Tradition + 2.0 = Student Engagement

Participants will compare traditional teaching strategies with a broad range of 21st century options optimal for the hybrid and online class setting as well as powerful tools for supplementing the f2f class. Participants will compare traditional delivery strategies with a palette of Web 2.0 possibilities including RSS feeds and Blogs, cell phone blogging and microblogging, Google documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, Zoho Creator and database, asynchronous digital storytelling and collaboration, including VoiceThread. Participants will leave with a list of group oriented possibilities for their hybrid and online classes. This session is aligned to NACOL standard 3.

We will present multiple 2.0 options for the following traditional delivery methods and teaching strategies:

Lecture
Class Discussions
Films, Music, Interviews
Guest Lectures
Research
Assigned Readings
Interviews, Surveys, Polls
Small Group activities
Group, Individual Presentations