Awedh, M., Mueen, A., Zafar, B., & Manzoor, U. (2014). Using Socrative and Smartphones for the support of collaborative learning. IJITE, 3(4), 17-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.5121/ijite.2014.3402 This paper investigates the impact Socrative, a cloud based student response system, has on student performance. It enables teachers to create assessments with real-time feedback and it was used in conjunction with smartphones Read More …
The following video presentation on Flipped Classrooms is the assessment submission for the Trends in eLearning module
Trends in eLearning has been a valuable module with great insight into the technologies currently used in education today. The Horizon Report is instrumental in both speculating and preparing for technologies/trends that are and will be popular in higher education. (Johnson, et al, 2015). Flipping classrooms is an area I feel that could be both Read More …
Today was the final day of the Trends in eLearning and each of us showed our pre-recorded presentation with a question and answer session. It was interesting to hear other people’s interpretations of the different trends and even the technology they used to demonstrate this. Camtasia was popular and four of us used Video Scribe. As Read More …
The following is a reflection on Week 4 of the Trends in eLearning module using Gibbs Reflective Cycle. Description Today’s class focused on the impact of technology on education, in particular higher education. Prior to class we were to read some articles posted on webcourses which focus on this area. The second part of the class incorporated Read More …
The following is a reflection on Week 3 of the Trends in eLearning module using Gibbs Reflective Cycle. Description Class today incorporated the flipped classroom approach where we had to watch Geoff Stead’s TEDx talk on mobile learning and to read the article Defining Mobile Learning in the Higher Education Landscape. Geoff Stead uses the phrase Read More …
The following is a reflection on Week 2 of the Trends in eLearning module using Gibbs Reflective Cycle. Description As today was a flipped classroom approach we discussed the video we were asked to watch – David White on his framework Visitors and Residents. His framework refutes Marc Prensky’s Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives indicating that Read More …
The following is a reflection on Week 1 of the Trends in eLearning module using Gibbs Reflective Cycle. Description Today we were introduced to the module Trends in eLearning. Trends is defined as a change in direction which is not to be confused with predictions. A flipped classroom approach was used where we were asked to read the Read More …