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Choosing the Right Technology for Effective Learning Solutions

Explore the essential considerations for selecting the right technology to enhance learning experiences. This guide covers strategies to define technology needs, evaluate the pros and cons of different solutions, and thoughtfully plan implementation. Learn about various tools available for presenting information, facilitating discussion, assessing students, and promoting collaborative writing. Gain insights into privacy, access, and synchroneity issues, and discover valuable resources for further learning and support from IT consultants and technology experts.

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Choosing the Right Technology for Effective Learning Solutions

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  1. Choosing the Right Technology Lauren Shawl Instructional & Web Technologist UW-Madison School of Pharmacy lshawl@pharmacy.wisc.edu

  2. Ask your technologist if is right for you!

  3. “clickers” Smartboards

  4. You will be able to: • Use narrowing questions to define your technology needs • Identify pros and cons of technology solutions • Thoughtfully plan the implementation of a solution • Identify some resources where you can learn about learning technologies

  5. What do you want to do? • Present Information / Deliver Content • Facilitate Discussion, Consensus Building, Collaborative Writing, Problem Solving, etc. • Assess Students • …

  6. What do you want to do? • Present Information / Deliver Content at a Distance • Presentation technology • PowerPoint, Keynote, Adobe Connect • Podcasting • Garageband, ProfCast • Webcasting • Captivate, Articulate • Course management systems • Learn@UW, Moodle, Blackboard…

  7. What do you want to do? • Facilitate Collaborative Writing • Asynchronous • Microsoft Word with Track Changes, Wiki, Google Docs • Synchronous • Wiki, Google Docs

  8. What do you want to do? • Facilitate Discussion / Consensus Building • Asynchronous • Forums / Discussion boards, Email, Wiki • Synchronous • Chat (Instant messaging), Adobe Connect, Teleconferencing, Wiki, Google docs

  9. What do you want to do? • Assess students • Quizzes • During face-to-face meeting • Clickers / Audience Response System, Low-tech active learning techniques • Collect Assignments (Assignment Upload) • Dropbox tools • Writing • Wiki, discussion board, blog

  10. Access issues Privacy issues Synchronicity Type of Content Convenience! Narrowing Questions

  11. Example: Assignment Submission • Access issues • Privacy issues • Synchronicity • Type of Content • Convenience!

  12. IT Consultants, LLC • Collaborative Writing • Moodle OU Wiki • Consensus Building • Moodle Discussion Forum • Distance / Asynchronous Presentations • Webcasting with Articulate • In-class Assessment • iClicker • Case Scenario Tool • Case Scenario Builder

  13. Implementation Considerations • Consider the resources available to you. • Provide technology training & rationale to your students. • Plan your assessment. • Consider different learning styles. • Seek feedback, reflect & improve next time!

  14. Where to Learn about Technologies • Consider technologies you are familiar with. • ComETS First Point of Contact • @ UW-Madison • https://academictech.doit.wisc.edu/technologies • http://engage.doit.wisc.edu/about/challenge/solutions.html • Elsewhere • http://www.educause.edu“7 Things You Should Know About…” • Local consultants • Events! - This is where I learn the most!

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