Ed Tech Webinars
Fall 2011
You can join the webinar in-person in room AC-4G01, or online at:
York College Elluminate session (You will need a headset if you want to talk in the Webinar. Please get on the webinar 5 - 10 min earlier to make sure it works on your computer.)
If this is the first time you use Elluminate (also called Blackboard Collaborate), please go to the following site to test and prepare your computer to meet the system requirements:
Digital Storytelling and the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
Wednesday, 9/21 3:00 pm—4:00 pm
Recording (The webinar stars at 2 min. 15 sec. )
Presenter: Prof. Michael Smith
From this session you will learn how to teach a course in the open web and invite the world to join. Both registered students and open participants interact in a class that uses a large variety of digital tools (Wordpress, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, Skype, etc.) to interact and create stories.
Group Wiki Projects
Thursday, 10/6 12:30 pm—1:30 pm
Recording
Presenters: Prof. William Divale, Prof. Alan Winson
Group projects provide good opportunity for constructivist learning. They also present challenges. In this webinar you will learn how to support, engage students in group work and grade group projects using wiki technology, the challenges and benefits.
Prezi, Slideshare and Scribd
Wednesday, 10/12 3:00 pm—3:30 pm
Recording
Presenter: Prof. Michael Smith
In this webinar you will learn how to use a variety of web-based presentation tools to author and/or host PowerPoint-like presentations.
Facilitating and Grading Online Discussion
Thursday, 10/20 12:30 pm—1:30 pm
Recording
Presenters: Prof. William Divale, Dr. Wenying Huang-Stolte
How to engage students in online discussion? What rubrics can be used to encourage students’ participation in the discourse and deeper learning? In this session you will learn the strategies of using online discussion to facilitate student learning.
Game-Based Learning
Thursday, 11/3 12:30 pm—1:30 pm
Recording
Presenters: Prof. Xin Bai, Prof. Robert Duncan
Why can games in entertainment industry engage users so well? How can we as educators design games to engage students in learning? In this session the presenters will discuss how educators can design games to promote learning. They will introduce rules of game design in classrooms and in digital media and present some digital media tools for designing game-based learning.
Online Assessment
Wednesday, 11/9 3:00 pm—4:00 pm
Presenter: Dr. Wenying Huang-Stolte
What are the issues and concerns related to assessment in online courses? In this session the presenter will discuss about the challenges of the online assessment and the strategies to develop effective online assessment.
Diigo & Delicious
Wednesday, 11/16 3:00 pm—4:00 pm AC-4G01
Recording
Presenters: Prof. Michael Smith, Dr. Wenying Huang-Stolte
In this session the presenters will share their experience in using social book-marking tools such as Diigo and Delicious and how to take advantage of these tools in the classroom and research.