8.+Teaching+well+with+Technology

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From Drs. Alvaro Galvis (CETL), Jeffrey Overholt and David Kumps (Life Sciences), and Nelson Adams (Behavioral Sciences)

//Using Video Lecture Capture (VLC) Systems to Enhance Teaching in High DFW Courses at WSSU: Case Studies// In collaboration among Drs. Jeffrey Overholt, David Kumps, Nelson Adams, and Alvaro Galvis, CETL presented three in-depth studies aimed to find out whether the use of Panopto--A video lecture capture (VLC) system--impacted students´ attendance and/or students´ learning.

Results show that: (1) Panopto is easy to use and has excellent functionality, (2) class attendance is not impacted when video lecture are captured, (3) video lecture captured must add value to students, for them to see the videos, (4) regularity in video viewing and consistency in time spent viewing are significant factors toward the positive impact on students´ learning with the use of VLC tools, and that (5) motivating students to view video lectures remains a great challenge for instructors. We got very good feedback from participants who raised very interesting questions in regard with the different ways Panopto was used (in-class and in-lab recordings, after class recordings, in-class and pre-quiz recordings) and related costs.This presentation helped realizing that technology exploration is worth the effort and that some of the problems we have faced concerning screen capturing can be handle by participating in communities of practice.

From Drs. Joanne Chesley (CETL) and Cheraton Love (Life Sciences)

Dr Joanne Chesley, CETL Faculty Developer, joined me, Dr. Cheraton Love, a Life Sciences faculty member, in presenting the topic, "Successful Interventions for Life Sciences." The session shared early findings of an action research initiaitve designed to assess what works and what doesn't when it comes to student learning of science at WSSU. At this point we only have data on faculty teaching styles and classroom practices. When begin the review of student data, we will attempt to make connections between the teaching styles findings and the objectievs and outcomes met by the students.

Over the last 2 years, faculty in Life Sciences have been highly committed to teaching differently in an effort to realize greater learner outcomes. New teaching strategies have been employed. These include: 1) The use of Panopto, a video-based, lecture capture software that allows instant replay of the lesson, 2) peer observations by CETL pedagogy specialists with immediate feedback, 3) student led discussion classes, 4) supplementary instruction, 5) use of electronic response systems (clickers), 6) user-friendly course modifications for non-science majors, and several others. All of these improved classroom strategies for learning have seen an increase in student participation and interest. Our next step is to determine if they also correlate with an increase in academic achievement (outcomes) and which of them (strategies) appear to have the greatest effects.

In addition to sharing some of what we learned about teacher styles and what we have seen faculty do with new technologies and strategies, I demonstrated an online resource (technology) used in my classes. I quite successfully engage my students in "Who wants to be a Millionnaire" to increase their participation in the class. It is also a great tool for checking for understanding. The conference participants loved the idea! The game formats are free downloads. There are other games as well, such as Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, and others which can be customized for your content.

You edit these game templates with your own course information, making them uniquely yours and appropriately useful toward your students' learning. Here is where you can find this online resource: []

Have fun!

Cheraton Love and Joanne Chesley

From Dr. Guy Martin (Social Sciences)

In concurrent session I.9, Michael Brookshaw and Valerie Saddler (WSSU) focused on //how the recent versions of Apple Computer’s iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone can be employed effectively// in a university setting in any discipline. Participants were involved in learning how to operate and how to integrate these mobile learning tools in their instruction.