Post on 26-May-2015
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Virtual Learning in Business
Session objective
To provide you ideas for using and integrating free software/apps, social media and VLEs into your business/economics teaching
Using technology
If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African proverb
Use your VLE to take your department ‘with you’ and improve consistency for learners.
•This presentation and all software and ideas will be available on my blog:
▫http://steveclarkeictac.blogspot.com/
What do Ofsted want?
•Outstanding: Resources, including new technology, make a marked contribution to the quality of learning
•Good: Good and imaginative use is made of resources, including new technology to enhance learning.
•Satisfactory: Adequate use is made of a range of resources, including new technology, to support learning.
•Unsatisfactory: No mention of Technology
Teaching with Twitter
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•Follow me @fhesbusiness•Hashtag to discuss the conference (now
and later) #busecit
Why use Twitter?Twitter can be used in education for:•Business news •Setting homework tasks•Fun enrichment tasks e.g. #Tweets4Sweets•Educating students to use social media
sensibly•Course reminders•Discussion•Voting/polling•AFL•Video streaming
PowerPoint Twitter Feedback SlideUse Presentation Mode to view, Click this header to give mouse control back to PowerPoint, change slide, etc. Check the “alternate format” to see more tweets!
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Wiffiti Display screen
Embed polls in your VLE or blog
QR
Cod
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Download QR reader app such as i-nigma and scan the image
#7 - Adding QR codes to Word documents for students to check their answers.
Laminate sheets and pin them up round the classroom (Mark Rollins @muppetmasteruk)
Create an "easter egg/scavenger hunt". The students must seek out the QR codes that are posted in a given area. Use the codes to go to information to answer a question and/or find a clue. Then on to finding the code.
Added by @hamtra
#14 - Easter Egg Scavenger
Engagement activitiesActivities to engage students as soon as they enter room whilst teacher takes care of admin etc.Require very little teacher input/set up time
Cool Iris
Software to Transform dull activities
Because sometimes business is boring...
Cartoons
Podcasts using Audacity
Lessons that have worked well
Competitors
For example, Dorothy Perkins
Retail Ltd will be a local competitor
‘This is showing the University College for the Creative Arts (UCA). Students from this establishment would be perfect to work in the studio factory because they are trained specifically for this job.’
‘This image shows ‘The Frock Exchange’ which is a small shop a little bit down the road from our chosen location. It is a shop that sells second hand clothes and is an example of competition’
‘I also chose Farnham because it has a very good infrastructure. These screenshots show evidence of the railway station, bus stops and main roads in and surrounding Farnham.'
Stakeholders & Social costs/benefits using Facebook
Create a group for stakeholders to have a debate Students can create a FB mock-up if you don’t want to use the real thing
...Alternatively: Create Debate
• Online debate forum and social network community built around ideas, discussion and democracy
Revision & ‘Snow days’
Video tutorialsDebut Video screen capture
Free Studio – convert video files and get embed codes
Convert videos for mobile devices
Collaboration & AFL
Wallwisher embedded in VLE
Socrative sign in
•If you didn’t download the app you can access via: m.socrative.com My classroom number is 19782011
Socrative Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes how this session has made you feel:
A) BoredB) ConfusedC) Mild enthusiasmD) Inspired
Beware the learning illusion
When using new software for the first time in class take time to reflect
•Did the technology aid student learning or distract?
•Was the buzz in the class active learning?•Were the objectives achieved in a
reasonable amount of time?