USINGMOBILE APPS AND DIGITALRESOURCES TO INCREASE STUDENTENGAGEMENT IN YOUR BRIGHTSPACECOURSE

A PRESENTATION FOR BRIGHTSPACE

TEACHING AND LEARNING COMMUNITY

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WHO AM I?

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Jon Johnson

DirectoreLearning and Instructional Technology

Red Rocks Community College

Lakewood, Colorado

AGENDA

Introductions

Brief Discussion of Research

Presentation of Mobile Apps and Digital Resources

Wrap-Up

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POLL: WHO DO WE HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE?

Faculty (Higher Education)

Teachers (K-12)

Instructional Designers

Multimedia Specialist

Administrators

Other

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WHAT IS AN ACTIVE AND ENGAGED LEARNER?

“For students to be active, engaged learners, they need to develop a sense of community through interaction with their courses, their peers, and their instructors. Through this interaction, which leads to feelings of belonging, the students become more engaged, which heightens their sense of community and improves engagement even more. “

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(Dixson, 2010)

WHAT FACTOR(S) MIGHT LEAD TO AN ENGAGED LEARNER?

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Student Enrolls in

Class

Class Interactivity

(student, instructor, content)

Engaged Learner

Sense of Community

Student Factors

•Motivation•Learning Style•Degree Status•Experience with online•Prior contact with peers•Gender•Personality Type•Age •Country of Origin

Course Factors

•Content Type•Course Management System•Course Structure•Interactive Tools Available•Focus of Interaction

Instructor Factors

•Technology Savvy•Writing Style /Tone•Engagement/Presence•Instructional Design•Activities/Assignments•Motivation•Age•Personality Type

(Anderson, 2013)

NARROWING IT DOWN FURTHER

“Research on student engagement suggests that the opportunities for communicative action and interactivity with the other students, the instructor, and the content created by the instructor may lead to an active engaged learner”

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(Handelsman, Briggs, Sullivan, and Towler, 2005)

ENGAGED LEARNER

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Cooperative/

Collaborative

Strong Instructor Presence

Active Learning

POLL: ARE YOU USING ANY OF THESE TOOLS TO

INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT?

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Twitter

Gaming

TedEd

Zite/Flipboard

ShowMe Interactive/Educreations

Screen-Cast-O-Matic

Brightspace Discussions

What Else?

ACCESSIBILITY CONSIDERATIONS

Synchronous Captioning

Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 Guidelines

YouTube Captioning

Transcripts

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FINAL THOUGHTS

“What we have learned from research is that it’s not the medium, but rather the instructional methods that cause learning.”

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(Clark and Mayer, 2003)

YOUR TURN

Any Questions?

12jon.johnson@rrcc.edu

REFERENCES

Dixson, Marcia D., Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 10, No. 2, June 2010, pp. 1 – 13.

Handelsman, M.M., Briggs, W.L., Sullivan, N. and Towler, A. (2005). A measure of college student course engagement. The Journal of Educational Research, 93(3), 184- 191.

Lear, J., Ansorge, C., Steckelberg, Al., Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, Vol. 6, No. 1, March 2010.

Anderson, T. (2003). Modes of interaction in distance education: Recent developments and research questions. In G. M. Moore, & W. G. Anderson. (Eds.). Handbook of Distance Education (pp. 129-144). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Clark, RC and Mayer, RE (2003) E-learning and the science of instruction: proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning San Francisco, US: Pfeiffer . 13