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This Module in a Nutshell
This Module in a Nutshell
- Search efficiently for existing resources on the Internet
- Capture and convert OER (Open Education Resources)
- Creating education resources (PPT; video tutorials, documents, websites)
- Retrieval practice for effective learning: (quizzes, tests….)
- Make the resources available on a cloud drive
Search efficiently on the Internet
Search efficiently on the Internet
How to search efficiently on the Internet
How to search efficiently on the Internet
We expect you to be quite skilful and experienced in searching the web. You might be surprised to find out that many of us can still improve their search strategies. Check the following links:
We expect you to be quite skilful and experienced in searching the web. You might be surprised to find out that many of us can still improve their search strategies. Check the following links:
A beginner’s guide to Google search Advanced Power Searching:
A beginner’s guide to Google search Advanced Power Searching:
Open Educational Resources OER
Open Educational Resources OER
What are OER
OER are teaching, learning and research materials that are intentionally created and licensed so that the end user can own, share and, in most cases, modify them free of charge.
Sources of OER
Sources of OER
The MER LOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creationtools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum
EDUTOPIA: An educators’ guide to open educational resources with information about online repositories, curriculum-sharing websites, and sources for lesson plans and activities
FIND OER: Open Professional Education Network
Adopting Open Textbooks: Resources of a course about this topic
Open Learning Initiative: Transforming higher education
Open Learn: Free courses
OERs - The good, the bad and the ugly by Tony Bates
Tanzanian University e-library https://www.suza.ac.tz/library/free-e-book/
PDF Drive PDF Drive - Search and download PDF files for free.
Open Library https://openlibrary.org/
Free E-Books Net https://www.free-ebooks.net/
PDF Books World https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/
OERu University level courses https://oeru.org/
Capture and Convert Existing Resources
Capture and Convert Existing Resources
Screen Capture
Screen Capture
A great advantage of using learning resources in digital form is the ease with which you can capture and convert interesting material into a convenient form. In this section you will learn how easy this transformation is when you have appropriate tools at your disposal.
A great advantage of using learning resources in digital form is the ease with which you can capture and convert interesting material into a convenient form. In this section you will learn how easy this transformation is when you have appropriate tools at your disposal.
Jing
The always-ready program that allows you to instantly capture images and videos—then share them with anyone. Jing is a great tool for adding basic visual elements to all of your online conversations.
Snipping Tool
Since Windows Vista, Microsoft has included a utility called the Snipping Tool to make capturing screen shots easier.
Wink
Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.
Greenshot
Greenshot is a free and open-source screen capture application for Windows users. Greenshot makes it very easy to take a screen capture and then draw and annotate upon it without having to open another application.
You found a thought-provoking video that illustrates a highly relevant point you want to make in your lesson. You want to select a scene and show it in class.
How to download from YouTube using SS (step-by-step guide) Read more:
https://www.legit.ng/1138418-how-download-youtube-using-ss.html
YouTube Downloader HD
https://www.youtubedownloaderhd.com/download.html
Audio Recorder
Audio Recorder
Audacity
You want to record live interviews and edit the recordings or mix them with other audio sources. This tool can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, records etc.
Website Downloader
Website Downloader
HTTrack
…is a free and easy-to-use offline browser utility. It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure.
Creating OER
Creating OER
How Adults Learn
How Adults Learn
If you don’t find adequate textbooks you might want to produce your own instructive learning material. It doesn’t mean you have to create all from scratch. Very often you may find illustrative images, animations and instructive texts. In this section of the module you will create effective instructive learning material.
If you don’t find adequate textbooks you might want to produce your own instructive learning material. It doesn’t mean you have to create all from scratch. Very often you may find illustrative images, animations and instructive texts. In this section of the module you will create effective instructive learning material.
Let’s think about the needs of the learner first. Adult learners show some particular characteristics:
Let’s think about the needs of the learner first. Adult learners show some particular characteristics:
Alternative Approaches
Alternative Approaches
Characteristics of Online Learning Material versus Printed Textbooks
Characteristics of Online Learning Material versus Printed Textbooks
Quality Criteria for OER
Quality Criteria for OER
Today it is easy to find tons of learning materials. The challenge is rather to distinguish good from bad learning aids. Materials are selected for a reason and purpose. They are evaluated as to their aesthetic, literary, and social value; appropriateness to student age and emotional maturity; and relevance to the curriculum.
Today it is easy to find tons of learning materials. The challenge is rather to distinguish good from bad learning aids. Materials are selected for a reason and purpose. They are evaluated as to their aesthetic, literary, and social value; appropriateness to student age and emotional maturity; and relevance to the curriculum.
Purpose
Purpose
- To activate, influence motivation and arouse interest in students
- To help clarify, interpret and compare important concepts, phenomena and events
- To make learning more focused, effective, interesting, vivid, meaningful and imaginative
- To promote better understanding and development of different skills and attitudes
- To promote teacher-student and student-student communication and interaction
- To encourage evoking pregained knowledge and acquiring new information
- To aid in finding causes and reasons
- To encourage students' personal development
Compare a poor and an effective learning resource
Compare a poor and an effective learning resource
Study both learning aids about the same topic carefully
Study both learning aids about the same topic carefully
Learning Material Example.docxCreate a list with your Curriculum and matching Learning Resources
Create a list with your Curriculum and matching Learning Resources
Starting from your curriculum (centre column) create a list of links to learning resources (column on the right). This will be the learning path the students will follow during the self-directed learning. In the left column you indicate, what the tutor will do in the synchronous teaching phase. This can be done in face-to-face sessions or in virtual lessons via ZOOM.. The activities during the tutor sessions are related to the self-directed learning.
Starting from your curriculum (centre column) create a list of links to learning resources (column on the right). This will be the learning path the students will follow during the self-directed learning. In the left column you indicate, what the tutor will do in the synchronous teaching phase. This can be done in face-to-face sessions or in virtual lessons via ZOOM.. The activities during the tutor sessions are related to the self-directed learning.
Synchronous Teaching Phases versus Self-difected Learning
Synchronous Teaching Phases versus Self-difected Learning
Synchronous Teaching Phases (f2f or ZOOM)
Synchronous Teaching Phases (f2f or ZOOM)
For most students tutoring sessions are a central element of the learning experience. This is where they can clarify misunderstandings, where they get motivational support and guidance. Teachers experience here directly whether students succeed, cope or struggle. It is where they can create the greatest impact on students’ success.
For most students tutoring sessions are a central element of the learning experience. This is where they can clarify misunderstandings, where they get motivational support and guidance. Teachers experience here directly whether students succeed, cope or struggle. It is where they can create the greatest impact on students’ success.
- Educators, who are used to and trained in using class time for lectures, often do not know how to transition from a lecture-based classroom to one that includes more student-centerd and interactive activities. This problem is especially relevant in higher education where faculty are hired based on their content expertise not their expertise in being facilitators of learning. Professors tend to stick with traditional approaches because they don’t know much about alternatives.
- Class time can then be used for discourse and for providing hands-on, authentic learning experiences. Obviously, in a face-to-face setting, students can ask questions in group discussions. During this phase, the educator can demonstrate reflection strategies and offer choices for student reflections, but the focus should be on the learner constructing his or her understanding of the topic. Learners can articulate and construct their understanding of the content or topic. Students demonstrate what they learned and apply the material in a way that makes sense to them.
- Tutors will not lecture but engage students in learning activities such as: excercice, mock-exams, answer questions, motivate, adress problems, practice labs, formative tests...
Self-directed Learning with Video Tutorials
Self-directed Learning with Video Tutorials
Example; Kahn Academy Video Tutorials
The self-directed learning is the critical new element. For the students it is demanding to learn self-directedly. By studying KA-Tutorials they can learn at their own speed, repeat sequences if necessary and focus on topics where they are deficient. They can easily be overwhelmed by the mass of resources on the internet. This is why they need to give some guidance. The learning path is preventing the learners from getting lost.
The self-directed learning is the critical new element. For the students it is demanding to learn self-directedly. By studying KA-Tutorials they can learn at their own speed, repeat sequences if necessary and focus on topics where they are deficient. They can easily be overwhelmed by the mass of resources on the internet. This is why they need to give some guidance. The learning path is preventing the learners from getting lost.
The references given by the lecturer and by the tutors are equally helpful. Some students have not the necessary discipline to work seriously without being controlled by a teacher. They need some kind of incentive. KA’s monitoring tool or unannounced tests make some students work harder.
The references given by the lecturer and by the tutors are equally helpful. Some students have not the necessary discipline to work seriously without being controlled by a teacher. They need some kind of incentive. KA’s monitoring tool or unannounced tests make some students work harder.
Study the following presentation:
Study the following presentation:
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