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Thursday, 15 July 2004: 9:30 AM-10:15 AM | |||
Oceanic 4 (Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel) | |||
L-9: Just-in-Time Learning: Databasing 60-second Interactive Videos within WebCT | |||
| Detailed Description: | Andragogy, teaching of adult learners, is significantly different from pedagogy, teaching of children, because it relies on specialized, context-based, transactional learning methods whereas pedagogy relies on generalized, transmission-based learning methods. We will demonstrate how to use andragogical principles in syncing video and PowerPoint slideshows to create 1-minute interactive video presentations for upload into WebCT’s database feature for fast, on-demand learning. | ||
| Presentation Format: | Showcase | ||
| Topic: | Enabling learning: Effective instructional practices and flexible design models | ||
| Target Audience: | Course Designers, Faculty and Other Instructors, System Administrators, Senior Administrators, E-learning Managers, K-12 Educational Staff | ||
| Appropriate Audience Level: | Experienced WebCT users | ||
| Abstract Text: | (FULL PAPER EMAILED) In our teaching and learning environment at Webster University, we naturally use technologies appropriate to the context in which we are teaching. While WebCT is the central template on which we house all of our course materials and engage our learners through constructivist teaching methods, we extend the text-based medium through the use of audio/visual peripherals, allowing learners to interact with their teacher, their course materials, and one another in a variety of ways. This past academic year, for instance, we engaged students in collaborative and project-based learning activities that required their use of cyberspace for simulated learning experiences. We created interactive video cds for use in our online cyberethics course so that students would have the opportunity to see and hear their teacher while interacting with the materials provided them – a fluent combination of lecture and lab. We developed a program which allowed acoustic learners to post their journal assignments on WebCT in the form of audio rather than text files. We also created within WebCT a database of 60-second interactive video and audio presentations for on-demand learning around the topics of programming codes and cyberethics. The value of databasing quick instructional videos is that it provides learners with a Google-like search engine to interact with explanatory materials relevant to their immediate needs. It addresses student-centered learning environments in a descriptive rather than prescriptive manner, for the interactive portions provide opportunities for students to explore areas of the discourse that are relevant to them and that tactilely engage their understanding of whatever concept is being discussed. The eventual goal of this project is to have hundreds of interactive videos and audios all linked together through the central database that WebCT supplies. | ||
| Session Leader: | Ralph Olliges Webster University | ||
| Co-Presenter: | Sebastian Mahfood Kenrick Seminary | ||
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