Technology as a Postscript

Here’s a great idea for using technology with your online course: as an add-on or a postscript to the main course content. This could be done with either synchronous or asynchronous courses.

“UC Irvine has adapted TechSmith’s Camtasia Studio to build UCI Replay, a screen and audio capture service that creates a repository of online lectures and videos that students can view on their own devices.

Professors and instructors typically develop PowerPoint presentations that are posted on the site. The presentations often are interspersed with video, and there’s also a search tool, which lets the student search for places in the presentation where the professor mentions a certain topic.

…. the tool makes it easy for professors to post information in 10- or 15-minute increments. “Let’s say a professor has a follow-up to a point he or she felt wasn’t made clearly in class — with UCI Replay, they can make a quick presentation and post it later that night…”
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2013/07/colleges-take-different-paths-distance-learning-0

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