Teaching Strategies: Using Technology in Teaching
This page provides links to resources with guidance for enhancing teaching and learning by using technologies. The articles in this section outline both the benefits and drawbacks of incorporating technology into teaching and offer practical tips on using technology tools.
Examples of UM Faculty Using Technology in Teaching
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/inst/techexamples.php
Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever (The TLT Group, AAHE Bulletin)UM Faculty and a summary of how they are using technology in their teaching.
http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html
This article describes how technology tools can be used to advance the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education."Virtual Resources for Teaching with Technology (University of Maryland- University College)
http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/
This website has two modules. Module 1 describes how to select that appropriate technology tools to accomplish specific learning objectives. Module 2 provides resources for faculty who use instructional technology to promote active learning.Active Learning on the World Wide Web (San Diego State University)
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/Active/ActiveLearning.html
The author describes active learning exercises that utilize the Web. The article includes links to examples and bibliographic references.
Designing Good
Questions for Online Discussions (Penn State)
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/online_questions/
Excellent source for learning how to use questions more effectively to facilitate critical thinking and to focus, redirect, and deepen discussions.
Resources for Moderators and Facilitators
of Online Discussion (eModerators)
http://www.emoderators.com/moderators.shtml
Resources for moderators and moderators-to-be of online discussion in both academic and non-academic settings.Using Technology to Break Classroom Barriers (Stanford University)
http://ctl.stanford.edu/Newsletter/technology.pdf
This article describes how instructional technology can be used to enhance communication in courses. The article provides information about the utilization of email, course webpages, usernet newsgroups, and online class bulletin boards.
Examples of Teaching
and Learning with Technology (Penn State)
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/ArtsHumanities/
This website has links to examples of technology use in humanities, arts, math, and science courses and discusses issues related to using various technology tools.
Examples
of Student Activities (Penn State World Campus)
https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/public/faculty/studentactivities.html
Excellent list with very short descriptions of activities to make any course more interactive, interesting, and engaging to students.See Also Teaching Strategies: OnlineTeaching
http://www.crlt.edu/tstrategies/tsot.php