Book Title: Conferencing Tools for Teaching & Learning: Best practices

Subtitle: A guide for educators

Authors: Lisa Gedak and Chris Ryan

Book Description: An open PressBook resource that explores best practices for using conferencing tools for teaching and learning. Adaptable strategies and activity “recipes” for using various conferencing tools, including, Zoom, BigBlueButton, and Microsoft Teams.

License:
Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike

Contents

Book Information

Book Description

Conferencing tools are a technology that allows educators to engage with their students in real-time.

This open resource has been created for KPU educators (and educators everywhere) to explore best practices for using conferencing tools for teaching and learning.

The strategies provided within this PressBook are adaptable and may be used with any conferencing tool in educational contexts. Each chapter contains critical considerations for using conferencing tools to support pedagogy and provides an overview infographic for the key takeaways. 

Additionally, there are Activity “recipes” that can be used in various spaces, including, Zoom, BigBlueButton, and Microsoft Teams.

Authors

Lisa Gedak and Chris Ryan

License

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Conferencing Tools for Teaching & Learning: Best practices Copyright © 2020 by KPU Teaching & Learning Commons: Lisa Gedak & Chris Ryan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Subject

Educational: Technology

Metadata

Title
Conferencing Tools for Teaching & Learning: Best practices
Authors
Lisa Gedak and Chris Ryan
Editors
Lisa Gedak and Chris Ryan
Illustrator
Lisa Gedak
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Conferencing Tools for Teaching & Learning: Best practices Copyright © 2020 by KPU Teaching & Learning Commons: Lisa Gedak & Chris Ryan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
Educational: Technology
Additional Subject(s)
Educational: Design and technology, Teaching skills and techniques
Publisher
The KPU Teaching & Learning Commons
Publication Date
June 27, 2020
Ebook ISBN
978-1-989864-46-3
Print ISBN
978-1-989864-45-6