Technology and Instructional Design

Incorporating Technology

There are many ways to incorporate technology into your courses. Whenever adopting technology, ask yourself the following questions:

1. What is the learning goal I am trying to achieve? How does technology enhance this goal?
2. How complicated is the technology? How long will it take me to learn it? How long will it take me to teach the technology to my students?
3. How available is the technology? Am I creating access bariers by forcing students to purchase this technology?

Multimedia

One of the most popular ways to incorporate technology is through the use of multimedia. The videos below provide an overview of some best practices to consider with multimedia. Feel free to explore based on your interest. They are hosted at Atomic Learning and require your StarID and password to access:

• When to use multimedia in the online environment (2:32): Best practices in choosing when to use and when not to use multimedia
• Online Videos (3:10): the best practices for online videos
• Online Lectures (2:53): the best practices for lectures online
• Interactive Media (3:52): the best practices for using interactive media

LMS (Learning Management Systems)

At NHCC, we use D2L Brightspace as our LMS. Karen Carr’s training site provides an overview of the features of D2L Brightspace and how they can be incorporated into course design.

eLearning Tools

Karen Carr’s training site provides an overview of various tools and products available to NHCC faculty and students.