With all the information and new web-based tools on the web today it can seem overwhelming to faculty who are inexperienced in 'the art of technology' to know where to start to use technology to enhance student learning. This recent article available from Educause, "Think Small! A Beginner's Guide to Using Technology to Promote Learning" provides many suggestions on how to start small to get big results when using technology in your course curriculum.
Another suggestion to start small to incorporate technology is to extend your class discussions into the forum in your Blackboard or Moodle course site. Discussions started in class can be continued in your online course site using the discussion forum option. For instance, your class is having a heated discussion on 'ethics in the media' and class time ends. Why not continue the discussion in an online forum discussion? This exercise can be done regularly with the topics of class posted in the discussion forum. Then after class students can continue discussing the topic in depth for extending learning outside the classroom walls. It's a small step, but a good use of technology to enhance student learning.
Read the article and promise yourself to take one small step.....
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