Category: Teaching and Learning with Technology

Web-Based Assignments

From CUNY Academic Commons

Web-Based Assignment Design: Principles and Possibilities

This site has valuable information and links to sites with comprehensive guides and excellent examples.


Examples of (and Resources for) Effective Web-Based Assignments

Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology  The assignments at this site are organized according to particular kinds of learning activities (e.g., problem solving, object and document analysis, data gathering and synthesis, case studies, virtual labs and field trips, collaborative learning., etc.). Each is associated with one or more interactive tool, and information about each kind of technology—what it is and how to use it—appears in the technologies section of the site.  An interesting example of one of these assignments is from a World Literature course at Georgia Perimeter College:  Where in the Hell Is Dante Alighieri?

E-Pedagogy This site lists assignments (and links to the coursesfrom which they come) in the areas of Literature, Literary Theory, Composition and Rhetoric, and “(Cyber-)Cultural Studies.”

Computers in Higher Education Economics Review   The “downloadable” assignments on this site use a variety of m edia to teach economics; the site also provides all the statistical resources students will need.  It’s part of the IDEAS database, which runs on a server sponsored by the Society for Economic Dynamics and hosted by the University of Connecticut.

This Computer Information Systems course at Marin Community College (CA) has interesting online assignments and tutorials to help students accomplish them.

Webquests  A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. This site includes a WebQuest on Creating WebQuests and Sources and Resources for Designing Webquests

University of Michigan’s Center for Teaching and Research on Learning provides examples of faculty uses of technology in teaching.  One example is a course on Teaching Intermediate Spanish using Technology, in which students have to create a virtual tour of a Spanish city by integrating and annotating the web sites provided by the instructor.

Temple University’s Library Guides have suggestions for figuring out how to approach assignments in every discipline and tips for finding, evaluating, and using relevant sources.   Here’s an example of one of these guides (that includes detailed descriptions of the assignments)  for a philosophy course on Pragmatism

Temple University’s Subject and Course Guides include explanations of the concepts and key terms, compilations of relevant databases and resources, summaries of recent news and research, and so forth.  Here’s an example of a course guide for assignments on Market Research

The UCSB English Department’s Knowledge Base Wiki which “collects and makes available the various interests, talents, and resources of the English Department community” at the University os Santa Barbara, CA.  You can find assignments from many of their courses on the Assignments page of this site.  Also excellent is their Guide to Online Writing and Speaking Resources, which includes links to comprehensive guides for composing and editing writing and for creating and delivering oral presentations.

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New Moodle

From CUNY Academic Commons

EduMoodle demo site (with sample themes)

Roadmap for Moodle 2.0 in development – planned changes etc.

Dynamic chart of Moodle 2.0 development progress

Niles VikingNet – administrator/designer Patrick Malley

Moodle’s Human readable course links

A disguised moodle – Leeds City College, UK

Another disguised moodle – The site of an intermediate school class

Moodle at CUNY

Any implementations of Moodle at CUNY?

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Learning about Moodle

From CUNY Academic Commons

EduMoodle demo site (with sample themes)

Roadmap for Moodle 2.0 in development – planned changes etc.

Dynamic chart of Moodle 2.0 development progress

Niles VikingNet – administrator/designer Patrick Malley

Moodle’s Human readable course links

A disguised moodle – Leeds City College, UK

Another disguised moodle – The site of an intermediate school class

Moodle at CUNY

Any implementations of Moodle at CUNY?

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Library

From CUNY Academic Commons

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Blogs

The linked blogs on this list (all of which are outside of the Commons) contain some of the most important insights and information on technology and education. Please add others that you think colleagues might find valuable.

Online Journals and Journal Articles of Particular Significance for Faculty

Please add additional sources of information about advances in education technology and online teaching and learning.

WikiMedia Commons

This is a database of more than four million free media files.

WikiSource

This is an archive of free source texts (and translations of source texts) and intellectual works created throughout history (including any artistic work that has been published in a medium that includes peer review or editorial controls).

WikiBooks

This is a Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit.  It also includes a space for class projects (with guidelines and examples).

WikiUniversity

This is an archive of learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from elementary to graduate school, including professional training and informal learning.

Google’s Recent Experiments

This is a description of Google’s recent (and current) experiments in customizing the ways in which search results are sorted and displayed.

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Macaulay Honors College: Teaching and Learning with Technology

From CUNY Academic Commons

Case Study: Immigration in New York

This link takes us to an example of how an instructional technology fellow helped a faculty member create a website with the students to achieve the course’s goals.

Case Study: Flushing

This link takes us to an example of how one faculty member created a website with her students that functioned as an informational site for the general public. click here to go directly to the class website.

Example of Interactive Course Blog

This link is an example of an interactive blog: “Awakenings”- from Prof. Roslyn Bernstein’s course The Arts in New York.

Example of Student Course Blog

This link is an example of a student blog created for Prof. Israel’s course The Arts in New York.

Example of Website created by students as fulfillment or course’s final project

This website was made by Professor Foner’s CHC 150.003 – The Peopling of New York City (Spring 2008) class at CUNY Hunter College to present the changes experienced by East Harlem over the past twenty years (1990 – 2008).

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Recent Essays On Integrating Technology and Pedgaogy

From CUNY Academic Commons

These articles from around the world describe practical experiences, alternative perspectives, and visions of the future.

Alexander, Shirley, Institute for Interactive Multimedia, University of Technology, Sydney Australia Teaching and Learning on the World Wide Web from the AusWeb 1995 proceedings.

Arzt, Donna E., Syracuse University College of Law Teaching To The Not Yet HTML-Converted from University of Pittsburgh’s Jurist, The Law Professor’s Network site

Astin, Alexander W., et al, American Association for Higher Education Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning from the AAHE site

Aust, Ron and Brian Newberry of Kansas University and Paul Resta of University of Texas Internet Strategies for Empowering Indigenous Communities in Teaching and Learning from 4Directions

Batson, Trent, Gallaudet University, and Judy Williamson, American University STEPS: A Strategy for Technologically Enlightened Pedagogies from the Epiphany Project

Boettcher, Judith, Florida State University Nuggets about the Shift to Web-Based Teaching and Learning from California State University at Sacramento’s Pedagogy and Technology site

Brown, John S., Allan Collins, and Paul Duguid Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning from Columbia University’s Institute for Learning Technologies

Bourne, John R. and Eric McMaster, Jennifer Rieger, and J. Olin Campbell Paradigms for On-Line Learning: A Case Study in the Design and Implementation of an Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN) Course from the Web of Asynchronous Learning Networks

Butler, Brian, Carnegie Mellon University Continuous Education: A Model for WWW Based Education from the WWW Course Development and Delivery conference

Cabell V, Benjamin “Quincy”, Joseph J. Rencis, Javed Alam, Hartley T. Grandin Jr. Using Java to Develop Interactive Learning Material for the World-Wide Web from the International Journal of Engineering Education

Campbell, Katy, University of Alberta The Web: Design for Active Learning from Academic Technologies for Learning

Caviedes, J., Philips Research A Technological Perspective of Anytime, Anywhere Education from the Web of Asynchronous Learning Networks

Chickering, Arthur, and Stephen Ehrmann, American Association for Higher Education Implementing The Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education from the AAHE site.

Christie, Bob, Christie Communications Instructional Design Methodology from the Software Alberta Society

Creed, Tom, St. John’s University Extending The Classroom Walls Electronically from Tom’s Principles of Learning and Behavior page

Cross, K. Patricia, University of California, Berkeley What Do We Know About Students’ Learning And How Do We Know It? from the AAHE site.

Cross, K. Patricia, University of California, Berkeley Teaching and Learning in the Next Century from the National Teaching and Learning Forum

Dodge, Bernie, San Diego State University Some Thoughts About WebQuests from SDSU EdWeb site

Ehrmann, Steve, Annenberg/CPB Projects Asking the Right Questions: What Research Tells Us About Technology and Higher Learning from the American Studies Crossroads Project

Elbow, Peter, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Writing for Learning — Not Just for Demonstrating Learning from the National Teaching and Learning Forum

Fitzelle, George T. and William Trochim, Cornell Survey Evaluation of Web Site Instructional Technology: Does it Increase Student Learning? from the Center for Social Research Methods

Gordon, Julie, University of Wollongong Tracks of Learning: Metacognition and Learning Technologies from Australian Journal of Educational Technology

Hanna, Donald E., University of Wisconsin Higher Education in an Era of Digital Competition: Emerging Organizational Models from the Web of Asynchronous Learning Networks

Hara, Noriko and Rob Kling Students’ Frustrations with a Web-based Distance Education Course from First Monday

James, Dennis, Leeds Metropolitan University Design Methodology for a Web-based Learning Environment from the LMU Academic Support Area

Jonassen, David H., Pennsylvania State University Technology as Cognitive Tools: Learners as Designers from the University of Georgia Department of Instructional Technology

McDermott, Lillian C., University of Washington How We Teach And How Students Learn – A Mismatch? from the Electronic Journal of Science Education

McLean, Robert S., University of Toronto Assessing Course Assignments Submitted as Web Pages from The Internet Society 1996 conference

Marchese, Theodore J. The New Conversations About Learning: Insights From Neuroscience and Anthropology, Cognitive Science and Work-Place Studies from the AAHE site

McKenzie, Jamie, From Now On Grazing the Net: Raising a Generaltion of Free Range Students from From Now On

Noble, David, York University Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education from First Monday

Noble, David, York University Digital Diploma Mills II from University of Western Ontario Faculty Associaton

Novak, Thomas and Donna Hoffman, Project 2000, Vanderbilt University Modeling the Structure of the Flow Experience Among Web Users from Vanderbilt’s Project 2000

Oppenheimer, Todd, Atlantic Monthly The Computer Delusion from The Atlantic Monthly

Owston, Ronald D., York University The World Wide Web: A Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning? from the Educational Researcher

Picciano, Anthony G., City University of New York Developing an Asynchronous Course Model at a Large, Urban University from the Web of Asynchronous Learning Networks

Quinn, Dr. Clark, Charles Sturt University, Australia Teaching and Learning from The Journal

Reeves, Tom, University of Georgia Evaluating What Really Matters in Computer-Based Education from Education.Au

Reinsmith, William A., Professor of English, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science Ten Fundamental Truths About Learning from the National Teaching and Learning Forum

Rings, Sally, Paradise Valley Community College The Role of Computer Technology in Teaching Critical Reading from the Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction

Sherry, Lorraine, University of Colorado at Denver Issues in Distance Learning from the International Journal of Educational Telecommunications

Slater, Timothy, Michelle Larson, & David McKenzie, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana Bringing Physics of the Sun to the Public from the Technological Horizons In Education Journal

Soloway, Elliot, Shari L. Jackson, Jonathan Klein, Chris Quintana, James Reed, Jeff Spitulnik, Steven J. Stratford, Scott Studer Learning Theory in Practice: Case Studies of Learner-Centered Design from Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education

Tissue, Brian M. Development and Delivery of Chemical Education Hypermedia Using the World-Wide Web from the New Initiatives In Chemical Education symposium, 1996

Trochim, William and Debra Hover, Cornell University Mapping Student Views of the Benefits of a Course Website from the Center for Social Research Methods

Online Teaching Samples Across CUNY

From CUNY Academic Commons

This is an ongoing list of Best Practices in Education and Technology at the City University of New York. Please add to this page if you are involved with or know of techniques, methods, processes, or activities that are effectively used in CUNY. 

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Macaulay Honors College

Macaulay Honors College: Teaching and Learning with Technology has numerous examples of teaching with technology, as implemented through the Macaulay Honors College. The college works with Instructional Technology Fellows, who, as experienced teachers, researchers, and technologists, work with CUNY faculty to develop technological solutions to pedagogical problems.

Baruch College

The general education interdisciplinary minor at Baruch includes a new course on Principles of New Media. Academic Commons members have provided course materials here within the wiki; Baruch College Principles of New Media Course: Online and Hybrid . These course materials are maintained by the various instructors teaching the course on a section of the course wiki.

Hunter College

This Interactive MLA Tutorial(with interactive exercises) was created by the Directors and CUNY Writing Fellows in Hunter College’s WAC Program. (If you use Firefox, you may get a message to install Adobe Flash.  Install it.)

CUNY Wide Examples

This Sample CUNY Online Courses and Modules list does a wonderful job of incorporating or taking advantage of multimedia in the classroom.

ePortfolio Projects are implemented at different CUNY campuses, are always surprisingly creative, and provide intriguing insights into CUNY students.

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Web 2.0 Teaching Tools and Resources

From CUNY Academic Commons

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Lists of Tools and Their Pedagogical Applications

What is Web 2.0 A wiki page on the Commons with an introduction to Web 2.0 for teaching and learning.

Wikis in the Classroom A wiki page on the Commons with resources for faculty interested in incorporating wikis in the classroom.

Blogs in the Classroom A wiki page on the Commons with resources for faculty interested in using blogs in their teaching.

Kitchen Sink Utilities A wiki page on the Commons with a list of all the miscellaneous odds and ends and potpourri that are out there for doing cool things with classes and students. This page was adapted from a blog post on the ITCP Core 2 Spring 2011 blog.

Cool Tools for Teachers A wiki page on the Commons with a list of innovative new web 2.0 tools for teachers.

Web 2.0 Tools and their Potential Uses for Educators   This is an continuously updated list of Web 2.0 applications and their potential uses for educators.

Sites with Information about Teaching with Web 2.0 Another growing list of websites with information for faculty interested in incorporating web 2.0 tools into their teaching.

Learning Tools Directory   This site lists (and links to) more than 2000 tools, grouped into ten categories (instructional; “virtual”/live”; documentation & presentation; images, audio, & video; blogs & wikis; micro-blogging & Twitter apps; collaboration & bookmarking; social networking; personal productivity; and browsers, players, & readers.

Web 2.0 Tools: Annotated Links and Resources   Explanations (with illustrations) of social networking tools, blogs and blog guides, wikis and wiki guides, collaboration tools. social bookmarking tools, virtual arts collaborations, RSS feeds, and more.

Software Essentials for the Modern Educator  This has links to dozens of (mostly free) applications to make online course design (and life) easier.

Moodle 2.0 and EduMoodles  What is “Moodle”?  Why should we create and use one?

Microblogging and “Twittering” in College Courses What is microblogging?  What is Twitter?  And what relevance does either have for higher education??

Twitter and Classroom Engagement A blog post from Valerie Futch on the TE(a)CH with Purpose @ Bronx CC blog. 

The Brain Free Thinking Software Software which allows users to create diagrams during brain storming sessions. Users can attach files or webpages to different nodes in the diagram.

Dipity Interactive Timelines Allows users to create interactive timelines with text, pictures and video.

Omeka web publishing softwareOpen source web publishing platform which can be used to display collections, create visual exhibits,or personal pages.

Evernote Note taking and research organizing system which allows user to capture full web pages, journal articles or pictures.

Zotero Free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.

Educause’s “7 Things You Need to Know About . . .” Articles

EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. Below is a list of helpful PDF documents that provide advice on various web applications and their eductional uses. Please add others as you find them.

Media Converters

  • Media Conversion – This is an online media converter which allows users to convert a video directly from various portals, by url or by uploading a video, audio or office file from their local hard disks.
  • Free Flv Converter for Mac This website allows users to convert flv files to iMovie compatable formats such as .mpg.

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ETeaching and eLearning with Web 2.0

From CUNY Academic Commons

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What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 eTeaching Concepts, Theory, Uses, and Research

The linked sites explain eTeaching 2.0–a social and collaborative approach that facilitates active learning through the use of online communities and networks in which students co-create, collaborate and share knowledge, thereby participating fully in their learning.

Sites with Information about Teaching with Web 2.0

These links describe (and provide examples of) dozens of new social interaction tools, social bookmarking tools.

EduTech Wiki

This is a “resource kit” for educational technology teaching and research,.

WikiUniversity

This is a repository of free learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education (including professional training and informal learning).

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