A powerpoint made by one of my group members for a BlackBoard Coursesite we created entitled Engaging Adult Learners Using Interactive Technologies.

1. Engaging Adult Learners
Using Interactive Tools

2. Instructional Goal
*At the end of the Web Based Instruction, the
participant will be able to identify interactive
technologies for adult learners and apply these
technologies effectively in an adult learning
environment.

3. Objectives
1. Recognize interactive technology concepts
that support elearning
2. Conduct research on multimedia components
including audio,video and kinesthetic
methods of elearning instruction
3. Contrast and compare types of interactive
technology for adult learners
4. Compare methods of Cloud Assessment

4. Objectives (continued)
5. Demonstrate proficiency with blog posting
and social networking
6. Plan an elearning lesson using instructional
design methodology
7. Use a technology tool such as a computer,
mobile or other handheld learning device to
develop a lesson using an interactive
technology
8. Share or copy and send the links to upload
for assessment

5. Why Learn Interactive Technologies?
Reach your audience through the most
effective and engaging technologies
Use the right types of technology to reach
adult learners
Provide training in the most innovative
technological tools to assist educators in
both elearning and on-site classrooms

6. Interactive Technologies to be Explored
Microsoft Sway-dynamic presentation software
Facebook/Twitter-social networking sites
Plickers
Google Apps-a suite of tools including Google
Docs, Sheets, Sites, Excel and Powerpoint
Blackboard Coursesites/Collaborate

7. Interactive Technologies to be Explored
(con’t)
YouTube
PowToons
Vimeo
Online images-free multimedia
Wordpress and Blogger-free blogging
platforms

8. What you need to know before you
begin
*A working knowledge of how to navigate the
Internet using a web browser
*The ability to download and install software
and apps, use editing tools (copy and paste),
and have a working knowledge of how to use a
mobile device with a camera
*The ability to create a user-name and password
for account logon procedures

9. What you need to know before you
begin continued
*Previous experience identifying instructional
goals, content and assessments for a lesson.
*Previous experience creating PowerPoint or
Keynote presentations is helpful, as well as
creating Word documents
*Knowledge of how to print screen, attach
documents, and send emails.

10. How to proceed through the lesson
*The folders are named by the learning
objective numbers. Proceed through the lesson
in numerical order.
*The lesson content and assessments will be
contained within each folder by learning
objectives.
*An end-of course survey will be completed at
the end of the workshop.