Technology Enhanced Learning Details

Instructors are constantly incorporating the use of technology into their courses in innovative ways that enhance their students’ learning experience. What they may not realize is that this is a high impact practice!

The coordinator for this HIP is Charles Whiting. For more info about TEL, contact him at [email protected]

TBR’s minimum definition for Technology Enhanced Learning is: Instructional practices that leverage digital technologies to enhance teaching and learning. (Digital technology is any electronic tool, system, device or resource that facilitates learning and improves student performance. Examples include, but are not limited to: social media, online games, multimedia, productivity applications, cloud computing, interoperable systems, and mobile devices. Digital technologies can be used to increase engagement, encourage collaboration, deliver support, and increase awareness and understanding.)

*It is important to note that simply utilizing the LMS in your courses does not meet the minimum definition for TEL.

TBR does require some sort of reflection assignment to be completed by the students in HIPs certified courses to assess student perceptions on how the HIP enhances their learning experience. The reflection can be woven into an assignment during the semester or as part of a post-test at the end of the semester. The ARC coordinator for this HIP will reach out to faculty members gather assessment info before the course is certified again. If faculty members plan to make changes to the course, they should make the coordinators aware of this to ensure that the course still meets the HIPs minimum definition.

If you are interested in certifying your courses for the Technology Enhanced Learning HIP, submit your application through Curriculog following the guidelines found here. In your application, be sure to give a detailed explanation of how the technology you incorporate into your courses enhances the student learning experience and meets the TEL minimum definition. 

Technology Enhanced Learning Repository of Ideas:

• Utilizing the media education center on the Smyrna campus for hands-on training and the creation of blogs, vid-casts, podcasts, e-publications, e-newsletters, brochures/posters, recordings, and radio production.

• Working with students throughout the semester to give them hands on experience in the following: the multi- tasking (student engagement) of technologies for the development of writing projects, news stories, blogs, photos, vid-casts (MP4’s), podcasts/ audio recordings (MP3’s), social networking sites, Wikipedia articles, PowerPoints, TED Talks, ePortfolios, brochures/posters, live shows/press conferences, TV shoots, and live radio.
• Utilizing the XR Lab to give students the opportunity to experience different aspects of history and having them complete a paper detailing their experience and how the use of the technology enhanced the learning experience.
• A series of research and writing assignments in which students must access and view curated videos that align with and focus on specific content from the course material.
• Having students create a multi-generational family tree (of their own family or a historical family) utilizing mixed media and presenting their findings to the class using digital media platforms.
• Having students create a podcast or video presentation related to an assigned topic in the course.
• Utilizing a class blog throughout the semester in which students are required to participate in an analysis of documents for historical context.