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2. Question Facilitation Tools  What do they do?  Allow students to ask questions online during class.  Allow students to vote on one another’s questions.  Benefits  More students will ask questions.  The instructor can gauge which student questions are of interest to most students: Q and A time becomes more efficient.

3. Question Facilitation Tools  Platforms?  Google Moderator  Harvard’s Live Question Tool  IdeaScale  Twitter (sort of)

4. Question Facilitation Tools  Recommended platform: Google Moderator  Free  Easy to set up  The instructor needs a Google Account to set up a session  Students need a Google account to ask a question or vote on a question  Students can view a session without a Google account

8. Question Facilitation Tools  Other thoughts  Use the tool consistently through the term.  Questions not addressed in class can be addressed later in LEARN’s online discussion forum.  Resources  Google Moderator home page Google Moderator home page  7 Things You Should Know About Backchannel Communication 7 Things You Should Know About Backchannel Communication

9. Concept Mapping Tools  What do they do?  Visually depict the relationships of things in a system.  Nodes can be linked to online resources.  Branches can be dynamic: open them, close them.  Benefits  Help students apprehend connections among things.  Facilitate deeper learning.  An alternative to traditional assignments.

10. Concept Mapping Tools  Platforms?  CmapTools  VUE (Visual Understanding Environment)  MindMeister  Bubbl.us

11. Concept Mapping Tools  Recommended platform: CmapTools  Free  Developed by the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition  Download and install  Concept maps can be exported as web pages  Collaborative functionality

17. Concept Mapping Tools  Other thoughts  A 2006 meta-analysis found that concept mapping activities are more effective than traditional learning activities in attaining knowledge retention and transfer.  Resources  Three CTE screencasts on using concept mapping tools. Three CTE screencasts on using concept mapping tools

18. Screencasting Tools  What do they do?  Capture whatever is on the screen of your PC or mobile device as you narrate.  Share your screencast with others in YouTube or LEARN.  Benefits  Deliver “remedial” content to get all students up to speed.  Introduce key concepts to students in advance of class.  Deliver content to students outside of class, so class time can be spent on learning activities.

19. Screencasting Tools  Platforms  Camtasia  Adobe Presenter  Screencast-O-Matic

20. Screencasting Tools  Recommended platform: Camtasia  $90 on campus from The Chip  Records, edits, renders.  When editing, you can add titles, call outs, arrows, and so on.  A good balance of features and ease of use.

24. Screencasting Tools  Other thoughts  Flip your classroom: use screencasts to deliver some course content outside of class; then use class time for active learning activities.  Keep screencasts to less than 10 minutes in length.  Use in-class quizzes to ensure that students are watching the screencasts prior to class.  Resources  Video tutorials for Camtasia. Video tutorials for Camtasia.

25. Data Visualization Tools  What do they do?  Render mounds of data into visual representations that can reveal significant patterns.  Benefits  Increases student engagement with data.  Makes the incomprehensible comprehensible.

26. Data Visualization Tools  Platforms  Gapminder  Google Motion Charts

27. Data Visualization Tools  Recommended platform: Gapminder  Free.  Preloaded with more than 500 data sets from agencies such as WHO, the World Bank, EM-DAT, and so on.  Correlates up to 5 variables simultaneously.  Site includes useful videos and documentaries.

29. Data Visualization Tools  Recommended platform: Google Motion Charts  Add your own data sets.  Very similar in functionality to GapMinder.  Easy to use, once you have your data in a spreadsheet.

31. Data Visualization Tools  Other thoughts  Have students create their own data visualizations.  Resources  Gapminder Gapminder  Google Motion Charts Google Motion Charts  7 Things You Should Know About Data Visualization 7 Things You Should Know About Data Visualization

32. ePortfolio Tools  What do they do?  Facilitate the curation and presentation of digital artifacts pertaining to a person’s learning journey and achievements.  Facilitate reflection on one’s learning.  Benefits  Deepen learning.  Help students make connections between various aspects of their academic, work, and personal life.  Can function as an enhanced ePortfolio when applying for jobs.

33. ePortfolio Tools  Platforms  The ePortfolio tool in LEARN  Digication  PebblePad  Taskstream

37. ePortfolio Tools  Other thoughts  Most effective when implemented at the program or institution level.  Most effective when linked to a program’s competencies or outcomes.  ePortfolios are best conceived of as a process not a product.  Resources  Evidence of the efficacy of ePortfolios Evidence of the efficacy of ePortfolios  ePortfolios: What, Why, How ePortfolios: What, Why, How

38. Social Bookmarking Tools  What do they do?  Allow you to save, curate, annotate, and share online resources.  Allow you to easily search your bookmarks from any location.  Benefits  Helps you manage information.  Facilitates collaboration on research projects.  Encourages collaboration among students.

39. Social Bookmarking Tools  Platforms  Diigo  Delicious  Pinboard  Pinterest

40. Social Bookmarking Tools  Recommended platform: Diigo  Free  Save bookmarks as public or private  Tag bookmarks  Create lists of bookmarks  Create groups (multiple people contribute bookmarks to a shared topic)

45. Social Bookmarking Tools  Other thoughts  Installing the Diigo extension in your web browser makes it very easy to use Diigo.  Use it for yourself, or create a Diigo group for your students to use in collaboration.  Resources  Diigo home page Diigo home page  7 Things You Should Know about Social Bookmarking 7 Things You Should Know about Social Bookmarking

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