1. emerging technologies that
enhance teaching & learning
Case Study 2: Effective Writing Skills
Solution
You are teaching an Effective Writing Skills course. The
purpose of this course is to teach the students how to Learning Objective:
design a research paper and to guide them in the process Activity 1:
of developing one for their own master thesis research. Tool:
The course is classroom-based with an online component Set-Up Time:
in WebCT Vista. There are a number of activities planned
Tech Savvy:
for each module in the course. One of the modules is
called "Brainstorming and Mapping" and focuses on
helping students develop clear strategies for organizing
their thoughts/ideas. The learning objectives you have
set out for this module are for students to accomplish
the following:
1. Identify the ways in which your writing has changed
throughout the course using reflective journaling.
2. Practice new techniques for brainstorming and
developing arguments.
3. Development and present a collection of artifacts
that best illustrate the ability to write for different
audiences. Learning Objective:
4. Comment and give feedback on peer work. Activity 2:
5. Develop a writing timeline for the final thesis.
Tool:
Your 30 minutes challenge… Set-Up Time:
Your challenge now is to figure out ways to select and
use emerging technologies to support your Learning
Objectives.
A/ Work with your group and choose one or two
1 learning objectives from the list above and
develop an activity that supports the learning
objective. (10 minutes)
B/ Select an appropriate learning technology tool
Resources
Check out our wiki for all the resources discussed in this session:
http://wiki.ubc.ca/EmergingTech
from the suggested list at right (Resources) and on
Some suggested emerging technologies for this Case Study are:
the wiki URL and experiment with tool (s) (i.e. acct
setup, etc). (15 minutes) • www.mindomo.com - mindmapping
C/ Debrief with class – groups present their
learning activity. (10 minutes) • www.xtimeline.com - timeline
2
You should also be thinking about how to bring the • www.flickr.com – sharing photos
information & data gathered and produced by
your students into your online course (See Embed • www.twitter.com – micro blogging
Content handout).
• www.wordle.com – word cloud
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• www.buzzword.com – peer review/doc sharing
• docs.google.com – document sharing/collaborations