For faculty, sessional lecturers, instructors, staff and graduate students.
This short course will provide an introduction to a variety of learning technologies for the purpose of teaching and learning. The use of learning technologies, including learning management systems such as Blackboard, blogs, podcasts, wikis and even Twitter is growing as educators see the potential for collaboration, reflection, creation, sharing and other key elements of learning through the use of such tools.
Register
- Create and maintain their own blog
- Collaborate using online tools for a Project
- Explain potential uses of RSS, wikis, social bookmarking and other social media tools
- Create and publish a podcast, screencast or other video related to education
- Identify a variety of learning technologies available through the U of S and discuss how they might be used in their courses
- Locate, evaluate and integrate online media for use in their own teaching
- Discuss issues around acceptable use policies and digital citizenship
This is a blended course with most of the work to be completed online, but there will be five required in-class sessions (GMCTE, Murray room 51.2).
Dates, Tuesdays:
January 21 - 1- 3:30
February 4 - 1 - 3:30
February 25 - 1 - 3:30
March 25 - 1 - 3:30
April 15 - 1 - 3:30
Two additional "live" online sessions will take place using Google Hangouts. These sessions will include guest speakers and will be recorded and made available on YouTube for those unable to attend.
