You’re thinking you want to bring a shiny new learning technology into your course, with an eye to spice things up a bit. Take a deep breath and ask yourself these questions. Is the technology accessible to all students? Does it protect student privacy? Is it fun? And perhaps most importantly, does it serve your learning objectives? This panel, moderated by Dan Murphy, director of online learning technologies, brings together three staff members and one faculty member in the Distance Learning department of Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies to discuss what goes into making an informed decision to bring new educational technology into a course.
Director of Online Learning Technologies, Northwestern University, School of Professional Studies
Interested in:- improving online course content and teaching with learning analytics- providing students with learning analytics data as feedback on their in-class performance to improve motivation and engagement- new learning technologies for online courses
Lecturer and Senior Learning Designer, Northwestern University
I have spent most of my life designing innovative learning environments, from my early work with hi-tech mobile classrooms in Australia’s rural communities, to over ten years as an instructional technologist and designer in the Center for Innovation in Teaching Excellence at Columbia... Read More →
