Course Essential #6: Technology Use

Online tools and media:

• Provide clear course layout and ease of navigation.
• Are varied to address multiple learning styles.
• Are appropriate for course activities.
• Foster accessibility for students with disabilities.
• Provide sufficient documentation, time to learn and technology support.
• Support students in applying their knowledge in real world contexts.
• Utilize university-supported technologies as the primary teaching and learning platform.

Resources

Online tools and media:

1. Provide clear course layout and ease of navigation.

• Course Elements

2. Are varied to address multiple learning styles.

• Technology, Learning, and Individual Differences

3. Are appropriate for course activities.

• Choosing your technology - University of Michigan
• Faculty Examples of Instructional Technology Use in the Classroom - University of Michigan
• The technology literate professoriate: Are we there yet?
• 6 Tips for Successful Mobile Assignments

4. Foster accessibility for students with disabilities.

• The use of information technology tools reduce barriers of distance learning 
• Strategies to increase online student success for students with disabilities
• Closed Captioning Matters: Examining the Value of Closed Captions for "All" students
• Curb Cuts in Cyberspace: Universal Instructional Design for Online Courses

5. Provide sufficient documentation, time to learn and technology support.

• Best Practices for Reaching both Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants in Online Instruction

6. Support students in applying their knowledge in real world contexts.

• Evaluating Mobile Learning

7. Utilize university-supported technologies as the primary teaching and learning platform.

• Online Course Design Prezi by Robert Kelley

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