Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
With the combination of T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G network – the largest, fastest, and most reliable – for wireless connectivity and NuEyes line of connected Augmented Reality Smart Glasses, for the first time, consumers can be connected to the metaverse no matter where they are.
https://www.ecampusnews.com/2021/10/29/3-ways-hyflex-and-virtual-models-help-ensure-equity/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.673594/full
Readiness for teaching online has been defined as the qualities or predispositions of an instructor that exemplify teaching high-quality online courses (Palloff and Pratt, 2011). Mental and physical preparedness (Cutri and Mena, 2020), a willingness to create active, collaborative learning environments that foster a sense community (Palloff and Pratt, 2011), and acceptance of online teaching (Gibson et al., 2008) also demonstrate readiness for the online teaching and learning modality. An inability or unwillingness to adopt student-focused approaches and the perception that online courses provide low quality learning environments (Gibson et al., 2008) and are not worthwhile (Allen and Seaman, 2015) can be important barriers to the successful transition to teaching online.
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Multimodal Learning Environments
https://ascilite.org/conferences/sydney10/procs/Sankey-full.pdf
Neuroscience research has also revealed that „significant increases in learning can be
accomplished through the informed use of visual and verbal multimodal learning‟ (Fadel, 2008, p. 12).
Multimodal learning environments allow instructional elements to be presented in more than one sensory mode (visual, aural, written). In turn, materials that are presented in a variety of presentation modes may lead learners to perceive that it is easier to learn and improve attention, thus leading to improved learning performance; in particular for lower–achieving students (Chen & Fu, 2003; Moreno & Mayer, 2007; Zywno 2003).
multimodal design, in which „information (is) presented in multiple modes such as visual and auditory‟ (Chen & Fu, 2003, p.350). The major benefit of which, as identified by Picciano (2009), is that it „allows students to experience learning in ways in which they are most comfortable, while challenging them to experience and learn in other ways as well‟ (p. 13). Consequently, students may become more self–directed, interacting with the various elements housed in these environments.
VARK learning styles inventory online to help determine their learning style (http://www.vark–learn.com/english/index.asp)
https://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/
(see motivation theory: https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2021/10/14/motivation-theory/)
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more on hyflex in this blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=hyflex
Parents interested in remote learning may also discover their choices are all or nothing: Either they can pull their child out of their traditional school to enroll for the whole year in an online option or they can remain in a brick-and-mortar building and hope for the best.
Remote learning isn’t the only need. Pandemic pods and learning hubs have shown the power of small, individualized spaces where community organizations—whose staff often have the trust of students and families in their neighborhoods—to help students discover a sense of belonging and connect them to essential services like tutoring or mental-health support.
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More on the pandemic in this blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=covid
https://phys.org/news/2021-09-online-students-engage-physical-attendees.html
how, in practice, did HyFlex instruction for large lectures work out? One University of Copenhagen researcher studied exactly that in a study just published in the Danish journal, Læring og Medier (Learning and Media).
Extend the Learning About a Topic
Deepen Learning Through Prediction
Get People Moving
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more on podcasting in this iMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=podcasting