Chrome has become my browser of choice and I find that some Weebly and Brainshark features work better with Firefox. I found myself having to listen and watch the tutorial repeatedly to accomplish the tasks set before me. I couldn't find where to register nor find a way to add animation to the slide. In the future I will be using Powerpoint instead of Google Presentation. Adding narration to presentations was easy. I also tried adding a question but could not see how to rearrange the order of the slide so that the question came at just the right time in the presentation.
I recently came across a paper on the concept of "inside-out teaching" (http://www.ctl.calpoly.edu/sites/ctl/files/Accessibility/InsideOutPaper.pdf). Students access the traditional lecture materials at their own pace and in a medium of their choosing. Student then come to class prepared to complete excises, work on teams to solve problems, complete hands-on activities with the support of classmates and the teacher. No more struggling to do homework with no one to help. I see my most recent presentation " Math - Probability" as a good choice for this inside-out model. I could see using Brainshark to create a whole curriculum of lessons that can be accessed when the learner is ready. In a traditional class room, the modules could be used to aid parents and homework supervisors in successful homework completion. Using Brainshark, students could also create their own content to demonstrate their proficiency in an area.
The different principle used to guide the creation of online learning were all jumbled up in my head. After reading and re-reading them, they boil down to: Don't have unnecessary pictures and information in a presentation (the coherence principle), it can be a distraction and confuse the learners. While narration and pictures together improve learning (modality Principle); narration, on-screen text, and pictures is overkill (Redundancy Principle). The final principle, contiguity states that pictures should be placed near the text describing them. In the future I will use the principles to inform my presentation design.
I recently came across a paper on the concept of "inside-out teaching" (http://www.ctl.calpoly.edu/sites/ctl/files/Accessibility/InsideOutPaper.pdf). Students access the traditional lecture materials at their own pace and in a medium of their choosing. Student then come to class prepared to complete excises, work on teams to solve problems, complete hands-on activities with the support of classmates and the teacher. No more struggling to do homework with no one to help. I see my most recent presentation " Math - Probability" as a good choice for this inside-out model. I could see using Brainshark to create a whole curriculum of lessons that can be accessed when the learner is ready. In a traditional class room, the modules could be used to aid parents and homework supervisors in successful homework completion. Using Brainshark, students could also create their own content to demonstrate their proficiency in an area.
The different principle used to guide the creation of online learning were all jumbled up in my head. After reading and re-reading them, they boil down to: Don't have unnecessary pictures and information in a presentation (the coherence principle), it can be a distraction and confuse the learners. While narration and pictures together improve learning (modality Principle); narration, on-screen text, and pictures is overkill (Redundancy Principle). The final principle, contiguity states that pictures should be placed near the text describing them. In the future I will use the principles to inform my presentation design.