Background: In the 21st century, digital skills are important to accelerate the teaching and learning process. Digital teachers can use varieties of methods and techniques to gauge learners. It also helps to improve their professional development skills. Further, they can use various online platforms to accelerate students’ and their own interactions.
Good because it is free and easy to learn. It is further embedded within the web browser.
2
Blog
Word Press www.wordpress.com (i) write a digital reflective diary and share practices with others (ii) maintain a portfolio for personal professional development
(i) collaborate with learners and practitioners for designing learning activities or plans
OER:
edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Compendium_LD
Good because it has a flexible visual interface. Teachers can articulate ideas and share with others to receive feedback
To be honest, I haven't used OER as OER in the past. I accessed resources online in order to write research papers but was not much familiar with OER platforms. MAODE is gradually helping me to explore more about OER through different activities. I think OER reduce the cost of resources. Further, practitioners can create new resources in their own context, in the light of the available resources.
Activity 8: An OER course
TARGET AUDIENCE: UNIVERSITY TEACHERS
DURATION: FIVE WEEKS (6 hours per week)
Background: In the 21st century, digital skills are important to accelerate the teaching and learning process. Digital teachers can use varieties of methods and techniques to gauge learners. It also helps to improve their professional development skills. Further, they can use various online platforms to accelerate students’ and their own interactions.
Week
Topic
Resources
Suitability (G/M/B)
1
Social bookmarking
Diigo
https://www.diigo.com
(i) read with annotation (ii) mark notes for reference purpose (iii) share the resources with colleagues and learners
OER:
Good because it is free and easy to learn. It is further embedded within the web browser.
2
Blog
Word Press www.wordpress.com (i) write a digital reflective diary and share practices with others (ii) maintain a portfolio for personal professional development
OER: The Open University Free Course, 2016 titled
Teachers sharing resources online
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/teachers-sharing-resources-online/content-section-0
Good because it is easy to create. It is also a secure platform and free to use. Easily accessible on a portable device.
3
Digital Polling
DirectPoll
http://directpoll.com
(i)create a real-time survey in class (ii) visualization in real-time settings to connect with learners
OER: None
Very good because it will help practitioners to receive instant feedback
4
Spelling Checker
Grammarly
https://app.grammarly.com
(i)for checking grammar of students assignment (ii) for improving research writing skills as a practitioners
OER: https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1267728
Good because it is embedded in MSWord and easy to handle. There is no need of a subscription
5
Sharing Learning Designs
CompendiumLD
www.compendiumld.open.ac.uk
(i) collaborate with learners and practitioners for designing learning activities or plans
OER:
Good because it has a flexible visual interface. Teachers can articulate ideas and share with others to receive feedback