eLearning ToolsDelivering Content effectively and efficiently

How Do You Reach Your Members?Delivering Content effectively and efficiently

• Travel time

• Expense• Location costs

• Scheduling Logistics

Challenge of Delivery of Instruction

How Do You Reach Your Members?Delivering Content effectively and efficiently

• Face to Face Learning

• Asynchronous Learning

• Synchronous Learning

• Blended Learning

21st Century Model of Delivery

eLearning ToolsDelivering Content effectively and efficiently

• Traditional Classroom

instruction (

• Everyone comes to same

location• Everyone takes the course

at the same time

Face to Face Learning

This is the “tried and true” model. But does it meet the needs of an ever increasingly on-the-go world?

eLearning ToolsDelivering Content effectively and efficiently

• Resources / activities are

posted online

• Access at time convenient

to the learner

• Interaction happens at

different times

• Discussion Boards on

LMS are used

Asynchronous Learning

eLearning ToolsDelivering Content effectively and efficiently

• Resources / activities are

posted online

• Access at agreed upon

time to the learner

• Interaction happens

instantly• Webinar Software

typically used

Synchronous Learning

eLearning ToolsDelivering Content effectively and efficiently

• Resources / activities are

posted online

• Access at agreed upon

time to the learner

• Often students left to

explore some resources on

their own at home

• Typically used with an LMS

platform

Blended Learning

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• Free Open Source

LMS • Purchase hosting through

Partner

• Most Popular Open

Source LMS

• Main Features

• Quiz, Wiki, Chat,

Blog, Glossary

Grade Book,

Assignment Tools

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• Enterprise Level LMS

Service• Largest Post

Secondary LMS

• Main Features

• Quiz, Wiki, Chat,

Blog, Glossary

Grade Book,

Assignment Tools

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• Free LMS[

• Powered by

Blackboard

• Has Core Blackboard

Features• Quiz, Wiki, Chat,

Blog, Glossary

Grade Book,

Assignment Tools

Adobe Connect

• Flash Based webinar and

eLearning tool

• Mobile Apps available

• eLearning only available

for organizational

purchases

• Enhanced with drop in

modules

Adobe Connect

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• Free Social Learning

Site [• Features discussion,

polls, assignments,

Calendar, quizzes

• Simple, Facebook-like

interface

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• Premier Webinar

Software

• Great for

synchronous training

• Record sessions for

replay later

• Multi-tier pricing

plans

• 250 Hours of Fire/EMS

Recert• Streaming Video-Based

Instruction

• Track student progress

online• Track hands on

progress

• LMS specifically for

emergency services

• Extensive library of

courses

• Use RapidCE or build your

own course

• Award-Winning, Easy

to use• Interactive Video,

quizzes, scenarios

• Online or DVD based

DiscussionWhich tool would work best for your needs?

Poll Everywhere

• Live Polling

• Real-time

Results• Anonymous

Responses

• Cellphone or

TweetResults of Live Poll at www.pollev.com/21ctto

[Instructor Link to Begin Polling]

ReferencesBlackboard, Inc. (2013). Learn more about CourseSites online learning resources for the classroom. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/pages/learn.html

G-Cube (2013). Types of e-Learning and what type of elearning suits me best?. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://www.gc-solutions.net/resources/articles/types-of-e-learning-and-what-suits-me-best/

University of Alabama Institute for Interactive Technology (2012). CompareIT - Learning Management Systems. Retrieved May 16, 2013, from https://sites.google.com/site/compareitlms/home