ICT in Tertiary Education

Dear all,

This workshop will be structured to include theoretical and practical hands-on activities on various online learning environments which can enhance at the different stages of teaching interactive and collaborative learning in higher education. It will offer an overview of orchestration routines which can be adopted for sharing content and providing feedback and support to students. Participants will be familiarized with ways of preparing online content through screencasting technologies and multimedia creation. Furthermore, through exposure to various virtual classroom software, they will acquire skills in developing a technology enhanced in-class and after-class experience for their students. Assessment through e-portfolio development and online surveys will also be illustrated and then evaluated by participants.

Key topics and ideas to be presented during the workshop include:

· Key orchestration routines for ICT integration;

· Online community creation through Moodle and Blackboard ‘cafes’, blogging and online groups;

· Screencasting technologies and online tutorial development (flipped classroom methodology);

· Entrance ticket creation through flowcharts, mind-mapping technologies and note-taking software;

· Online learning environments and multimedia development;

· In-class delivery virtual classroom software;

· Students in the role of live classroom administration;

· E-portfolios as a method of self and peer assessment (website/blog development, e portfolio platforms);

· Online surveys and assessment methods: how to engage and assess students pre-class, in-class and after-class.

Please find the complete course description here

Follow the pages on the right to follow the workshop activities

Part 1

Register here first (Workshop 7)

3:30-4:00: Orchestration routines which can enhance interaction and collaboration:

-Share of content (notes, documents, presentations, multimedia): (a) VLE platforms (Moodle/Blackboard); (b) Online Drives; (c) QR coding ; (d) Online channels

-Online community creation: (a) Online Moodle or blackboard cafes; (b) Blogging (; (c) Google Groups

-Q & A bank: (a) wikis; (b) forums

-Feedback and support: e.g. Pre-set chats

-Classroom administration: e.g. Google Sheets

Hands on tools:

• Google Drive: https://www.google.com/drive/

• OneDrive: https://onedrive.live.com/about/auth/

• Qrcoding: http://goqr.me/

• Google groups: https://groups.google.com

Part 2

4:00-5:00: Preparing content for enhancing in-class interaction

-Screencasting/tutorial creation tools (flipped learning): e.g. (a) Camtasia; (b) Playposit

-Entrance ticket creation: (a) Flowchart/Mind-mapping software e.g. Lucidchart; (b) Note-taking e.g. Padlet

-Multimedia: e.g. Microsoft Sway

Hands on tools:

• Flowchart/Mind-map creation: https://www.lucidchart.com

• Note-taking: https://padlet.com/

• Microsoft Sway: https://sway.office.com/

We cannot do screencasting/videotutorial creation during the workshop since you cannot all record at the same time. We will show the process and the possibilities.

Part 3

5:00-5:30: In-Class lesson delivery

- Virtual classroom software: How can students create their own live classrooms, in-class polls, presentation and white-board sharing, break-out sessions, e.g. E-lecta.

- Moodle and Blackboard tools: (a) Forums as a place for collaboration and interaction: Setting up roles; (b) Online break-up sessions; (c) Embedding and sharing

Hands-on tools:

• https://www.e-lecta.com

5:30-5:45 Coffee break

Part 4

5:45-6:30: E-portfolios as a method of self and peer-assessment

- Website/blog development: e.g. Blogger/Sway/Format

- E-portfolio platforms: e.g. Mahara, Foliospaces

Hands-on tools:

• Format: https://www.format.com

• Foliospaces: https://www.foliospaces.org/

Part 5

6:30-7:30: Online surveys/other online assessment methods