Get Interactive: Practical Teaching with Technology

About this course: This course is designed to help you create dynamic, interactive online courses through the use of multimedia tools, student collaboration opportunities, and formative assessment and feedback. Each week we will focus on a particular topic: 1. Using multimedia for teaching and learning 2. Encouraging student collaboration 3. Formative assessment and feedback You will have a range of materials to read, videos to watch, topics to research, activities to perform, discussions to participate in, and an assessment to complete. In addition, you will have a random assignment of fellow participants' assessments to mark in order to receive your own mark. While most of the videos and activities are mandatory, we have included a number of "Take it Further" activities and longer versions of videos that are voluntary. At first glance, It may seem like a lot, but you will quickly find that many activities will take just minutes to perform. The emphasis in this MOOC is on gaining a wide range of experience in order to decide for yourself which tools and techniques to explore in more depth. Although we introduce a few concepts along the way, this is a very practical course. You will be assessed according to what you create and share. We hope you will enjoy the active, hands-on nature of this course and find many ideas to incorporate in your teaching.

Who is this class for: This course is aimed at educators who have little experience using online tools and technology for teaching purposes but who have basic familiarity with the Internet, online learning environments and computers in general. The course is most relevant for teachers, lecturers and instructors of adults and older children (i.e., secondary school, college, further education, higher education, continuing education).

Created by:  University of London, Bloomsbury Learning Environment

• Taught by:  Ms Sarah Sherman

  Bloomsbury Learning Environment

• Taught by:  Dr Nancy Weitz, Digital Learning Specialist

  Bloomsbury Learning Environment, Architela

• Taught by:  Dr Eileen Kennedy, Senior Research Associate

  UCL Knowledge Lab, UCL Institute of Education

Level Beginner Commitment 3 weeks of study, approximately 4 hours per week plus assessments. Language English Hardware Req Computer or laptop with Internet access. Microphone. How To Pass Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. User Ratings 4.6 stars Average User Rating 4.6See what learners said Coursework

Each course is like an interactive textbook, featuring pre-recorded videos, quizzes and projects.

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University of London The University of London is a federal University which includes 17 world leading Colleges. Our International Programmes were founded in 1858 and have enriched the lives of thousands of students, delivering high quality University of London degrees wherever our students are across the globe. Our alumni include 7 Nobel Prize winners. Today, we are a global leader in distance and flexible study, offering degree programmes to over 50,000 students in over 180 countries. To find out more about studying for one of our degrees where you are, search for 'London International'. Bloomsbury Learning Environment The Bloomsbury Learning Environment (BLE) is a shared e-learning service for six small Higher Education institutions in central London, all of which are members of the University of London. The BLE is committed to innovating learning and teaching by sharing good practice in Technology Enhanced Learning and e-learning. It supports its partners by providing cost efficiencies, which are achieved by negotiating with software suppliers and sharing economies of scale. The BLE aims to work collaboratively, developing new and exciting ways of teaching and learning that would otherwise be difficult for the partners to achieve alone (the whole being greater than the sum of its parts).

Syllabus


WEEK 1


Week 1: Enriching course content with multimedia



Participants will be guided through concepts, and will be encouraged to partake in practical and collaborative activity. The aim of this week is to introduce a range of multimedia tools and techniques that can be incorporated into an online course to increase student interaction and engagement with learning.


10 videos, 19 readings, 1 practice quiz expand

1. Video: Introductory video
2. Reading: Introductory information
3. Reading: The Conversational Framework
4. Reading: Week 1 Learning Design
5. Video: Welcome to Week 1
6. Reading: Introduction to Week 1
7. Discussion Prompt: *Introduce yourself and say hello!
8. Reading: *Activity: Where in the world are you?
9. Reading: Information about Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
10. Reading: *Activity: Create a test course
11. Reading: Getting Creative: Images for Teaching
12. Video: Creating a screenshot using Snipping Tool
13. Video: Adding an image to a Moodle course
14. Reading: *Activity: Add a screenshot to a course
15. Reading: *Take it further: How to create an Infographic
16. Reading: Images and Copyright
17. Reading: *Activity: Create a Twitter account
18. Video: Embedding a Twitter feed in a Moodle course
19. Reading: *Activity: embed a Twitter feed in a course
20. Reading: *Take it further activity: embed a Twitter topic
21. Video: Embedding a video in a Moodle course
22. Reading: *Activity: embed a video in your course
23. Reading: *Activity: Investigate creating screencast videos
24. Reading: Podcasts
25. Reading: *Activity: Sharing your practice on Padlet
26. Practice Quiz: What we've learned so far
27. Video: Panel Discussion Part 1: Images and Twitter
28. Video: Panel Discussion Part 2: Using Video
29. Video: Panel Discussion Part 3: Audio and podcasts
30. Reading: Take it further: Additional videos
31. Discussion Prompt: *Using media for teaching and learning
32. Video: End of Week 1

Graded: Week 1 Assessment

WEEK 2


Week 2: Student production of content & encouraging students to collaborate



Participants will be guided through key tools and techniques, and will be encouraged to partake in practical and collaborative activity. The aim of this week is to introduce ways in which participants can encourage their own students to interact and collaborate with each other, using simple tools accessible online.


6 videos, 13 readings, 1 practice quiz expand

1. Video: Welcome to Week 2
2. Reading: Introduction to Week 2
3. Reading: Discussion Forums
4. Reading: *Activity: Creating a discussion forum for a course
5. Discussion Prompt: *Discussion forums: Let's discuss!
6. Reading: Blogs as collaborative tools
7. Reading: *Activity: Share your favourite blog
8. Reading: Wikis as collaborative tools
9. Reading: *Activity: Experience a wiki
10. Video: Take it further: Creating a wiki for a course
11. Reading: *Take it further Activity: Create a wiki
12. Reading: *Activity: Online Community Tools
13. Reading: *Activity: Create a collaborative activity
14. Reading: *Activity: Share your collaborative activity on Twitter
15. Reading: *Activity: Explore Online Presentation Tools
16. Video: Online presentation tools
17. Practice Quiz: What we've learned so far
18. Video: Panel Discussion Part 1: Blogs, wikis and Padlet
19. Video: Panel Discussion Part 2: Forums and Webinars
20. Reading: Take it further: Additional videos
21. Discussion Prompt: *The value of student collaboration
22. Video: End of Week 2

Graded: Week 2 Assessment

WEEK 3


Week 3: Formative Assessment & Feedback
Participants will be guided through key tools and techniques, and will be encouraged to partake in practical and collaborative activity. This week is focused on assessment and feedback


8 videos, 15 readings, 2 practice quizzes expand

1. Video: Welcome to Week 3
2. Reading: Introduction to Week 3
3. Reading: Quiz tools
4. Video: Creating an Online Quiz in Moodle
5. Practice Quiz: Sample Quiz: Just to see how it works!
6. Reading: *Activity: Create a quiz and embed in course
7. Reading: Twitter polls
8. Video: Creating a Twitter Poll
9. Reading: *Activity: create a Twitter poll and share
10. Reading: Digital Badges in Education
11. Video: Creating a Digital Badge
12. Reading: *Activity: Create a digital badge
13. Reading: Plagiarism detection tools
14. Reading: *Activity: Investigate plagiarism detection tools
15. Discussion Prompt: *How useful are plagiarism detection tools?
16. Reading: Understanding Peer review (video)
17. Reading: Rubrics for Peer Review
18. Reading: Tools for Peer Review
19. Reading: Take it further Activity: Create/share a rubric
20. Practice Quiz: Online Assessment
21. Video: Panel Discussion Part 1: Quizzes, Polls and Badges
22. Video: Panel Discussion Part 2: Avoiding Plagiarism
23. Video: Panel Discussion Part 3: Peer Review
24. Reading: Take it further: additional videos
25. Discussion Prompt: *The value of online formative assessment and feedback
26. Video: End of Week 3
27. Reading: Feedback and acknowledgements

Graded: Week 3 Assessment