1. ONLINE LEARNING 101:
UNLOCKING THE
POSSIBILITIES
Debra Lee
PhD Student, Instructional Technology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
dlee41@utk.edu
2. Objectives
Practical uses of technology for the
classroom
Sharing of resources and ideas between
teachers
6. Wikis: Pros & Cons
Easy Little site control
Practical More features in pay
Peer editing versions
Great project work Levels of control
More time on content Locked and hidden
rather than technology pages
Podcasting possible
Can be simply a
teacher repository
7. PBWiki WikiDot Wikispaces
Cost Free (basic only) Free (paid options Free (basic only)
Silver ($10/month) available) Plus ($5/month)
Gold ($25/month) Super ($20/month)
Storage 10 MB (basic) 100MB (file storage) 2 GB (file storage)
2 GB (gold) 5MB file size for 10 MB (upload)
Unlimited pages uploading Unlimited pages
Unlimited pages
Ease of Use 10/10 for ease of use 8/10 9/10
Click & Point + HTML (some HTML editing)
editors
Private or Public Private or Public Private or Public Public (Private only if pay)
Images/Audio Easy Moderately easy Easy
Editing Visible as you work in Not visible as you Visible as you work in Click
Click & Point Mode work & Point Mode (WYSIWYG)
(WYSIWYG)
Ads None on Educational None Yes (none if you pay)
Version
Site Manager Excellent Good Good
8. Wikis
Open-Source Free Basic Version
www.wikidot.com www.pbwiki.com
www.mediawiki.com www.wikispaces.com
Lee
TETC, November 2007
9. Practical Uses of Wikis
Student Uses Teacher Uses
Peer Editing Materials Repository
No more scrambling for the
materials you know you have
Easy Websites for Teachers
and Students
Easy E-Portfolios
Focus on content not
website creation
Project and Task-Based
Activities
E-Portfolios
10. Podcasts
Podcasting Podcatching
Send your own voice to the Catch someone else’s
web audio file for your MP3
www.podomatic.com player
www.wordpress.com ITunes
www.blogger.com http://www.apple.com/itunes/
download/
Juice
http://juicereceiver.sourceforg
e.net/
Lee
TETC, November 2007
11. Podcasts you can use
NPR’s Podcast Directory BBC (British Broadcast
http://www.npr.org/rss/podca Company)
st/podcast_directory.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/p
odcasts/directory/
NY Times Podcasts
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/ www.odeo.com
multimedia/podcasts.html?8 (Newsweek Channel)
qa http://odeo.com/channel/750/
view
Lee
TETC, November 2007
12. Tools for creating podcasts
Open Source
Record Voice
Record Streaming
Create MP3s
Lee
TETC, November 2007
13. Practical Uses of Podcasting
ESL
Spoken English Practice (with audio teacher
response)
Listening/Response Journals (to pre-published
podcasts or student-generated podcasts)
Project or Task-Based Learning
Movie creation with digital camera, Windows
Movie Maker (or Mac IMovie), and Audacity