Selecting and Using Technologies in Online & Blended Courses

Just as smart phones, Twitter, Facebook and all of Web 2.0 are transforming communication, they’re also changing how teachers teach and students learn. These new technologies could encourage learner-centered teaching and help students learn skills they’ll need to succeed.

But, like any tool, digital technologies must be used appropriately to realize their potential.

Discover how to maximize the effectiveness of 21^st century teaching tools with Selecting and Using Technologies in Online & Blended Courses, a 60-minute seminar with noted presenter Tony Bates.

Criteria for Media Selection

Bates shares a comprehensive framework for educational technology decisions.  Known as the SECTIONS Model, this letter-by-letter approach includes instructional and administrative criteria as follows:

S Is the technology appropriate for students?

E Is it reliable?  Does it allow ease of use?

C What are its direct and indirect costs?

T How will it support teaching and learning?

I What kinds of interaction will it make possible?

O What organizational issues will be involved?

N How much of a novelty is this technology?

S Will it let us start courses and make changes with the speed we need? Is it secure?

Starting with this framework, you’ll learn:

• When to use face-to-face, blended learning, or online learning
• When to use a learning management system
• When and how to create personal learning environments
• When to blend a learning management system and personal learning environments
• When to use Web 2.0 tools, and for what purposes
• How to design learner-centered teaching.

You also receive the Discussion Guide for Facilitators, full of tips on sharing best practices and more, all provided to help you implement what you’ve learned.

Who Should View Selecting and Using Technologies in Online & Blended Courses

This is an advanced level seminar, perfect for universities, colleges, training organizations and people in the following positions:

• Curriculum developers
• Educational technologists
• Instructional designers
• Instructors
• Lecturers
• Professors
• Program directors.

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