Effectively Using Soft. Chalk to Deliver Today’s Instructional Options in Online and Blended Courses Ms. Darla Runyon Dr. Roger Von Holzen Northwest Missouri State University http: //cite. nwmissouri. edu/presentations/
Quality Issues with Content Delivery Poor design of most online and blended course sites n Domination of text-based content n Lack of interactivity within content delivery n Lack of professional design and delivery* n 2
Instructional Options n Screen recordings – – – n Video recordings – – – n Jing Captivate Tegrity Flip. Video You. Tube Web conferencing recordings Audio recordings – Podcasts/vodcasts* 3
Instructional Options n Audio recordings – Podcasts/vodcasts n Polling/Surveys – Pollinganywhere. com n Widgets – Calorie counters – Green word dictionary – Mortgage calculators* 4
Soft. Chalk Build lessons for the web n Easy to use interface n Integrates different interactive learning activities n Stands alone or incorporates into course management system* n 5
Soft. Chalk n Demo of activities – http: //cite. nwmissouri. edu/tr/softchalkdemo/ n Soft. Chalk Demos – http: //www. softchalk. com/lb_examples. html n Soft. Chalk Tutorials – http: //www. softchalk. com/lb_demo 3. html n Soft. Chalk within a CMS* 6
Darla Runyon drunyon@nwmissouri. edu Roger Von Holzen rvh@nwmissouri. edu Northwest Missouri State University http: //cite. nwmissouri. edu/presentations/ 7