Tech Tools for

Improving

Student/Teacher

Interactions

Scott H. Moss

School of Education

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 #nuss12

Overview

•  Examples of how to use video in online courses.

•  Overview of video tools: Jing, Screencast-o-matic, and VoiceThread

•  Demonstrations of screen capture and embedding •  Sharing resources using Diigo and LiveBinders.

Three Categories for Communication   Content-related

  Ask or answer a content-related question

  Share information

  Express an idea or thought

  Planning of tasks   Plan work, allocate tasks, coordinate joint efforts, or review drafts

  Negotiate and resolve conflicts

  Social support   Express companionship, emotional support, or advice

  Provide support when problems arise (such as when having technical difficulties)

  Talk about things other than class work

Examples

•  Embedding a video in eCollege (Jing/Screencast)

•  Detecting Plagiarism (Screencast-o-Matic)

•  Course Overview •  Captured in Jing

•  Edited in iMovie

•  Posted to YouTube

How to…

•  Make a screencast using Screencast-o-Matic

•  Exporting options

•  Embed in eCollege

Some Video Creation Tools

•  Jing- (Mac/PC, $15/year) •  Screencast-o-Matic ($12/year) •  Snag-It (PC/ $50) •  Adobe Captivate ($299, $699 retail) •  Camtasia ($99) •  iMovie •  Windows Movie Maker •  YouTube (Caption Syncing)

Voicethread

 VoiceThread at Penn State

 Student Example from EDT 609

 Using VoiceThread

Avatars

•  Voki

•  LiveBinder of Avatars

Questions?

•  Scott Moss

•  smoss@nu.edu

References

 Stefan Hrastinski

 

 Asynchronous and Synchronous E-Learning: A study of asynchronous and synchronous e-learning methods discovered that each supports different purposes. EDUCAUSE Quarterly

 http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/AsynchronousandSynchronousELea/163445