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=Technology Guide for Distance and Digital Learning Tools=

=About Me= Laronda Fisher- MHRM Student at Colorado State University - Global Campus =Introduction= Presentation skills are an effective skill you need to deliver effective and engaging presentations to learners. It is critical to develop a Learning guide about technology tools to benefit distance-learning environments. =What is Wiki?= Wikipedia is the largest resource of knowledge through crowdsourcing and can be understood as an open learning environment for the development of skills. Many authors have evaluated the educative experience of Wikipedia as a learning tool, and they highlight both the development of the competences as the nature of the platform as a space for the production of collective knowledge (Ricaurte-Quijano & Alvarez, 2016). . Wiki is a tool that allows users to manage contents easily. Users can add or update content and it is easily accessible. Wiki connects information and a tool that encourages collaboration. =Why Use Wiki?= Excellent collaboration tool to easily use and edit. Wiki is a practice within which learning emerges from member interaction and group negotiation of the learning experience. The collaborative and asynchronous features of wiki technology make it well suited for collaborative learning experiences such as within group and virtual team working. Wiki design can support cooperation between a group and enhance peer interaction through the sharing and distribution of information among a community of learners (Page & Reynolds, 2015).

=How I plan to use Wiki?= As a knowledge and collaboration tool for learners and a tool to receive feedback and to publish instructional material =Wiki for my Intended Audience= Educators looking for Technology Tools and educators seeking knowledge on WIki to accommodate various learning styles =Overall Theme Present Throughout Presentation= Coordinating schemes and backgrounds for design and style. Using videos, slides, links and researched content into presentation

=What is Infographics?= Infographics is a collection of either images, charts or texts that gives an overall visual representation.

Infographic Tool
Piktochart is useful in producing a variety of posters to be used in the library, as well as images and graphs for conference posters and published articles (Brigham, 2018). The Benefits of Piktochart include: a vast icon and image library, tons of beautiful fonts and text banners to choose from, a background library, map and chart tools, and more than 400 templates to help you get started. Templates are categorized by type of infographic project, including traditional infographic designs, posters, reports, and presentations (Evans, 2016).

Pictochart Infographics
https://imgur.com/a/unsj9sp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Larondafisher (talk • contribs) 21:54, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

=Web 3.0 Technologies for Learning= Web 3.0 technologies will assist online instructors in the areas of course development,learner support, assessment, and record keeping. Online students will benefit from learning personalization and knowledge construction powered by the Semantic Web. Web 3.0 and its implications for online learning are still evolving. Educators have the opportunity to influence emerging Web 3.0 technologies by helping to define that vision (Web 3.0, 2011).

Types of Web Technology Tools

 * Blogs
 * Wiki
 * Podcasts

What is a Blog?
Blogs are user-oriented; Users can publish and share their writing on the web. Blog entries are primarily kept together based on common authorship, not common subject. The content author is the one who controls publication and bloggers write on a variety of topics and categorize their content as they choose (Lu & Yeh, 2008 ).

How Blogs Achieve 21st Century Goals
Blogging can be used to achieve a 21st century learning goal by encouraging collaboration and problem solving through writing. Without these skills, they will not be able to participate in the global economy or be adequately prepared.

Blogs in Instruction
With a blog instructors can import the lecture course. Students can team up for projects, ask questions, mutually discuss problems, take the comments, support answers, and query the blog information. Blogs provide a platform for collaborative e-learning framework. Many students find that their learning is most effective when they actively construct knowledge during group social interaction and collaboration. Lu & Yeh, 2008 ).

Blogs in Formal setting

 * Blogs provide engagement of collaborative writing
 * Blogs can be used for learning aids
 * Blogs help learners reflect on their own thoughts

How to Create a Free Blog?

 * Pick a blog name
 * Choose template
 * Create post
 * Connect domain
 * Publish your post

What Is A Podcast?
A podcast is an audio and or video file that is uploaded and can be free or by subscription.

How Do Podcasts Achieve 21st Century Goals?
Podcasts provide engagement and give instructors and learners ways to use technology to further educational goals and replace other types of communication

Podcast in Instruction
Podcasts facilitates learning and can be used as an instructional tool and an excellent tool for learners with different needs and learning styles. Podcast are more engaging and more appealing to capture learning experience.

Podcast in Formal setting

 * Learners can view or listen anytime at their convenience
 * Content accessible anytime
 * Excellent study aid

How to Create a Free Podcast?

 * Have great quality equipment with microphone
 * Record content
 * Upload content to podcast host

What are Videos?
A video is media, a sequence of images made into movement.

How Videos Achieve 21st Century Goals?
Videos provide instructors to teach in engaging ways and learners to learn. Combining learning with media provides the best experience for learners to learn in today’s society. Videos help engage and inspire for an excellent learning experience as well as provide problem solving, communication, and collaboration skills for skills needed in the 21st century.

Videos in Instruction
Digital video offers a benefits in education it can be used for recording and analyzing classroom interactions and to develop students’ critical thinking, creativity, language skills and collaborative learning (Kukulska, 2004).

Video in Formal setting
Many distance learning programs around the world use videoconferencing for synchronous lectures and for two-way communication, including collaborative learning. Video allows students located in different countries to experience collaborative class sessions, and they have the option to view the video recording later, asynchronously, on the web. Being able to access video on disk can sometimes be more convenient than having to rely on a live Internet connection (Kukulska, 2004).

How to Create a Free Video?

 * Record Content
 * Upload content to chosen website
 * Add text if needed
 * Submit Video

=Social Media & Collaborative Learning=

Social media helps improve collaborative learning and promotes engagement and makes learning fun, meaningful, and interactive, and allows learners to become more involved in activities in addition to increasing their motivation (Molinillo, 2018).

What is Facebook?
Facebook is social networking site (Wang, 2012).

Facebook and Instruction
Facebook group can be used as learning management system for putting up announcements, sharing resources, organizing weekly tutorials and conducting online discussions (Wang, 2012) .. Facebook can be used for the following:
 * Post class notes
 * Collaboration through communication
 * Send message
 * Post homework

How does Facebook achieve a 21st century learning goal?
Facebook achieves a 21st century goal by promoting collaboration while also being able to use a 21st century tool

Facebook in Formal Setting

 * Used as LMS
 * Used as a Content management system

How to Start Using Facebook?

 * Go to Facebook Official website
 * Create an account

What is Twitter?
Twitter is a social networking site

Twitter and Instruction
Can be used as a tool to interact, engage, and share topics

How does Twitter achieve a 21st century learning goal?
Twitter promotes collaboration and increases engagement while also being a 21st century tool.

Twitter in Formal Setting

 * Enhances social interactions
 * Encourages collaboration

How to Start Using Twitter?

 * Go to Twitter official webpage
 * Create Account

What is Blackboard?
Blackboard is one of the leading commercial LMS (or CMS) software packages. The Blackboard Learning System is dedicated to teaching and learning with powerful capabilities in key areas: Instruction, Communication and Assessment (Beatty & Ulasewicz, 2006).

Blackboard and Instruction

 * Create post
 * Share content
 * Reply to post
 * Provide peer feedback

How does Blackboard achieve a 21st century learning goal
Provide collaboration and 21st century tool

Blackboard in Formal Setting

 * Communication
 * Collaboration

How to Start Using Blackboard?

 * Go to Blackboard official webpage
 * Create Account
 * Download software

=Mobile Learning= Mobile learning allows learners to access content using mobile devices. Mobile learning can be done using devices like your phone, laptop or tablet to learn anywhere. Mobile learning readiness is a new aspect of technology integration for classroom teachers. It is critical to determine the best strategies for successfully implementing mobile devices in order to improve learning (Christensen & Knezek, 2018).

What is Adobe Creative Suite?
A collection of mobile apps and tools to create

Adobe Creative Suite and Instruction
Adobe creative suite brings creativity in the classroom to integrate into curriculum and enhances teaching and learning. Creative Suite comes with many tools including Photoshop for image editing, Illustrator for, well, illustrations, and InDesign for page layout and electronic brochures (Siglin, 2009).

How does Adobe Creative Suite achieve a 21st century learning goal?
​Provides collaboration and problem solving skills

Adobe Creative Suite in Formal Setting
Graphic design Video editing

How to Start Using Adobe Creative Suite?

 * Go Adobe Creative Suite official webpage
 * Create Account

Articulate and Instruction
Articulate provides authoring tools to be used to design and build learning courses

How does Articulate achieve a 21st century learning goal?
Provides collaboration and problem solving skills

Articulate in Formal Setting

 * Create courses
 * Design courses

How to Start Using Articulate?

 * Go Articulate official webpage
 * Download App
 * Create Account

Adobe Captivate and Instruction
Adobe Captivate can be used to create content in courses.

How does Adobe Captivate achieve a 21st century learning goal?
Enhances creativity and learning.

Adobe Captivate in Formal Setting

 * Create Courses
 * Design Courses

How to Start Using Adobe Captivate?

 * Go to Adobe Captivate official webpage
 * Create Account
 * Download Adobe app
 * Generate a QR code to scan using a mobile

= Gamification= Gamification is a new technology that incorporates elements of game play in nongame situations (Prince, 2013).

What is Kahoot?
Kahoot is a game based tool for learning

How does Kahoot achieve a 21st century learning goal?
Kahoot!, increases the student’s involvement into the educational process, raise one’s motivation, and creates a comfortable educational environment that causes interest in subject learning.It provides opportunities for activating attention of the students and controlling the learning progress (Roman, 2017).

Adobe Kahoot in Formal Setting

 * Create games
 * Share games
 * Play games

How to Start Using Kahoot?
•​Go to Kahoot Official Website •​Create an account

What is Minecraft:Education?
Platform that promotes learning through games

Minecraft and Instruction
Games can be used to incorporate into instruction

How does Minecraft achieve a 21st century learning goal?

 * Media literacy
 * Collaboration
 * Creative problem solving

Minecraft in Formal Setting

 * Create games
 * Play games

How to Start Using Minecraft?
•​Go to Minecraft Official Website •​Create an account

What is Quizizz?
Quizziz is a platform that provided quizzes and the ability to create new quizzes as a learning tool. Quizizz provide excellent options for instructors to choose from in a variety of lesson plans and activities that can captivate and inspire students’ motivation and increase students’ engagement during lessons in the classroom (Ab, Rafidah, Ahmad & Hashim, 2018).

Quizizz and Instruction
Quizizz can be incorporate into instruction, review, and assessment

How does Quizizz achieve a 21st century learning goal?

 * Media literacy
 * Collaboration

Quizizz in Formal Setting

 * Create quizzes
 * Formative assessments

How to Start Using Quizizz?
=Professional Reflection = ​ I believe the mobile learning and web technologies would be most beneficial in my practice. As an instructor in my practice it would be essential to utilize mobile learning technologies such as: Articulate, Captivate and Adobe creative cloud. Adobe creative cloud will provide the essentials to be more creative and articulate and captivate will further enhance learning by creating engagement. Utilizing and incorporating various web technologies helps assist all learning types as well as provide engagement. This guide would be an excellent tool to share knowledge on educational tools to meet instructors and learners needs.
 * ​Go to Quizizz Official Website
 * ​Create an account

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