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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
greetings my name is Melissa cluck ler
about digital technologies for teaching
there sometimes it's nice to know what
as an educational technology PhD student
professional educational technologist in
won't see me do is merely talk over
PowerPoint I'm coming to you from the
Spain
traditional public research institution
20,000 students in programs ranging from
medical college and a college of law
students are online we are a blackboard
management system that we use we are a
institution there are actually multiple
management system and there are several
are industry standard such as canvas
study of what we do at the University of
good design translate no matter what
you are using to deliver instruction now
software to augment the learning
use plugins like respondus products
lockdown browser and these two pieces of
testing at a distance
mate and with a study mate campus
plugs right into the blackboard LMS it
management systems and is a generator of
nature and what's nice is it stays right
to have a separate login to use them and
that license another plug-in we use we
active learning platform and our lecture
to actually capture this lecture for all
now we also use Blackboard Collaborate
blackboard LMS it also plugs into other
even though it is a blackboard product
conferencing software which is very
we can use this for virtual office hours
sessions you can use it in group work
real-time communication so in the
actually having a session with my dog
presentation
English proverb that you can't teach an
wrong more than once for example I
5 years old he raised that Bell for a
time but now he rings it this proverb is
that is hard to teach somebody new ways
their teaching to an online environment
teaching methods that they know that
familiar with and largely a lot of the
an online learning virtual environments
they were taught how to teach so it's
tools so that is largely what my job is
technologist this is our active learning
host hands-on faculty development
they learn how to use the technologies
well received as those trainings are
that we offer faculty development is
blackboard now this online version of
still in development stages and it's
educational technology and instructional
our UT online division which is our
teaching online or using technology
technologists like myself teach faculty
technicians we also handle tear to
software providers like blackboard or
software or an issue that cannot be
instructional designers who help faculty
using the QM course design rubric
this is
online course design it has eight
standards I am myself QM certified we
also in the process of developing a
also teach here at the University of
from the beginning in addition to
it teaching with blackboard so the idea
course is that it offers a series of ala
take to augment their skills or learn on
like our workshops and our online
courses they say that they can't commit
such busy and fluctuating schedules so
that they can do at their own pace on
behind the development of BB 101 so we
idea here is we have a metaphor for
use the tools in the blackboard kitchen
little metaphor that we're using there
engaging and fun to keep their attention
time
they can do that over over multiple
if they want to we are writing learning
creating we have very specific outcomes
between the technical and the
quality online instruction now the one
blackboard basics which is not nearly as
probably the longest module that I'm
tedious
screenshots a lot of imagery graphics
quiz to test their knowledge as well as
kitchen so the Test Kitchen is actually
faculty member will get their own when
a self enrolled course and they can then
their little test course that we provide
that it teaches faculty the technology
serving as model instruction that we
to see them using the online environment
as a strong example we are providing
so they can see it modeled in less of a
actual class that's offered here at the
permission of the instructor and the
has actually one blackboard awards been
one of the reasons that we chose it but
move through this at their own pace in a
and again this is a partnership between
design in some other areas in corporate
have to serve as the technologist and
really separate that out here because we
strong online presence and then another
designers at the University of Toledo
educational technologists like myself we
because blackboard can be used even for
University of Toledo when it's put into
that faculty can use for that particular
blended learning environment if they
assignments assessments all in the
email tools out there they can put their
students to find even for there in
much paper we know that students use
they can use the mobile app to look at
their professors office number and
that if we're going to offer this
same environment that the faculty will
not only teaching with blackboard but
management systems for professional
corporate world is another place that
designer or educational technologist
another important stakeholder in the
and learning is this student however
about institutional innovation
and they don't even know what
the innovation work is even though it's
we decided to do at the University of
and I am the lead for
that board I organized.
students once a month last year of my
outcomes, so I put out
some discussion boards
discussion boards for the students two
talked about the worst
online class you've ever taken.
And guess which discussion
board everybody participated in?
it the worst online class I've ever
what made the online learning experience
learning, they noticed if
they're only reading from
book and just taking publisher tests
and this lower achievement
of learning results in lower
achievement as well they want a more
know it's possible they also notice the
kind of what's become
popular in online teaching
teaching and learning or virtual
answer that everybody
in the class has to answer
to answer and they have to come up with
meaningful conversation
between the students,
students it does not really mimic what
So, they really urge
the idea of content
related forums that add meaning and
of having an open forum
for general questions.
think about in the actual learning
"hey, what did the professor
mean by that, or how did
you interpret that when does that do
problem you can ask those questions in
asynchronous environment.
discussion forum creates that open
is just as important
in the online environment.
now when I was a student in grade school
I walked into the classroom and I saw
all the reading, from all
the lectures, that I would be able
to get a different view
and understanding from
day the same is true in online
real-life portrayals and it
alleviates learning difficulties
from excessive reading,
which has kind of become
hallmark of online courses it all also
context remember when we talked in about
they notice when there's only one
entertaining to use video
and that's actually one
actually one of the reasons you'll see
I'm going to insert video
demonstrations and I use
humorous pictures because I want to keep
trap you in a classroom with me like I
with me in the online
environment? I have
thought to that so that's some of what
available by email if you ever have any
Melissa Leclerc at you Toledo you
I should be officially
doctor sometime next year,
hopefully by the end of fall 2019 but I
another 20 years before I can
retire, so, please, don't hesitate
to reach out, if I can be of
service or assistance to you.
Thank you so much.