CHEC Emerging Technologies course

CHECET course

Prof Dick Ng’ambi

Centre for Educational Technology

University of Cape Town

Presented at the CHECET course on 2 May 2012

Outline

• Challenge of designing learning activities to focus today’s multi-tasking students

• Educator’s assumptions underlying choice of tools

• Affordances of online conferencing tool – Adobe Connect

• Using Adobe Connect for visual presentations• Re-using recorded Adobe Connect meetings

Today’s multi-tasking student. How do we design learning to properly focus these students?

Assumptions underpinning some uses of tools

Adobe Connect affordances

Adobe Connect

One-to-One mtg

Small group mtg

Dispersed audience

Mixed mtg

Facilitator & participants in same room

Participants at a distance

Adapted from: Andy Benoit

The different teaching possibilities with Adobe connect

Adobe Connect Meeting Room

http://meeting.uct.ac.za/checetdemo/

Ensure that you have installed flash plugin before attempting to run Adobe Comment. Use this demo site to test out as a guest.

Learning from smaller chunks of content – finding the appropriate piece to match your puzzle

The image shared in Adobe Connect and concept explained to participants

Drawing tools to enhance explanation

I am yet to find my puzzle piece!

Example of Adobe Session

Recorded meeting: http://meeting.uct.ac.za/p89401296/

Salmon’s 5-Stage Model: useful for online teaching/moderation

Contact details:

Dick Ng’ambiCentre for Educational Technology

Email: dick.ngambi@gmail.com