A reflection on the online tools I have experimented with as part of the Pedagogy First! Online course

Who Am I? Sandra Dyke

Work in Nelson New Zealand

IT and Business tutor

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology

The Promise

This course promised:

Learning pedagogical techniques

Mastering online tools

Contributing to the online teaching community

The Pedagogy First Website

Introduction Video

The Syllabus

Setting up the Blog Welcome to My Blog

It has evolved over the course and I am keen to keep it up with other thoughts and comments.

It is mainly a reflective Blog

The biggest things I have learned from my blog journey are

tag things with multiple tags

add links to the articles and videos I have viewed

All these things make life easier when referring back to the blog!

Find out more at www.wordpress.com

Prezi This is an interesting presentation tool I'm still not comfortable with it but I want to use it more

I am finding it has a step learning curve as I need to think differently on how I use it

I am a 'list' type person so PowerPoint with bullet points has always been my method of presentation

My first Prezi made me dizzy with the movements in, out, round and about

I do like the idea of an infinite canvas to play around on

2 Prezis I have produced are: Business Concepts revision The Privacy Act 1988

Find out more at http://prezi.com/

Jing This is a neat tool for creating short videos

To embed into the free WordPress Blog caused some problems but it is possible if it is converted and uploaded to YouTube

Providing a link to the Screencast version does work as well but requires the user to click on another link

My first Jing uploaded to Screencast

uploaded to YouTube

Find out more at http://www.techsmith.com/

Symbaloo Easy to use and versatile

My new friend!!

My Symbaloos

Teaching Tools

NMIT IT Student Challenge Week

NMIT Website Access

Find out more at http://www.symbaloo.com/

Google Sites

A free way to provide links to a variety of created resources

My Courses and Tutorials Website

Find out more at https://sites.google.com/

Slidecast

The power of PowerPoint, Audio and the Internet

Example: Process Modelling

Find out more at http://www.slideshare.net/

Real life application to my teaching

ITC501: Information Technology in Context Course Moodle Page: ITC501

A new course design for 2012

A number of different tutors involved

Impact of learning from Pedagogy First course: Layout of page

WordPress Blogs used for assessment

Diigo introduced for bookmarking

Google Doc used for group work

Prezi used for Privacy Act Presentation

Assessment using Blooms Digital Taxonomy

INF550: Principles of Business Computing Course Moodle Page: INF550

A new course design for 2012

2 tutors involved at different locations

Impact of learning from Pedagogy First course:

Layout of page

Use of forum

Use of online quiz through Hot Potato Quizzes

Conclusion This is an extremely worthwhile course

Good mixture of theory and practical

It leads by example – it uses the tools described in a practical and interesting way

Would I recommend it to others – most definitely

Was the promise met? Most definitely