Transcript What is Good Online Course Design? - NC-NET

Computer
Tools for
Teaching and
Learning
Susan M. Colaric
East Carolina University
Kim N. Stevenson
Elizabeth City State University
Martin Community College
November 28th 2005
Overview
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Getting started
Images
Animation
Video
Audio
Web conferencing
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Virtual reality
Virtual field trips
Blogs
Wikis
Podcasting
Chats
Getting started
Review other sites
• Your own and affiliate colleges
• World Lecture Hall
• Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning
and Online Teaching
• NC CCS Virtual Learning Community
• NC-NETS
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Getting started
Sharing online resources
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Teaching and Learning Resources
Associations/Organizations
Journals/Publications
Books for Beginning Faculty
Health Related Sites
Golden Rule
Just because you can,
doesn’t mean you should.
Golden rule
• Priority should be your learning
outcomes, not incorporating
innovations.
• Remember your learner and their
technology.
Images
• File formats
• Instructional uses
• Terminology
Images
File formats
• GIF (Graphical Interchange Format)
– Compressed
– Indexed color
– Images
Images
File formats
• JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
– Compressed
– RGB color
– Photos
Images
Instructional uses
Dual coding theory (Paivio, 1986)
Encoding occurs in 2 ways:
1. Visual-pictorial
2. Auditory-verbal
Images
Instructional uses
Cognitive load theory
(Sweller & Chandler, 1994; Sweller, 1999)
Limited processing capacity
1. Intrinsic cognitive
2. Extrinsic cognitive
When a graphic is poorly designed or presents
irrelevant material, the learner engages in
inefficient cognitive processing
Images
Instructional uses
Practically speaking: make it simple,
relevant, and select the most important
elements to represent graphically.
Keep in mind that lots of graphics are
added to a site in order to add "interest"
but our goal is instructional. The graphics
should have a purpose.
Images
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Anti-aliasing = smoothness of edges
Interlaced = layered GIF
Progressive = layered JPG
Thumbnail = small photo
ALT tag = code behind an image
Animation
• Can be GIF
• Sequence of images or frames
• Illusion of movement
Howstufffworks.com
Animation Software
• GIFmation
• Photo Impact GIF animator
• Photo Shop, Image Ready
Video
Make sure there is an instructional reason
for doing it.
The top priority when choosing a form of
technology should be the outcomes to be
achieved, not the ability to incorporate
something innovative.
Video
File formats
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MPEG
Shockwave
Quicktime
RealPlayer
Video
Instructional Uses
• Make sure it is something that truly
needs to be presented with movement
• Consider pressing to a CD
Video
Terminology
• Download: file transfers to student
• Streaming: continuous stream of video;
no file transfer
Audio
File Formats
• WAV
• MP3
Transmission
• Web-based
• CD-ROM
Audio
Instructional Uses
• Language instruction-Listen to foreign
language
• Music instruction-listen to orchestra
• History-to listen to great speeches
• Health instruction-listen to heart and
lung sounds
Audio
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Download
Streaming
Sample rate
Sample size
Compression
Web conferencing
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Synchronous but virtual
Share multiple applications
Audio not great yet
Need great hardware & connections
Virtual Reality
• A created environment
• Immersive or non-immersive
• Can be web-based
Virtual Reality
Instructional Uses
• “Visit” inaccessible locations
• Compare locales
• Monitor progress on a project and be
able to move through time
Virtual Field Trips
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Web-based
Usually includes an “expert” guide
Allows individual pacing
Often includes an instructor’s guide
Virtual Field Trips
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“Visit” inaccessible locations
Compare locales
Can be “re-visited”
Enhances class discussion
Blogs
• Online journal or diary
• Open to the public
• Can be co-authored
Wikis
• Web pages that are interactively
editable
• Group work
• Brainstorming
Podcasting
• Method of publishing audio and video to
the Web
• Self-published radio show
• Terms: feed; aggregator; MP3
• Instruction: re-listen to lectures
Chats
Text-based
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Instant messaging
Virtual office hours
Connecting with individual students
Group work
Chats
3-D
• Virtual reality chat
• Build a virtual world
• Active Worlds Educational Universe
Activeworlds.com
Moove.com
Design of effective multimedia
Seven Research-Based Principles for the
Design of Multimedia Messages (Mayer, 2001)
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Multimedia principle
Spatial contiguity principle
Temporal contiguity principle
Coherence principle
Modality principle
Redundancy principle
Individual differences principle
Tool Resources-Images
• Freeware image editors
– www.irfanview.com
– picasa.google.com/index.html
– www.freedownloadscenter.com
• Health care images
– www.sciencesource.com
– www.mic.ki.se/MEDIMAGES.html
– Google images: images.google.com/imghp?hl=en
– Yahoo images: search.yahoo.com/images?fr=FP-tab-img-t
– Anatomy of the Human Body-Henry Gray:
http://www.bartleby.com/107/
Tool Resources-Animations
• Suggestions from the Yale Style Manual on Using
Animations
– Info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/multimedia/gif_animation.html
• Animation Lab at Georgia Tech
– www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/animation
• Elastic Rebound Animation
– www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/elastic/rebound.html
• Wave Watch Animation
– Facs.scripps.edu/surf/swpa.html
• Continental Drift
– www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/anim1.html
Tool Resources-Animations
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• Argosy Medical Animations
– www.argosymedical.com
• Animation on Electron Transport in Mitochondria
– www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/images/anim/ETS.html
• The Human Body
– www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
• Health Central-3-D Medical Animations
– www.healthcentral.com
• How Stuff Works
– www.howstuffworks.com
Tools Resources-Video
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Streaming Media World
– Streamingmediaworld.com
Yahoo Video
– video.search.yahoo.com/video?fr=FP-tab-img-t
Streaming Media
– www.cotc.edu/professional/streaming/archive/nursing.htm
Healthcare Freeware- Images, Photos, & Video
– Healthcarefreeware.com/photo.htm
Quicktime
– www.apple.com/quicktime
RealPlayer
– www.real.com
Shockwave Player and Flash Player
– www.macromedia.com/downloads
Health Central-Videos
– http://www.healthcentral.com/
Heart Info
– www.heartinfo.org
Tools Resources –Audio
• Free Audio editors
– www.audacity.sourceforge.net
• Audio Communication-website is an audio production for
websites used for industry and educational uses.
– www.websiteaudioproductions.com
• CMEinfo –Continuing Medical Education
– http://www.cmeinfo.com/samples.mv
• Learn the Web-File Formats
– http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/34filext.htm
• Multimedia Sound Formats- The Audio Section of the World
Wide Virtual Library
– http://archive.museophile.org/audio/
• The Auscultation Assistant
– http://www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/inex.htm
Tools Resources-WebConferencing
• Macromedia Breeze
– www.macromedia.com/software/breeze
• Elluminate: www.elluminate.com
– Instructor Demo
• http://www.elluminate.com/flash_demos.jsp
• Centra
– www.centra.com
• Horizon Wimba
– www.horizonwimba.com
Tools Resources-Virtual
Reality
• UNC-CH Computer Science Educational Outreach, Introduction
to Virtual Reality
– www.cs.unc.edu/Outreach/vr/index.html
• The University of Michigan Virtual Reality Laboratory (VRL) at
the College of Engineering explores innovative applications of
immersive and non-immersive virtual environments in a variety
of areas.
– www-vrl.umich.edu
• The Virtual Guidebooks use virtual reality panoramas to allow
you to travel, virtually, to interesting places from Alaska down to
Baja California, Mexico.
– www.virtualguidebooks.com
Tools Resources-Virtual
Reality Continued
• Camelot Village presents “Virtual-Europe.com”, a
collection of 360 degree panoramas of some of the
most popular cities in Europe. Packed with useful
information on each city and at least six panoramas
for each destination.
– www.camelotintl.com
• The Virtual Body
– www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
Tools Resources-Virtual
Field Trips
• A virtual geological field trip to Iceland
– www.casdn.neu.edu/~geology/department/staff/colgan/icelan
d/welcome.htm
• Live from Mars
– www.passporttoknowledge.com/mars
• The Field Trips site has a range of field trips on
nature topics.
– Field-guides.com
• From UtahLink, take a virtual filed trip or create one
of your own
– www.uen.org/utahlink/tours
Tools Resources-Blog
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Free Blog sites
– www.blogger.com
Nursing Center- The Potential Use of Blogs in Nursing Education
– www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=542364
Blog Search Engine
– www.blogsearchengine.com
Weblogg-Ed
– www.weblogg-ed.com/about
Use of Blogs in College Classes
– coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/blogonlineclass/index.htm
What about Blogs? An introduction to Blogging Controversies
– http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~conversn/ENGL680/introtocontroversies
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The Blogging Revolution
– http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.05/mustread.html?pg=2
The Nurse Practitioner’s Place
http://arnp.blogspot.com/
– http://arnp.blogspot.com/
Tools Resources-Wikis
• Wikipedia
– www.wikipedia.org
• Best of the Web: Extreme Blogging
– www.forbes.com/home/technology/best/2004/1213/bow001.
html
• Choosing a Wiki for an Undergraduate Class- James Farmer:
Credentials completely unknown but recommended to me.
– Radio.weblogs.com/0120501/2004/06/10.html
• Choosing a Wiki: Cunningham and Cunningham ConsultantsPortland Oregon
– C2.com/cgi/wiki?ChoosingaWiki
• Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready of Not: Brian Lamb-Educause
Review, vol.39, no.5 (September/October 2004): 36-48
– www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ERM0452
Tools Resources-Wikis
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• Edit Me
– http://editme.com/
• Teaching Wiki
– http://teachingwiki.org/
• Write Board
– http://writeboard.com/
• WikiMD
– www.wikimd.org
Tools ResourcesPodcasting
• FeedForAll-define podcasting
– http://www.feedforall.com/what-is-podcasting.htm
• What is podcasting
– http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=724297
• About Podcasting
– http://ga3.org/podcast/podcasting101.html
• Free Software Download
– http://www.dopplerradio.net
• Medical Podcasts by Doctors
– http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=47403
• CME Podcasting
– http://www.cmepodcasting.com/
• NYU Medical Center: Continuing Medical Education
– http://www.med.nyu.edu/podcasting
Tools Resources-Chats
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Yahoo Messenger: messenger.yahoo.com
AOL Instant Messaging: www.aim.com
ICQ: www.icq.com
MSN Messenger:
messenger.msn.com/Ap/Default.aspx
• Nurse Chat-Message Board and Live Chat
– www.nursechat.com
• Great Nurse
– www.greatnurse.com
• Active Worlds Educational Universe
– www.activeworlds.com/
Computer
Tools for
Teaching and
Learning
Susan M. Colaric
East Carolina University
Kim N. Stevenson
Elizabeth City State University
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