Developing Web Tool Savvy Online-Instructors in the Human Services Disciplines
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Enthusiasts can use Web 2.0 to revolutionize learning! but
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New web-based tools for communicating, cooperating and creating content have propelled early adopters into new models of teaching and learning. Most instructors in online programs do not follow educational technology so closely, many lack confidence in their own ability to push the technological boundary, and their content, delivered within LMS like Moodle and Blackboard, is often pre-packaged. How can instructors that teach online programs through an LMS but do not embrace the internet as an element of their teaching be encouraged to step beyond their comfort margins and use web-based tools to enhance the media and interaction experiences of their courses? Traditional methods such as showcases have failed to create interest or raise the incidence of uptake for web-based tools within these online programs. A switch from group training to the individual collaborations listed below proved key to engaging instructors in emerging technologies. - Show instructors tools that will address a specific learning need within the context of one of their courses. - Use the simplest tool that requires little or no investment in money and minimal time to master. - Show instructors tools that can be used to distribute media or stage interactions within their present LMS. - Provide individual support for the instructor throughout the development stage and support for both students and instructor during delivery. - Talk-up success stories within and across departments. More online instructors at UVic are now engaged with emerging technologies and teaching richer courses.
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Enthusiasts can use Web 2.0 to revolutionize learning!
but
Web 2.0 Innovations must move from early adopter to the everyday classroom.
Image by Erik Mallinson
Most online courses at UVic follow a static LMS-based model.
Comic by Leigh Blackall
An LMS provides additional barriers to adopting Web 2.0 tools.
Solution: Manage the successful adoption of one tool that makes a genuine difference in learning within the instructor’s course.
Don’t start with a tool that just does something an LMS can do, only better.
Start with tools that provide a unique new ability.
Select tools with a simple interface.
image via Stijn Vogels
Train individual instructors in the context of an actual learning technology application.
Image by Larry Strong
Support students and instructors during development and delivery.
How can we spread the use of Web 2.0 tools?
