{"id":104,"date":"2018-01-19T19:21:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-cos2master\/chapter\/thinking-with-technology\/"},"modified":"2020-07-16T15:38:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T15:38:56","slug":"thinking-with-technology","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wcc-collegesuccess3\/chapter\/thinking-with-technology\/","title":{"raw":"Thinking with Technology","rendered":"Thinking with Technology"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\r\n<h3>Online Learning Readiness<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>If you are taking any\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14.4px\">online\u00a0<\/span>course right now, make a list of the many technological skills and resources you had to learn to navigate. Reflect on what it was like at the beginning of the course for you in terms of your comfort and anxiety levels with that technology and compare those to how you feel now about the technology used in your online course.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>If you have never taken an online course, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/tlim\/ser\/\">Online Learning Readiness Questionnaire<\/a>. Your answers will help you determine what you need to do to succeed at online learning, and post-survey feedback will provide you with information on what you can expect from an online course.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1110\/2016\/02\/22151336\/9610346254_e357d70f9e_z.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-515\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-515\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2932\/2018\/01\/19192113\/9610346254_e357d70f9e_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of one woman sitting in front of a computer station in a lab, with another woman leaning over her. Both are smiling and looking at a monitor, with other people at other computers around them\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<div><em><strong>The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential. \u2014Steve Ballmer, American businessman and former CEO of the Microsoft Corporation<\/strong><\/em><\/div><\/blockquote>\r\n<h2>Technology for College Learning<\/h2>\r\nThe technological advances across time in colleges are staggering. Just 100 years ago we had chalkboards, and today\u00a0we have smart boards, online classes, blended learning, flipped classrooms, MOOCs, microlectures, and mobile learning. There are also blogs, wikis, podcasts, clickers, cloud computing, virtual reality and gaming. Students used to hand write, then type on a typewriter, then go no a computer lab and wait in line, but today we have laptops, tablets, smartphones, 3D printing, eye tracking, and LCD touch boards.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1110\/2016\/02\/22151756\/wordle-with-border.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-516\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-516\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2932\/2018\/01\/19192116\/wordle-with-border.jpg\" alt=\"Word cloud. Phrases it contains: cloud, virtual, printing, tracking, reality, class, supplement, Web, Gaming, touchboard, Webe-enhanced [sic], MOOCs, CD-ROM, Web-based, blended, smartphone, instructor-led, micro-lecture, wifi, asynchronous, purely, mobile, learning, internet, computing, classroom, tablet, tape, online, video\/audio, synchronous, laptop, eye, device.\" width=\"501\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe invention of\u00a0Apple, Microsoft, and the Internet, followed by the explosion of social networking sites, such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, and Google+, have furthered changed the face of higher education. It\u2019s no wonder that colleges and universities today place a heavy emphasis on teaching and learning with technology.\r\n\r\nConsider the following statistics:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">85 percent of college-bound students say technology in the classroom and the availability of online classes are their top determinants in choosing a college.[footnote]\"Digital Capabilities at Universities Key to Draw Students.\" <em>CareerIndia<\/em>. 28 Nov 2014. Web. 16 Feb 2016.[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">One in every seven students studies exclusively online; more than one in four students takes at least one online course.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students favor laptops as their digital technology of choice. In a study conducted by Harris Poll for AMD (a technology company), 85 percent of study respondents said they own a laptop, which they use for taking notes, doing homework and projects, watching television shows and videos, and conducting\u00a0other tasks. Forty-one percent of the AMD study respondents reported that they consider the laptop to be more important than a TV, bicycle, car, or tablet.[footnote]\"Survey Reveals How Much College Students Rely on Technology.\" <em>SchoolGuides<\/em>. 13 Jul 2014. Web. 16 Feb 2016.[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Distance-education enrollments continue to grow.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Critical and Creative Thinking with Technology<\/h2>\r\nWhy is there such a powerful thrust behind technology in education? How significantly is technology contributing to our ability to be critical and creative thinkers? Technology by itself cannot create critical or creative thinkers, but when it's used with\u00a0the guidance of a teacher who understands how to use it and by students who have sufficient technology skills and resources to use it, the learning process can be considerably enhanced. The following are some ways in which technology can enrich education:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Computer software and Internet resources allow students to record, defend, and challenge their thinking.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Digital recording allow students to observe and analyze the world, to reimagine it in a way that appeals to them.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interactive whiteboards are helpful for class discussions; they facilitate whole-class display and hands-on participation.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student-response systems, like clickers, allow students to respond to questions and then debate the answers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blogs can serve as personal journals to record, share, and reflect on field experiences and research activities. Students can also use blogs as a pre-established environment for critically responding to assigned readings.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wikis can help students coordinate, compile, synthesize, and present individual or group projects or research, as well as build and share group resources and knowledge. Wikis can also help students provide peer review, feedback, and critiques.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discussion boards help students establish a sense of community with their class and engage in ongoing threaded conversations on assigned readings and topics highlighting diverse points of view.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe following graphic illustrates how different digital technologies can help faculty and students with critical and creative thinking. Notice the six main categories in the graphic correspond with Bloom\u2019s taxonomy.\r\n\r\nThe red and blue arrows outside the diagram indicate the fluidity with which the tools can travel through the different levels in the taxonomy. All in all, the diagram shows the interconnectedness of technology resources in helping users increase their critical and creative thinking skills.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1110\/2016\/02\/22154924\/visblooms02.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-519\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-519\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2932\/2018\/01\/19192119\/visblooms02.jpg\" alt=\"A rhomboid shape contains logos from various technology tools, corresponding to Bloom's Taxonomy levels. From the top: &quot;Creating&quot;: Prezi, Wikispaces, VoiceThread, iTunes, YouTube, Powerpoint, Blogger, Moodle, Lectora, Camtasia. &quot;Evaluating&quot;: Moodle, Ning, YouTube, Tumblr, Del.i.cious, elgg. &quot;Analyzing&quot;: Mindomo, Zoho, Dmdm, YouTube, elgg, VoiceThread, Del.i.cious. &quot;Applying&quot;: Prezi, Jing, iTunes, iGoogle, Ning. &quot;Understanding&quot;: Skype, Tumblr, RSS, Gmail, Evernote, Blogger, Ning, YouTube. &quot;Remembering&quot;: Firefox, YouTube, Flickr, Del.i.cious. Outside the rhombus, a blue arrow on the left points down from the top; a red arrow on the right points up from the bottom. At the bottom is a credit for the image from https:\/\/visualblooms.wikispaces.com\/home\" width=\"625\" height=\"462\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h2>Reading and Researching with Technology<\/h2>\r\nIn an online learning environment, you're probably going to do more reading than listening. Reading online isn't the same as reading in print, so it's important to practice some strategies that will improve your online reading comprehension and speed.\u00a0Below\u00a0are two resources about online reading strategies that will help you use the Internet to find scholarly material and evaluate websites for accuracy, relevance, and other key considerations.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/y4JWpcIr5DQ\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/0UuShwtYpGg\r\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/c4lpt.co.uk\/top100tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 100 Tools for Learning<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/heping\/technology-and-classroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology and the Classroom: MOOCs, Flipped Classrooms and Micro-lectures<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"textbox examples\">\r\n<h3>Getting tech-ready<\/h3>\r\nThe Getting Tech-Ready tutorial, below, is from\u00a0the California Community College system. It is specially designed to help California\u2019s online community college students, but it is widely applicable to college students taking technology-enhanced courses anywhere. It will help you becoming familiar with the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>the hardware and software requirements of most online and hybrid courses<\/li>\r\n \t<li>the value of a fast Internet connection<\/li>\r\n \t<li>how to locate and download the free plugins that your course might require<\/li>\r\n \t<li>the basics of email<\/li>\r\n \t<li>how to obtain tech support when you need it<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nNOTE: Even though college students today may be savvy smartphone, tablet, and\/or computer users, they may not be prepared for the particular challenges of college-level learning in the online environment. The\u00a0interactive\u00a0tutorials below are designed to address the real challenges that both experienced and novice online students may encounter.\r\n\r\nTutorial #1, below, is from the OEI Online Learner Readiness project,\u00a0which is geared towards helping students develop skills required to be successful online learners.\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">Tutorial #1: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.3cmediasolutions.org\/oei\/02-Getting-Tech-Ready\/index.html\">\"Getting Tech-Ready\" from the Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges<\/a><\/div>\r\nIn tutorial #2, below, also from the OEI Online Learner Readiness project, you will investigate online learning as an alternative to a traditional classroom. What will this mean for you as a student? In the tutorial you will be\u00a0introduced to the world of online learning: how it works, a few of the common misconceptions about online learning environments, and some differences you will encounter when taking courses online rather than in a traditional classroom.\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">Tutorial #2:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.3cmediasolutions.org\/oei\/01-Introduction-to-Online-Learning\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Introduction to Online Learning\"\u00a0from the Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges<\/a><\/div>\r\nTutorial #3 will help you to do the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>organize your physical study space<\/li>\r\n \t<li>organize your course materials<\/li>\r\n \t<li>develop a scheduling system that will help you turn all of your coursework in on time<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">Tutorial #3:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.3cmediasolutions.org\/oei\/03-Organizing-for-Online-Success\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Organizing with Technology\"\u00a0from the Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges<\/a><\/div>\r\nTutorial #4 introduces you to common terms you'll need to know and some concepts that can lead you to success in your class.\u00a0The following important topics are covered:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>the vocabulary that may be used to describe communication in your online class<\/li>\r\n \t<li>how communication is different for you as a student when you're learning online<\/li>\r\n \t<li>some of the advantages and disadvantages of academic online communication<\/li>\r\n \t<li>how to become an effective communicator in an online or\u00a0hybrid course<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">Tutorial #4:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.3cmediasolutions.org\/oei\/05-Communication-Skills-for-Online-Learning\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Communicating with Technology\" from the Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges<\/a><\/div>\r\nTutorial #5 discusses the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>some of the differences between reading print and\u00a0reading online<\/li>\r\n \t<li>strategies for staying focused when reading online<\/li>\r\n \t<li>ways to maximize your reading speed and comprehension<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">Tutorial #5:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.3cmediasolutions.org\/oei\/06-Online-Reading-Strategies\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Online Reading Strategies\" from\u00a0the Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\n<h3>Online Learning Readiness<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are taking any\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14.4px\">online\u00a0<\/span>course right now, make a list of the many technological skills and resources you had to learn to navigate. Reflect on what it was like at the beginning of the course for you in terms of your comfort and anxiety levels with that technology and compare those to how you feel now about the technology used in your online course.<\/li>\n<li>If you have never taken an online course, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/tlim\/ser\/\">Online Learning Readiness Questionnaire<\/a>. Your answers will help you determine what you need to do to succeed at online learning, and post-survey feedback will provide you with information on what you can expect from an online course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1110\/2016\/02\/22151336\/9610346254_e357d70f9e_z.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-515\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2932\/2018\/01\/19192113\/9610346254_e357d70f9e_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of one woman sitting in front of a computer station in a lab, with another woman leaning over her. Both are smiling and looking at a monitor, with other people at other computers around them\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><em><strong>The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn&#8217;t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential. \u2014Steve Ballmer, American businessman and former CEO of the Microsoft Corporation<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Technology for College Learning<\/h2>\n<p>The technological advances across time in colleges are staggering. Just 100 years ago we had chalkboards, and today\u00a0we have smart boards, online classes, blended learning, flipped classrooms, MOOCs, microlectures, and mobile learning. There are also blogs, wikis, podcasts, clickers, cloud computing, virtual reality and gaming. Students used to hand write, then type on a typewriter, then go no a computer lab and wait in line, but today we have laptops, tablets, smartphones, 3D printing, eye tracking, and LCD touch boards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1110\/2016\/02\/22151756\/wordle-with-border.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-516\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-516\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2932\/2018\/01\/19192116\/wordle-with-border.jpg\" alt=\"Word cloud. Phrases it contains: cloud, virtual, printing, tracking, reality, class, supplement, Web, Gaming, touchboard, Webe-enhanced [sic], MOOCs, CD-ROM, Web-based, blended, smartphone, instructor-led, micro-lecture, wifi, asynchronous, purely, mobile, learning, internet, computing, classroom, tablet, tape, online, video\/audio, synchronous, laptop, eye, device.\" width=\"501\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The invention of\u00a0Apple, Microsoft, and the Internet, followed by the explosion of social networking sites, such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, and Google+, have furthered changed the face of higher education. It\u2019s no wonder that colleges and universities today place a heavy emphasis on teaching and learning with technology.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the following statistics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">85 percent of college-bound students say technology in the classroom and the availability of online classes are their top determinants in choosing a college.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"&quot;Digital Capabilities at Universities Key to Draw Students.&quot; CareerIndia. 28 Nov 2014. Web. 16 Feb 2016.\" id=\"return-footnote-104-1\" href=\"#footnote-104-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">One in every seven students studies exclusively online; more than one in four students takes at least one online course.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students favor laptops as their digital technology of choice. In a study conducted by Harris Poll for AMD (a technology company), 85 percent of study respondents said they own a laptop, which they use for taking notes, doing homework and projects, watching television shows and videos, and conducting\u00a0other tasks. Forty-one percent of the AMD study respondents reported that they consider the laptop to be more important than a TV, bicycle, car, or tablet.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"&quot;Survey Reveals How Much College Students Rely on Technology.&quot; SchoolGuides. 13 Jul 2014. Web. 16 Feb 2016.\" id=\"return-footnote-104-2\" href=\"#footnote-104-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Distance-education enrollments continue to grow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Critical and Creative Thinking with Technology<\/h2>\n<p>Why is there such a powerful thrust behind technology in education? How significantly is technology contributing to our ability to be critical and creative thinkers? Technology by itself cannot create critical or creative thinkers, but when it&#8217;s used with\u00a0the guidance of a teacher who understands how to use it and by students who have sufficient technology skills and resources to use it, the learning process can be considerably enhanced. The following are some ways in which technology can enrich education:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Computer software and Internet resources allow students to record, defend, and challenge their thinking.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Digital recording allow students to observe and analyze the world, to reimagine it in a way that appeals to them.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interactive whiteboards are helpful for class discussions; they facilitate whole-class display and hands-on participation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student-response systems, like clickers, allow students to respond to questions and then debate the answers.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blogs can serve as personal journals to record, share, and reflect on field experiences and research activities. Students can also use blogs as a pre-established environment for critically responding to assigned readings.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wikis can help students coordinate, compile, synthesize, and present individual or group projects or research, as well as build and share group resources and knowledge. Wikis can also help students provide peer review, feedback, and critiques.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discussion boards help students establish a sense of community with their class and engage in ongoing threaded conversations on assigned readings and topics highlighting diverse points of view.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following graphic illustrates how different digital technologies can help faculty and students with critical and creative thinking. Notice the six main categories in the graphic correspond with Bloom\u2019s taxonomy.<\/p>\n<p>The red and blue arrows outside the diagram indicate the fluidity with which the tools can travel through the different levels in the taxonomy. All in all, the diagram shows the interconnectedness of technology resources in helping users increase their critical and creative thinking skills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1110\/2016\/02\/22154924\/visblooms02.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-519\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-519\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2932\/2018\/01\/19192119\/visblooms02.jpg\" alt=\"A rhomboid shape contains logos from various technology tools, corresponding to Bloom's Taxonomy levels. From the top: &quot;Creating&quot;: Prezi, Wikispaces, VoiceThread, iTunes, YouTube, Powerpoint, Blogger, Moodle, Lectora, Camtasia. &quot;Evaluating&quot;: Moodle, Ning, YouTube, Tumblr, Del.i.cious, elgg. &quot;Analyzing&quot;: Mindomo, Zoho, Dmdm, YouTube, elgg, VoiceThread, Del.i.cious. &quot;Applying&quot;: Prezi, Jing, iTunes, iGoogle, Ning. &quot;Understanding&quot;: Skype, Tumblr, RSS, Gmail, Evernote, Blogger, Ning, YouTube. &quot;Remembering&quot;: Firefox, YouTube, Flickr, Del.i.cious. Outside the rhombus, a blue arrow on the left points down from the top; a red arrow on the right points up from the bottom. At the bottom is a credit for the image from https:\/\/visualblooms.wikispaces.com\/home\" width=\"625\" height=\"462\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Reading and Researching with Technology<\/h2>\n<p>In an online learning environment, you&#8217;re probably going to do more reading than listening. Reading online isn&#8217;t the same as reading in print, so it&#8217;s important to practice some strategies that will improve your online reading comprehension and speed.\u00a0Below\u00a0are two resources about online reading strategies that will help you use the Internet to find scholarly material and evaluate websites for accuracy, relevance, and other key considerations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"Internet Skills 3: How to Use the Internet to Find Scholarly Material\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y4JWpcIr5DQ?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-2\" title=\"Internet Skills 1: How to Evaluate a Website\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0UuShwtYpGg?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/c4lpt.co.uk\/top100tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 100 Tools for Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/heping\/technology-and-classroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology and the Classroom: MOOCs, Flipped Classrooms and Micro-lectures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox examples\">\n<h3>Getting tech-ready<\/h3>\n<p>The Getting Tech-Ready tutorial, below, is from\u00a0the California Community College system. It is specially designed to help California\u2019s online community college students, but it is widely applicable to college students taking technology-enhanced courses anywhere. It will help you becoming familiar with the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the hardware and software requirements of most online and hybrid courses<\/li>\n<li>the value of a fast Internet connection<\/li>\n<li>how to locate and download the free plugins that your course might require<\/li>\n<li>the basics of email<\/li>\n<li>how to obtain tech support when you need it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NOTE: Even though college students today may be savvy smartphone, tablet, and\/or computer users, they may not be prepared for the particular challenges of college-level learning in the online environment. The\u00a0interactive\u00a0tutorials below are designed to address the real challenges that both experienced and novice online students may encounter.<\/p>\n<p>Tutorial #1, below, is from the OEI Online Learner Readiness project,\u00a0which is geared towards helping students develop skills required to be successful online learners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">Tutorial #1: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.3cmediasolutions.org\/oei\/02-Getting-Tech-Ready\/index.html\">&#8220;Getting Tech-Ready&#8221; from the Chancellor&#8217;s Office, California Community Colleges<\/a><\/div>\n<p>In tutorial #2, below, also from the OEI Online Learner Readiness project, you will investigate online learning as an alternative to a traditional classroom. What will this mean for you as a student? In the tutorial you will be\u00a0introduced to the world of online learning: how it works, a few of the common misconceptions about online learning environments, and some differences you will encounter when taking courses online rather than in a traditional classroom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">Tutorial #2:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.3cmediasolutions.org\/oei\/01-Introduction-to-Online-Learning\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Introduction to Online Learning&#8221;\u00a0from the Chancellor&#8217;s Office, California Community Colleges<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Tutorial #3 will help you to do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>organize your physical study space<\/li>\n<li>organize your course materials<\/li>\n<li>develop a scheduling system that will help you turn all of your coursework in on time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox\">Tutorial #3:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.3cmediasolutions.org\/oei\/03-Organizing-for-Online-Success\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Organizing with Technology&#8221;\u00a0from the Chancellor&#8217;s Office, California Community Colleges<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Tutorial #4 introduces you to common terms you&#8217;ll need to know and some concepts that can lead you to success in your class.\u00a0The following important topics are covered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the vocabulary that may be used to describe communication in your online class<\/li>\n<li>how communication is different for you as a student when you&#8217;re learning online<\/li>\n<li>some of the advantages and disadvantages of academic online communication<\/li>\n<li>how to become an effective communicator in an online or\u00a0hybrid course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox\">Tutorial #4:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.3cmediasolutions.org\/oei\/05-Communication-Skills-for-Online-Learning\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Communicating with Technology&#8221; from the Chancellor&#8217;s Office, California Community Colleges<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Tutorial #5 discusses the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>some of the differences between reading print and\u00a0reading online<\/li>\n<li>strategies for staying focused when reading online<\/li>\n<li>ways to maximize your reading speed and comprehension<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox\">Tutorial #5:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.3cmediasolutions.org\/oei\/06-Online-Reading-Strategies\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Online Reading Strategies&#8221; from\u00a0the Chancellor&#8217;s Office, California Community Colleges\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-104\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Technology Wordle. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Linda Bruce. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Thinking with Technology. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Linda Bruce. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Image of two women looking at computer monitor. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: US Department of Education. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/fDex85\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/fDex85<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Using Technology to Promote Creative and Critical Thinking Skills. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Fostering Creativity and Critical Thinking with Technology. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecriticalthinking.wikispaces.com\/\">https:\/\/creativecriticalthinking.wikispaces.com\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>Other<\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: GNU Free Documentation License<\/li><li>Image of technology paired with Bloom&#039;s Taxonomy. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: M. Fisher. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/visualblooms.wikispaces.com\/home\">https:\/\/visualblooms.wikispaces.com\/home<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Getting Tech Ready. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: California Community Colleges. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.3cmediasolutions.org\/oei\/02-Getting-Tech-Ready\/index.html\">https:\/\/apps.3cmediasolutions.org\/oei\/02-Getting-Tech-Ready\/index.html<\/a>. <strong>Project<\/strong>: Online Education Initiative. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Guidelines for Communicating with Instructors. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Ronda Dorsey Neugebauer. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Chadron State College. <strong>Project<\/strong>: Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Internet Skills 3: How to Use the Internet to Find Scholarly Material. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: UBC LEAP. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y4JWpcIr5DQ\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/y4JWpcIr5DQ<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Internet Skills 1: How to Evaluate a Website. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: UBC LEAP. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0UuShwtYpGg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/0UuShwtYpGg<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section><hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-104-1\">\"Digital Capabilities at Universities Key to Draw Students.\" <em>CareerIndia<\/em>. 28 Nov 2014. 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