important for us, as instructors, to know the technology/tool we are using so we can best use the technology to meet our students needs and facilitate their learning.
Develop my own teaching style, along with the use of technology , get the information out to the best of my ability
Through this lesson I have figured out that although the curriculum should be developed in a repetitive manner for ease of learning, as an institution we must lokk at different technologies to ensure our courses reach our learning objectives while keeping our students fully engaged..
I typically teach online courses and synchronous lessons but like the idea of asynchronous learning. I would like to use some different technologies to accomplish that, perhaps the e-portfolio or wiki.
I found break out sessions in Zoom a good tool
Various technology tools are more or less appropriate for particular instructors and courses.
I most enjoyed and will incoporate Stop, Start, and Continue. This can give me ideas in which technology can be used as a vehicle for student learning.
I'm going to investigate the varioius tools and see which works best.
it is important to match the proper technology tool to the subject being taught. This is a key component in forming the virtual classroom. It is also important to get feedback from the students as to Start, Stop and Continue specific aspects of the class being taught.
Learning from technologies and their racional use allows better teaching.
There are several learning tools thta can be utilized for learning
I look forward to exploring the different ways to teach online, such as voice over PPT, synchronous sessions, discussions, etc. I have a feeling I will learn to love certain methods and hate others. But much of that is due to inexperience. What methods have you learned to love unexpectedly?
Reply to Doreen Johnson's post:
Doreen,
I agree, matching your teaching style to the available tools are extremely important. I am very visual, therefore, I like to place graphics whenever possible. I also encourgae the students to do the same. I think it makes online teaching/learning more fun.
Cheryl
As with all types of teaching methodologies, it is important to do a needs assessment and determine thge appropriate tools to enhance both the Instructor/faciltator and student experiences. Both formative (during the course) and summative after the course are also impormative meassurement tools to improve the processes for both the instructor/facilitator as well.
Cheryl
There are many different teaching tools and the best way to figure out which ones will work for you is to reseach the tools and see what exactly they are used for. When you get into the teaching environment, you can choose which tools will work depending on your students.
Reply to Arianne Trias's post: I think this is something that is often lost, as we plow forward in our work.
The information regarding tech tools and teaching styles was quite informative. I learned about tools I had not thought of as teaching tools (e.g. blogs and wikis). They might be worth a more in-depth look. I also liked the reminder to perform formative and summative evaluations with students, not only on the course material but also the tech tools
First of I learnt about different types of technology tools available for online teaching. Then it was made clear to me that instructor must undrtstand and then match the functions of each technology tool to meet the needs of the instructor and students for that course. In addition, whatever thev instructor's teaching style, facilitation of learning must be incorporated in every style of teaching. Finally, each technology tool must be assessed for its effectiveness in achieving learning outcomes or course outcomes to decide whether or not to continue using that technology tool going forward or look for another more appropriate technology tool for that conline course.
I am learning how to incorporate the studnet involvement with my style of teaching
Taking time to learn how to use the various technology features of the LMS is important. I find that the more I learn about new tools, the more options I have for learning activities. There are students with various learning styles in our courses so the more tools we have, the better for their learning.
