Computer Tools for Teaching and Learning

1. Computer Tools for Teaching and Learning Susan M. Colaric East Carolina University Kim N. Stevenson Elizabeth City State University Martin Community College November 28th 2005

2. Getting started Images Animation Video Audio Web conferencing Virtual reality Virtual field trips Blogs Wikis Podcasting Chats Overview

3. Getting startedReview other sites • Your own and affiliate colleges • World Lecture Hall • Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching • NC CCS Virtual Learning Community • NC-NETS .

4. Getting startedSharing online resources • Teaching and Learning Resources • Associations/Organizations • Journals/Publications • Books for Beginning Faculty • Health Related Sites

5. Golden Rule Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.

6. Golden rule • Priority should be your learning outcomes, not incorporating innovations. • Remember your learner and their technology.

7. Images • File formats • Instructional uses • Terminology

8. ImagesFile formats • GIF (Graphical Interchange Format) • Compressed • Indexed color • Images

9. ImagesFile formats • JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) • Compressed • RGB color • Photos

10. ImagesInstructional uses Dual coding theory (Paivio, 1986) Encoding occurs in 2 ways: 1. Visual-pictorial 2. Auditory-verbal

11. ImagesInstructional uses Cognitive load theory (Sweller & Chandler, 1994; Sweller, 1999) Limited processing capacity 1. Intrinsic cognitive 2. Extrinsic cognitive When a graphic is poorly designed or presents irrelevant material, the learner engages in inefficient cognitive processing

12. ImagesInstructional uses Practically speaking: make it simple, relevant, and select the most important elements to represent graphically. Keep in mind that lots of graphics are added to a site in order to add "interest" but our goal is instructional. The graphics should have a purpose.

13. ImagesTerminology • Anti-aliasing = smoothness of edges • Interlaced = layered GIF • Progressive = layered JPG • Thumbnail = small photo • ALT tag = code behind an image

14. Animation • Can be GIF • Sequence of images or frames • Illusion of movement Howstufffworks.com

15. Animation Software • GIFmation • Photo Impact GIF animator • Photo Shop, Image Ready

16. Video Make sure there is an instructional reason for doing it. The top priority when choosing a form of technology should be the outcomes to be achieved, not the ability to incorporate something innovative.

17. VideoFile formats • MPEG • Shockwave • Quicktime • RealPlayer

18. VideoInstructional Uses • Make sure it is something that truly needs to be presented with movement • Consider pressing to a CD

19. VideoTerminology • Download: file transfers to student • Streaming: continuous stream of video; no file transfer

20. AudioFile Formats • Web-based • CD-ROM • WAV • MP3 Transmission

21. AudioInstructional Uses • Language instruction-Listen to foreign language • Music instruction-listen to orchestra • History-to listen to great speeches • Health instruction-listen to heart and lung sounds

22. AudioTerminology • Download • Streaming • Sample rate • Sample size • Compression

23. Web conferencing • Synchronous but virtual • Share multiple applications • Audio not great yet • Need great hardware & connections

24. Virtual Reality • A created environment • Immersive or non-immersive • Can be web-based

25. Virtual RealityInstructional Uses • “Visit” inaccessible locations • Compare locales • Monitor progress on a project and be able to move through time

26. Virtual Field Trips • Web-based • Usually includes an “expert” guide • Allows individual pacing • Often includes an instructor’s guide

27. Virtual Field TripsInstructional Uses • “Visit” inaccessible locations • Compare locales • Can be “re-visited” • Enhances class discussion

28. Blogs • Online journal or diary • Open to the public • Can be co-authored

29. Wikis • Web pages that are interactively editable • Group work • Brainstorming

30. Podcasting • Method of publishing audio and video to the Web • Self-published radio show • Terms: feed; aggregator; MP3 • Instruction: re-listen to lectures

31. ChatsText-based • Instant messaging • Virtual office hours • Connecting with individual students • Group work

32. Chats3-D • Virtual reality chat • Build a virtual world • Active Worlds Educational Universe Activeworlds.com Moove.com

33. Design of effective multimedia Seven Research-Based Principles for the Design of Multimedia Messages(Mayer, 2001) • Multimedia principle • Spatial contiguity principle • Temporal contiguity principle • Coherence principle • Modality principle • Redundancy principle • Individual differences principle

34. Tool Resources-Images • Freeware image editors • www.irfanview.com • picasa.google.com/index.html • www.freedownloadscenter.com • Health care images • www.sciencesource.com • www.mic.ki.se/MEDIMAGES.html • Google images: images.google.com/imghp?hl=en • Yahoo images: search.yahoo.com/images?fr=FP-tab-img-t • Anatomy of the Human Body-Henry Gray: http://www.bartleby.com/107/

35. Tool Resources-Animations • Suggestions from the Yale Style Manual on Using Animations • Info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/multimedia/gif_animation.html • Animation Lab at Georgia Tech • www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/animation • Elastic Rebound Animation • www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/elastic/rebound.html • Wave Watch Animation • Facs.scripps.edu/surf/swpa.html • Continental Drift • www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/anim1.html

36. Tool Resources-Animations Continued • Argosy Medical Animations • www.argosymedical.com • Animation on Electron Transport in Mitochondria • www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/images/anim/ETS.html • The Human Body • www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html • Health Central-3-D Medical Animations • www.healthcentral.com • How Stuff Works • www.howstuffworks.com

37. Tools Resources-Video • Streaming Media World • Streamingmediaworld.com • Yahoo Video • video.search.yahoo.com/video?fr=FP-tab-img-t • Streaming Media • www.cotc.edu/professional/streaming/archive/nursing.htm • Healthcare Freeware- Images, Photos, & Video • Healthcarefreeware.com/photo.htm • Quicktime • www.apple.com/quicktime • RealPlayer • www.real.com • Shockwave Player and Flash Player • www.macromedia.com/downloads • Health Central-Videos • http://www.healthcentral.com/ • Heart Info • www.heartinfo.org

38. Tools Resources –Audio • Free Audio editors • www.audacity.sourceforge.net • Audio Communication-website is an audio production for websites used for industry and educational uses. • www.websiteaudioproductions.com • CMEinfo –Continuing Medical Education • http://www.cmeinfo.com/samples.mv • Learn the Web-File Formats • http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/34filext.htm • Multimedia Sound Formats- The Audio Section of the World Wide Virtual Library • http://archive.museophile.org/audio/ • The Auscultation Assistant • http://www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/inex.htm

39. Tools Resources-Web-Conferencing • Macromedia Breeze • www.macromedia.com/software/breeze • Elluminate: www.elluminate.com • Instructor Demo • http://www.elluminate.com/flash_demos.jsp • Centra • www.centra.com • Horizon Wimba • www.horizonwimba.com

40. Tools Resources-Virtual Reality • UNC-CH Computer Science Educational Outreach, Introduction to Virtual Reality • www.cs.unc.edu/Outreach/vr/index.html • The University of Michigan Virtual Reality Laboratory (VRL) at the College of Engineering explores innovative applications of immersive and non-immersive virtual environments in a variety of areas. • www-vrl.umich.edu • The Virtual Guidebooks use virtual reality panoramas to allow you to travel, virtually, to interesting places from Alaska down to Baja California, Mexico. • www.virtualguidebooks.com

41. Tools Resources-Virtual Reality Continued • Camelot Village presents “Virtual-Europe.com”, a collection of 360 degree panoramas of some of the most popular cities in Europe. Packed with useful information on each city and at least six panoramas for each destination. • www.camelotintl.com • The Virtual Body • www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

42. Tools Resources-Virtual Field Trips • A virtual geological field trip to Iceland • www.casdn.neu.edu/~geology/department/staff/colgan/iceland/welcome.htm • Live from Mars • www.passporttoknowledge.com/mars • The Field Trips site has a range of field trips on nature topics. • Field-guides.com • From UtahLink, take a virtual filed trip or create one of your own • www.uen.org/utahlink/tours

43. Tools Resources-Blog • Free Blog sites • www.blogger.com • Nursing Center- The Potential Use of Blogs in Nursing Education • www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=542364 • Blog Search Engine • www.blogsearchengine.com • Weblogg-Ed • www.weblogg-ed.com/about • Use of Blogs in College Classes • coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/blogonlineclass/index.htm • What about Blogs? An introduction to Blogging Controversies • http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~conversn/ENGL680/introtocontroversies.htm • The Blogging Revolution • http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.05/mustread.html?pg=2 • The Nurse Practitioner’s Place • http://arnp.blogspot.com/ • http://arnp.blogspot.com/

44. Tools Resources-Wikis • Wikipedia • www.wikipedia.org • Best of the Web: Extreme Blogging • www.forbes.com/home/technology/best/2004/1213/bow001.html • Choosing a Wiki for an Undergraduate Class- James Farmer: Credentials completely unknown but recommended to me. • Radio.weblogs.com/0120501/2004/06/10.html • Choosing a Wiki: Cunningham and Cunningham Consultants-Portland Oregon • C2.com/cgi/wiki?ChoosingaWiki • Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready of Not: Brian Lamb-Educause Review, vol.39, no.5 (September/October 2004): 36-48 • www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ERM0452

45. Tools Resources-Wikis Continued • Edit Me • http://editme.com/ • Teaching Wiki • http://teachingwiki.org/ • Write Board • http://writeboard.com/ • WikiMD • www.wikimd.org

46. Tools Resources-Podcasting • FeedForAll-define podcasting • http://www.feedforall.com/what-is-podcasting.htm • What is podcasting • http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=724297 • About Podcasting • http://ga3.org/podcast/podcasting101.html • Free Software Download • http://www.dopplerradio.net • Medical Podcasts by Doctors • http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=47403 • CME Podcasting • http://www.cmepodcasting.com/ • NYU Medical Center: Continuing Medical Education • http://www.med.nyu.edu/podcasting

47. Tools Resources-Chats • Yahoo Messenger: messenger.yahoo.com • AOL Instant Messaging: www.aim.com • ICQ: www.icq.com • MSN Messenger: messenger.msn.com/Ap/Default.aspx • Nurse Chat-Message Board and Live Chat • www.nursechat.com • Great Nurse • www.greatnurse.com • Active Worlds Educational Universe • www.activeworlds.com/

48. Computer Tools for Teaching and Learning Susan M. Colaric East Carolina University Kim N. Stevenson Elizabeth City State University LSIT.COE.ECU.EDU/Colaric/FORC/