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Blending Courses with Course Archives and "Webtexts"

Empower students to learn anything at any time from anywhere by combining course archives and interactive web resources. Blend online and in-person teaching formats for a more effective learning experience. Explore current research on gesture-friendly interfaces and independent research projects using webtexts.

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Blending Courses with Course Archives and "Webtexts"

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  1. Blending Courses with Course Archives and "Webtexts" Stephen Chen ITEC Atkinson sychen@yorku.ca

  2. Fearless Learning • Alan November • Leading Learning 2005 • http://www.yorku.ca/abel/LL2005/keynote/index.html • Empower students to learn anything at any time from anywhere

  3. Modern Economies and Modern Education • Dynamics of modern workplace requires life-long learners and just-in-time learners • Formal, packaged lectures are not ideally suited for promoting self-directed learning and independent inquiry

  4. The Role of Learning Objects • Learning Objects are on-line resources dedicated to a single topic • Well developed Learning Objects engage users into deeper explorations and understanding • Deep explorations and individualized learning experiences are not usually available to students in large-size classes

  5. The Role of Face-to-Face Teaching • Why are we here today? • Teaching and learning benefits from the visual performance and dynamic interactivity of a classroom lecture • Many concepts can be taught more efficiently and effectively in the classroom

  6. Course Blending • Achieve the benefits of both on-line and in-person teaching formats • Any “normal format” course can be blended

  7. Low-level Blending • Course Archives • http://www.yorku.ca/sasit/itec/courses/ITEC1620/1620archive.html • Tutorials • http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/~sychen/ITEC1620/tutorials.html • Discussion Forums

  8. High-level Blending • Teaching with Learning Objects • Webtexts • Collection of selected web resources organized to match the course • http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/~sychen/ITEC2620/webtext/

  9. Current Research • Gesture Friendly Interfaces • Hard to teach with learning objects • http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/~sychen/research/math/relationships_final.html • Webtexts • Independent research projects

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