I still remember years ago at the beginning of a conference
session presenters would politely remind the audience to turn off the cell
phones and put them away. This year, however, it was almost a requirement for
you to have a smartphone to go to a session. Here are two easy ways to use the
phones to engage your audience/students:
- Poll Everywhere: Gather live audience or class responses via text messages.
- Instagram: Campus scavenger hunt activities for new student orientation; showcase students’ work; capture field trip memories; share reading recommendations, etc.
Steve Pillow from Emily Griffith Technical College presented
a collection of technology tools for engagement. On his website, he organized
tools into categories of Quiz, Video, Photo, Music, and Google. https://sites.google.com/site/personaltechplan/presentation-tools
. What a wonderful resource! Although many of the tools are geared towards k-12
teachers, you’ll be able to find gems for your personal and professional use.
The other session I went to was on faculty training
presented by CU Online. This was the same presentation as the one they did at
the OLC’s blended conference. Please see Jeff’s
blog post. I’m not going to repeat here in terms of what they covered in
the session. Here are my takeaways:
- Their training program is
called Online Skills Mastery (OSM) – pronounced as “awesome.” (How clever
is that?)
- One of the motivations for
faculty to take these badge courses is that as students register for
online courses, they get to see faculty’s credentials (badges).
- The CU online team is currently working with their Legal to explore the possibilities to put this wonderful resource under Creative Commons license. It takes lots of resources to put together faculty training materials. I’m excited about the potential for institutions to partner up and share resources.
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