Technology can connect us like never before. But with infinite possibilities comes many challenges in making suitable and judicial decisions about best fit – what technologies will be the best solution for instructors, course contexts, and students? This guide maintains that:
- Less is more – stick to a limited number of tools and technologies and simplify wherever possible.
- The Learning Management System (OnQ or other LMS offered by your Faculty) is the single best technical solution for course management.
An e-Learning tool is defined as any digital technology mediated through the use of a computing device that is deliberately selected to support teaching and student learning. The offers educators a framework, with criteria and levels of achievement, to assess the suitability of an e-learning tool for their learners' needs and for their own learning outcomes and classroom context.
Our recommendation – use OnQ or your Faculty Learning Management System. It ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s got everything you’ll need in one place, there ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s lots of support across campus, and it ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s most likely that your students will be familiar with the platform because of its widespread use at Queen ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s.
- Work with educational and tech supports within your Faculty to get a course site started.
- Use foundational tools such as Announcements, Content, and Assessments.
- For details about onQ support, visit the onQ Support website.
Beyond the Basics
Build on the foundations you’ve established within onQ or other LMS and slowly add a select number of technologies to creatively support your teaching and student learning. If you have a specific area of your teaching you want to enhance with technology, visit the Ed Tech Toolkit site. Here are a few additional ideas:
- Course communications
- Add media to course communications.
- Add videos to weekly announcements. Develop a graphic syllabus using
- See the Communications Guide for more information on communicating with students generally.
- Student engagement
- Add increased opportunities for active learning by using technologies that support collaboration, practice and rehearsal.
- See the Student Engagement Guide for more information on active learning strategies.
- Content delivery
- ​​​​​​​Use technology to add polished, engaging features to your course content delivery.
- Edit recorded videos to add features like additional text and images.
- Add media such as graphics and images to your onQ content pages.
- Assessment
- ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Expand options for creative engagement in assessments.
- See the Assessment Guide for a range of ideas.
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