How to turn an exciting new tool into a useful learning technology

Author(s)
Andrew
Broadhurst
Lead Media Designer
American Public University System
Session Information
Inventive Uses Of Media and Tools
Regular Session (50 minutes)
July 21, 2010 - 11:30am
Cupertino Room
Instructional Designers, Course Developers, and Faculty regularly find amazing new technologies, tools, and media that they want to add to the classroom. All too often though, the initial excitement of finding a new tool wears off when the question of “how will I use this in a classroom” is asked. Suddenly, the shiny new tool, full of limitless potential, is discarded to the island of misfit tools, never to be seen again. In this presentation, we will explain and offer case studies of how the APUS Instructional Design team has turned several exciting new emerging technologies into useful classroom tools.