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Avoiding the Zombie Apocalypse: 2 Tools for Universal Design in Online Classes
Beth Ritter-GuthUnion County CollegeBeth started this session with a lie – she’ll be doing 3 tools; always better to under promise and over deliver! Tool #1: EdPuzzle Create quiz questions within a YouTube video that forces students to be engaged with the video. The questions must be answered in order (can’t skip ahead), and the…
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Animated, Authentic, Accessible, and Free: Using Video in Online Courses
Anne Marie AndersonMelanie MorrisRaritan Valley Community CollegeWhy use video? Personalize courses Online courses receive “live” instruction Flip & hybrid classroom Re-watch & review concepts Provide feedback on assignments Universal design for learning Tools that they use: Screencast-o-matic: Never had a need to purchase the paid version ($15/year) Camtasia: Paid licensing per user (~$300 per license)…
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9x9x25 Challenge
Todd ConawayYavapai CollegeAlisa CooperMaricopa Community Collegeshttp://9x9x25.wordpress.comI’ll start by saying this is an interesting concept. It’s not surprising that at institutions that are focused on teaching and learning, that many faculty are not going to take the time to write about what they’re doing. The concept is to have faculty write 25 sentences about teaching &…
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Gamify Canvas: How to Engage Gen Z with Gamification Strategies in Online Classroom Design
I’ll fully admit, because of a canceled session, I came into this session late. I’m interested in making Canvas more game-oriented to increase engagement in some professional development programs that we offer. But with that in mind, I’m having a hard time catching up to where this presentation is going. The first (and seemingly only) option…
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Education in Abundance: Network Learning and Literacies
Bonnie StewartUniversity of Prince Edward IslandLink to the presentation slidesSo last night’s so opening keynote was all about “personalized learning.” All well and good, but many of the examples were in math. That makes sense, right? Give students a series of problems to work on in order to gauge where they are in terms of…
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Cool Tools: Work Smarter, Not Harder
Janet Hurn & Julie StraubMiami Universityhttp://jjtechnologies.weebly.comThis session hit VERY close to home, because the presenters are former coworkers. Productivity Tools ScreenLeap – Easily integrates within Google Apps for Education, but can be used without. Allows you to screen shares within the browser.Evernote – End of discussion.Note Anywhere – Chrome extension. Put notes dynamically on a…