2. Introduction to Web Teaching

3. Educational Development Unit Introduction to Web Teaching 2.To improve access for students 3.To enrich teaching and learning 1.To reduce administrative burden 4.To improve academic achievement Benefits of using the WWW in teaching

4. Educational Development Unit Introduction to Web Teaching 1 To Reduce Administrative Burden Class timetables Subject outlines Test schedules

5. Educational Development Unit Introduction to Web Teaching 2.To Improve Access for Students Full-time/Part-time/Distance/Disabled students Greater access to course materials - from work or home Increased inter-action between tutor and student Increased inter-action between students Higher quality teaching materials Increased range of teaching materials - video, sound, animation, etc

6. Educational Development Unit Introduction to Web Teaching 3.To Enrich Teaching and Learning Using the WWW to take students out of the classroom Collaborative student Web assignments Student Web learning journals Enhancing student discussion Improving clinical supervision Web tutorials

7. Educational Development Unit Introduction to Web Teaching 4.To improve academic achievement Mastery Learning approach to teaching is now easier Automated testing and subject progression Web clinics for weaker students

8. Educational Development Unit Introduction to Web Teaching Designing for Web teaching 1‘Content-rich’ subjects - cognitive/hierarchical - easy conversation to on-line operation 2‘Performance-rich’ subjects - hands-on/expressive/creative Ex. Dance, painting, musicianship, design, laboratory - Difficult or impossible to convert 3‘Socially-rich’ educational experiences Ex. sports, amateur dramatics, politics, debating societies student union activities student union activities * Because an activity is technically feasible doesn’t make it educationally sound *

9. Educational Development Unit Introduction to Web Teaching Examples of Web Teaching The Inter-active Story Maker The Inter-active Story Maker http://158.132.100.221/TeachingOnWWW/ShareEssayCSS.html\ Inter-active Web Lecture Notes Inter-active Web Lecture Notes http://158.132.100.221/TeachingOnWWW/IAHndoutCSS.html Management in Higher Education site Management in Higher Education site http://158.132.100.221/MHE/MHE.html See examples in the EDU’s EDRC web site See examples in the EDU’s EDRC web site http://158.132.100.210/INET_EDU.folder/WebTeachServ.html

10. Educational Development Unit Introduction to Web Teaching Dangers of Web Teaching Face-to-face teaching provides the maximum number of potential communication channels. Reducing the number of channels may reduce the potential for learning. What will you do if things don’t work? You should never use the Web for formal assessment, except where contribution to Web discussion is to be assessed. Students will only participate in Web teaching activities if they are given an incentive to participate. Point to remember when considering Web teaching:

11. Educational Development Unit Introduction to Web Teaching Useful Web Addresses The World Lecture Hall - WWW teaching directory http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/ The Maricopa directory http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tl/index.html Study Web http://www.studyweb.com Knowledge Network Explorer http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ Web courses using Real Audio http://www.realnetworks.com/education/index.html