Adult Education (CAPS Certificate): Web resources

Teaching With Technology Sheridan College. (open access)

Mastering Online Discussion Board Facilitation: Resource Guide (PDF, 14 pages). Edutopia. Includes many links to other useful articles and web sites 

Learn How to Deliver an Engaging Virtual Classroom Presentation in Under 10 Minutes! (corporate focus)

EDUCAUSE

Tools and Utilities

50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About

PowToon – create animated videos and presentations, free of charge

Jing – for screencasting. ‘Try Jing for a free and simple way to start sharing images and short videos of your computer screen. Whether for work, home, or play, Jing gives you the ability to add basic visual elements to your captures and share them fast.’ Free to create videos up to 5 minutes. (See Lynda.com Teacher Tips).

ScreenCastOMatic – create screen capture videos for free , up to 15 minutes. Can include webcam view in the screen capture (inset of you speaking).

Crossword Labs – create crossword puzzles that can be printed, saved as PDF, or completed online

QuizWorks – online quiz creator. Free, but you can have only save only one quiz at a time.

Kahoot! - a game-based classroom response system for schools, universities, & businesses. Create and play quizzes, discussions or even surveys (which we call Kahoots) using any device with a web browser… including a laptop, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Android, Chromebook, Windows Phone or PC and more.

Stopwatch - use this free online stopwatch to time activities or presentations in your classroom

Prezi – free for educational purposes.

Presentation Tube – create narrated videos using a PowerPoint presentation

JoinMe - join.me combines instant screen sharing and powerful meeting tools in an app that anyone can use to present, train, demo or concept. join.me is designed to be intuitive and accessible, providing features that you'll use every day for everything from show-and-tell to formal presentations.

Team Viewer – free online meeting tool

Today’s Meet - TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime. Encourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your presentation, sharpen your points, and address audience needs

Padlet – online, virtual bulletin board where particpants can post comments, questions, images, videos and more in real time. No registration required for creators or participants.  How to Build a Wall Using Padlet - video

• Effective Adult Learning: A Toolkit for Teaching Adults 

   

  This 30-page toolkit includes four sections: Adult Learning Overview, Learning Objective in Depth, Tools and Templates, and References.

Sheridan College: Instructional Design (open access)

A guide to  Planning and Implementing Instruction for Adults (PDF, 39 Pages). Section 1: Developing Curriculum for Programs Involving the Adult Learner

Bloom’s Cognitive Domain

Blooms Taxonomy

Classroom practice - Avoid a sinking feeling with perfect planning

Curriculum Change and Transformation

Curriculum Design: Key Definitions and Frameworks

Curriculum Design. The Good, the Bad, and What Is a Competency?  "Learners distinguish between competencies that are effective and robust, and those that are ineffective and weak. The learning object is designed for faculty who are writing or revising courses. It contains audio."

Invitational Education: The Starfish Analogy

Instructional Design Models and Theories: Programmed Instruction Education Model.

International Alliance for Invitational Education 

Lesson Plan Templates  (17 templates). University of Toronto, OISE.

More on Designing and Teaching Online Courses with Adult Students in Mind

Universal Design Learning Explained for Teachers. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning.

Using Curriculum Design to Engage Adult Learners

What is Invitational Education? (PowerPoint, 67 slides)

21st Century Learning Design: Overview. Microsoft Educator Network. The 21st Century Learning Design (21CLD) rubrics provide a research-based methodology to help you identify how to evolve your lesson plans and learning activities to build and assess your students' 21st century skills.

Assessment Tools. Sheridan College. (open access) 

Assessment. ASSET Project.

Authentic Assessment ToolKit. Merlot. 

Evaluation.  ASSET Project. 

Daydreaming or Deep in Thought? Using Formative Assessment to Evaluate Student Participation. Faculty Focus.

iRubric

What is the difference between formative and summative assessment? Carnegie Mellon.

Whys and Hows of Assessment. Carnegie Mellon.

56 Different Examples of Formative Assessment. 

• The ADDIE Analysis Phase (5:26)
• more ADDIE videos
• Iterations: We Need More Design in Instructional Design (6:30)
• What does an Instructional Designer do? (4:32)
• Practical Insights for Instructional Design in Organizations (59:03)  
• Active Learning Classrooms: Everyone is engaged! (5:33)  
• Adult Learning Techniques For Facilitators (6 videos)
• Project Based Learning: Explained. (3:49)
• Tips on Cooperative Learning (3:43)
• Collaborative Learning Case Studies (6 videos)
• The Big Mistake in Elearning (6:18)
• Effectively Facilitating Online Discussions (7:32)
• eLearning - 8 videos, most under 5 minutes
• Teaching Strategies - LearningStyles (4:25)
• Teaching Strategies. Resources for Adult Educators. PBS.
• Flipped Classrooms For Real Learning: Definitions, Resources and Tools (1:02:19)
• PBS Learning Media
• Teaching Techniques  

• A Brief History of Assessment (1:54)
• Formative Assessment / Evaluation (5:12)
• Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs): The Muddiest Point (3:41)
• Classroom Assessment Technique (CATs): One-Sentence Summary (4:32)

• Cultural Diversity - Tips for communicating with cultural awareness (5:01)
• Cultural Diversity in the Workplace - Emerge Learning (2:49)  
• What is cross cultural communication? (4:55)