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E-learning and ILT for RACC Tutors
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FELTAG Principles
• Horizon Scanning- Everyone must fully understand future technological development and its potential for teaching, learning and assessment in vocational and adult education.
• Learners must be empowered to fully exploit their own understanding of, and familiarity with digital technology for their own learning.
• 10% online delivery. Start now
Excellent Practice
• Facilitate collaboration• Fully Support student learning and achievement
outside the classroom using on-line learning communities and social media
• Provide opportunities for peer to peer and 1-2-1 tutor support outside the classroom
• Use mobile devices to check student learning and progress in the class and capture lesson content
Excellent Practice
• Help learners develop and review their personal learning plans (eTracker)
• Use extra online resources to stretch and challenge all students. Early finishers can research and share content for others
• All assignments and activities to be online • Record and report on learners’ progress using ILT• Actively encourage the development of ILT skills in all
learners • Identify and disseminate good practice in your team
30 ICT Tips in 30 minutesPresentation and Lesson Capture
InteractionCollaborationSocial Media
30 ICT Tips in 30 minutesPresentation and Lesson Capture
Stretch and Challenge your Powerpoint
• Annotate and record in-class contribution to your presentations using the ink tool
• Narrate and record your voice over Powerpoint
• Use powerpoint actions to make interactive slides and simple games (e.g maths)
Recording Audio
Use the sound recorder built into your mobile phone or one of the college Ipads or Laptops to record your lessonExamples • Voice to accompany a presentation• Reflective Journals for learners• Interviews and Role Plays• Classroom Q/As which are being assessed(learners in mini
groups with mobiles)• Reflections on creative work• Don’t forget to share the file when it is finished
Find examples of podcasts online for more ideas
Capture your screen with Jing
• Take short videos of your computer screen to share with your learners
• Ideal for software demonstrations
http://www.jingproject.com
• For more advanced screen capture – refer to camtasiahttp://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html
Prezi
• Jazz up your presentations - ideal for subjects where you want more dynamism or creative flow
• http://prezi.com/5ye8po_hmikp/10-most-common-rookie-presentation-mistakes/
• Prezi can import powerpoint slides
• Find an example to suit your curriculum
Video
Use a learners mobile phone or an iPad to make news reports for humanities, english and language classes
Share these files through social media into a facebook group or onto a shared dropbox area that your class has access to
E-learning design
• Using advanced powerpoint features provides you with the principles of e-learning
• There are some tools publicly available to enable the creation of more complex e-learning materials without knowing programming.
• Examples of these are:• Glo - http://www.glomaker.org/samples.html• Articulate Studio/Story Line -
https://www.articulate.com/store/store.php• Adobe Captivate -
http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html
30 ICT Tips in 30 minutesInteraction
Countdown…
• Creating a sense of urgency and immediacy within a lesson
• Setup an online stopwatch or interactive countdown timer go to
• http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
• Egg Timer
• http://www.online-stopwatch.com/eggtimer-countdown/full-screen/
Pollanywhere
• Use Polleverywhere to setup a voting system that makes use of learners mobile devices to enable you to get instant feedback.
• Here are a few ways to use PollEverywhere in your classroom:– Check for understanding after a difficult lesson– Do Now! activity when students walk into a class – Make classroom decisions (How much more time do you need on the
paper?)– Assign as a homework assignment (ex: Answer the poll by midnight)– Keep track of student progress during in-class assessment (ex: Text
“Done” to the poll when you are finished)
• http://www.polleverywhere.com/• http://teachbytes.com/2012/03/21/polleverywhere-and-5-
classroom-uses-2/• https://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/oyqFwp1
QHXap2M8
Socrativ
• For highly interactive feedback during classes using mobile devices setup an account on http://www.socrative.com/
– Multiple Choice
– True/False
– Q/A
Join my room http://b.socrativ.com - aa3ef945
Survey Monkey
• Design your own online surveys for your classes on https://www.surveymonkey.com/
• Can be used for pre-course questionnaires, automating administration, quick end of class or mid – term surveys.
• Example
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2MQB5P5
Use Ipad Accessibility features
• Voiceover – touch the screen to hear what is on it
• Assistive Touch – use a single finger to create gestures
• Guided Access – improve focus on a single app
• Facetime – Use Facetime for signing and non verbal communication
• https://www.apple.com/uk/accessibility/
• Think of a creative use of these technologies in your lesson
30 ICT Tips in 30 minutesCollaboration
Google Apps
• Make a Google account and edit live Google documents with your colleagues: http://docs.google.com
• Use Google Drive or Dropbox as a shared file area to store files for your class
• Examples : Joint reports, team working briefs, creative files, sound-bytes, photographs
• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_6fh7wXkugHQbbA2ILrjsFqysvclJCbul2I3Oc912D8/present#slide=id.i0
Setup a website or blog for your class
• Encourage learners to develop an online presence• Create an online CV• Make an online portfolio• Used for reflective journaling • 100s of themes
• www.wordpress.com• www.blogger.com• www.livejournal.com
Encourage Discussion and Sharing
• Setup an online discussion forum in class use http://www.proboards.com/
• Learners can contribute, collaborate and share resources online on any topic
• e.g share recipes, share language tips and links, explore history, research science
• http://polandsite.proboards.com/
• Find an example for your own curriculum area
ILT for Rehearsal and Performance
• Make a digital multimedia backdrop for a performance • Learners can research idea images, sound and
resources and make a timed powerpoint backdrop or small video file . Play this in the background behind a practical performance.
• Helps with Cueing, Videoing the work acts as evidence
Tools used• Windows movie maker • iMovie• Adobe Premiere
Moodle – best practice
• Departmental reviews of Moodle have identified the following best practice– Resources well organised by Date and by Subject, descriptions of
sections and units, and by module leader– On-going use of online assessment for formative and summative work– Resources refreshed regularly– Centralised resources reduce duplication and improve quality (if a
course is repeat taught)– Encouragement of lesson capture (filming or screen recording)– Active use of Forums – regular posting and learner interaction– Tutors bring tablets into the class or use/share learner mobiles to
encourage interaction with the VLE– Management - Online shared areas for staff resources(adapt this slide to reference your area for shared resources)
E-tracker
• An online ILP – ‘myprogress’
• Puts the learner in the centre of progress
• Creates a dashboard of data about your learner
• Allows ongoing assessment and learner tracking
• Training will be provided on this for all staff
30 ICT Tips in 30 minutesSocial Media
• An Online picture board
• Encourage learners to create picture boards on a topic e.g storyboarding for interior design or typography for graphic design http://www.pinterest.com/erinklein/pinterest-for-teachers/
• http://www.teachthought.com/social-media/37-ways-teachers-can-use-pinterest-in-the-classroom/
• Creating a hashtag on specific topics to create a conversation with your learners or to encourage research
• Instant Feedback
• Follow industry professionals to stretch learning and aspiration
• Twitter for teachers: http://www.schrockguide.net/twitter-for-teachers.html
• Create a closed group on Facebook for your class and other staff teaching your course
– Share resources, links and updates
– Encourage learners to support each other outside of the lesson
– Do not friend learners
• 100 ways to use Facebook in your classroom
• http://www.teachthought.com/technology/100-ways-to-use-facebook-in-education-by-category/
Next Steps
• Take these slides and adapt them to suit your audience and context (both staff and learners!)
• More resources can be found on moodle in the virtual staff room in the Teaching and Learning / ILT and VLE area
• Help and support from the LRC and the eLearning Champions
• Follow me on twitter on @manojnanda for more links and tips
Other Resources for teachers
Effective ICT : 20 tips for 20 tutors and more..http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/
Detailed training for Office 2013http://www.gcflearnfree.org/office
Keeping up to datehttp://www.edudemic.com/
Mobile Apps organised by learning activity:http://edtechteacher.org/apps
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