Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Constantly under
revision and improvement
by a global community
of developers
Auditory learners
listeners
may repeat to hear own voice and process
information
engage in mental dialogues
Visual preference
Visual learners
prefer seeing what they are learning
pictures and images help them understand
Translate descriptions to images
Kinesthetic preferences
Kinesthetic learners
want to sense position and movement
'get their hands dirty’
often favour scenarios and labs
Learning style inventory
Online learning style preference
assessment:
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp
http://www.learning-styles-online.com/
Multimodal learners
Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org
Creating Audio
Narrating PowerPoint
Creating mp3 files
Insert into PowerPoint presentations
Create podcasts
Audio Formats
MP3 – wide variety of players
WMA – Windows Media Audio
MP4 – iPod and iTunes
File Size and Audio Quality
The bitrate of an audio file is a key indicator
of the quality level of that file.
2 minutes of audio
128K 2MB CD quality
64K 1MB FM radio
32K .5MB AM radio
Time to download
2MB
Dial-up: 5-8 min Broadband: 10-30 sec
1MB
Dial-up: 3-5 min Broadband: 5-15 sec
.5MB (500K)
Dial-up: 1.5-2 min Broadband: 2-8 sec
Tools to Create Audio
Audacity
Microphone
Podcasts
Audio files place on an Internet site
Subscription option – automatically updated
Google Reader
http://reader.google.com
Bloglines
http://www.bloglines.com
Video – Vodcasts and Screencasts
Vodcast: video with subscription options
Screencast: video and narration of screen
activity
http://www.screencastcentral.com/
Video Formats
Windows Media Files - .wmv
Quicktime - .mov
Shockwave Flash - .swf
Flash video - .flv
iTunes – mp4
Tools to create and edit video
Software bundled with your camera
Debut Video Capture – capture video
Microsoft Movie Maker – edit video
Tools to Create Screencasts
Commercial Free/Open Source
Camtasia CamStudio
Captivate Jing
Screen Toaster
Putting Video in your Presentation
Be careful of file formats
PowerPoint can embed .wmv
Use a link to play other video formats
Collaboration Tools
Wiki
Shared
documents
Mindmaps
Using a Wiki
A website that can be edited by anyone
Able to revert to earlier versions
Wikipedia
http://www.AskDrWiki.com
Shared Documents
Google Docs
Zoho Docs
Mindmaps
Graphical diagramming
Communication Tools
Asynchronous
Email
Discussion boards/forums
Synchronous
Text chat/instant messaging
Video chat
Discussion Boards
Usually available in your LMS
Threaded vs unthreaded
http://www.allnurses.com
Instant Messaging
LMS
Meebo
Video Chat
Skype
Google talk
Blogger
Wordpress
Blogs as a teaching tool
http://clinicalcases.blogspot.com/
Self Assessment Tools
LMS
Camtasia
Captivate
Course development tools
Udutu – http://www.udutu.com
Virtual Rooms
Classroom
Office hours
1:1 help
Personal Start Pages
PageFlakes
NetVibes
iGoogle
RSS
Enter you search terminology and click the “go” button. When the resulting list of
citations is diplayed, click the drop down next to “Send to” and select RSS feed.
An address will be generated that you can copy into your feed reader.
http://www.pubmed.gov
Survey Gizmo
http://www.surveygizmo.com/
New Directions
Games
Virtual worlds
iPods
Games & learning
Characteristics that keep user attention
Engagement
Action
Problem solving
Visible results
Strategies to include active participation
Computer games as a serious training tool
Second Life
iPod
Audio
Video
iTunes University
Finding more resources
Directory of elearning tools
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/
Thank you!
Bill Perry
wfperry@gmail.com