Low Cost eTeaching Ideas
From ElateWiki
Contents |
Idea #1: Put the Questions First
Use multiple-choice questions to engage the learner in new material and then lead them to the correct actions (and answers). For example, don’t start like this: “Most identity thieves get information out of the trash,” instead provoke a thoughtful response and ask your students by saying: “Where do most identity thieves get their information? a. Going through trash; b. Intercepting emails” etc. Taking this approach enables students to recall previously learned information and perhaps extend their knowledge in a logical way.
Likewise, you can describe a scenario and then ask someone to suggest what participants in the scenario should do next. Provide feedback with more detail and rather than tag an answer as ‘correct’ or ‘incorrect’ describe the outcome that would result from the student’s choice and then provide information that would suggest actions to avoid poor outcomes for the scenario.
Idea #2: Create Cheap Photo Scenarios
Online lessons can incorporate digital photos taken by the instructor and then used to set up scenarios for reflection.
For example, show a photo of a worker that puts private credit card information in the recycling container instead of shredding it. Then show a photo of an upset person who describes (in text or audio) how their credit card bill is unexpectedly high because someone found and compromised their information. The picture sequence can have more impact than an abstract lecture about shredding private information.
The same ideas can be used to “quiz” students. For instance, a photo of an office worker about to send an email can be shown. Then the students can be asked what should be done prior to hitting the send button. Use feedback can be used to describe various outcomes depending on which option students select.
Idea #3: Reverse the Perspective
Students can become the driving force behind the material. For instance, tell students an organization’s mail room clerk has recently obtained the Crime Time Home-Study Course for Identity Thieves. The fictional course can be presented to the learners with comments provided by the thief-in-training. The fictional course could describe the steps for going through recycling bins to find financial information in a tongue-in-cheek way. This would provide opportunities to describe how organization’s without shredding policies would make better targets for this practice.
Idea #4: Real World People
Show photos and play audio of real industry people explaining how they apply concepts being studied.
Idea #5: Game Questions
Make the questions into a game using photos or game-type questions.
Idea #6: Ask Experts
Discussion forums such as Googlegroups can be used by students to ask experts questions about particular scenarios. The same ideas can be used by asking students to send emails to experts in areas they are studying with well-framed questions.
See Also
References
Ideas #1 to #5 were based on ideas suggested by Cathy Moore
http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2008/01/no-budget-great/