Table of Contents

Orientation
Notes for Instructors
Creating Learning Objects
Webpage Creation
The Nature of Technology
Selected Equipment Guides
Product Design & Usability

Technology Assessment
Technical Analysis
Problem Solving
Technical Writing
Presentations
Math & Science
Ceramics

Orientation

• Orientation to Online Learning New Online Students

• Introduction

• Distance Ed Students

• Logging on to Blackboard

• Navigating Blackboard

• Send/Receive Email

• Communicating Online

• Researching

• Getting Help

• Online Learning Strategies

• Plagiarism

• Logging in to Blackboard at BSU

• Navigating Blackboard

• BSU Email Addresses

• Blackboard's Dropbox

• Communicating Online

• Discussion Board Guidelines (by Sam Cotton)

• Getting Help

• A Note about Assignments

• Capturing Comments in a Blackboard Forum for Analysis

Notes for Instructors

• Blackboard Resources

• Online Performance Assessment

• Accessing Assessment Tools

• Tips on Online Course Planning

• Tooling Up for Teaching Online

• Creating Online Content

• How Instructors at Ball State Access an InQsit Account

Creating Instruction with Repurposeable Learning Objects

• Creating Instruction with Repurposeable Learning Objects (Module)

• Reflection on Creating Reusable Learning Objects

• Learning Objects

Webpage Authoring & Publishing

• Webpage Creation (Module)

• Planning a Webpage

• Tools for Web Authoring

• Composing a Webpage

• Using Microsoft FrontPage® to Create and Publish Web

• Pages at Ball State

• Hyperlinks

• Adding Depth to Web Pages

• Adding Metadata to HTML Pages

• Adding Media to a Web Page

• Adding Interactivity to a Web Page

• Obtaining BSU Webspace

• Posting Webpages with Netscape

• Posting Webpages with Windows Explorer

• Verifying Webpages

• Managing Websites

• Adding HTML to a Blackboard Message

• Instructor's Web File Manager Accounts

• Instructor's InQsit Accounts

• Webpage Module Summary

Curriculum Development

• Curriculum: A lesson to accompany Chapter 1 of Marsh & Willis, 2003

• Approaches to Curriculum: A lesson to accompany Chapter 3 of Marsh & Willis, 2003

• Approaches to Content Selection

• Content or Process?

• Example of Content Selection

• Curriculum Guide Formats

• National [TE] Curriculum Guides & Standards

• State [TE] Curriculum Guides & Standards

• Local [TE] Curriculum Guides & Standards

• Stakeholders

• Curriculum Development Planning

• Curriculum Development Plans

• Curriculum Team Management

• Tips on Online Course Planning

The Nature of Technology

• The Scope of Tech

• Intro to Using Tech

Using Technical Equipment

• ULS M35 Laser Machining Center

• Determining Laser Power and Speed Settings for the ULS M-35 Laser Cutter / Engraver

• Cyberware M15 3D Laser Scanner

• Stratasys 1650 Fused Deposition Modeling & Insight Software

Product Design & Usability

• Product Design Criteria

• User-Centered Design

• Product Users

• Anthropometrics

• Universal Design

• Usability Engineering

• Usability Tests

• Planning a Usability Test

• Conducting a Usability Test

• Reporting on a Usability Test

• Other Use-Related Research

• User Surveys

• Instructions for Users

• Design Briefs

• Technology Assessment Techniques (Module)

• Technology Assessment Overview
• Technology Assessment in Technology Education
• Health Technology Assessment
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Technology Assessment Documents
• Beginning a Technology Assessment
• Introduction to Technology Assessment Techniques
• Choosing a Technology Assessment Technique
• Risk Analysis
• Brainstorming
• Interpretive Structural Modeling
• Trend Extrapolation
• Practice with Forecasting
• Opinion Measurement
• Scenarios
• Checklists
• Relevance Trees
• Cross-Effect Matrices
• Simulation Models
• Sensitivity Analysis
• Probabilistic Techniques
• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Export Base Models
• Decision Analysis
• Policy Capture
• Life Cycle Analysis
• Endnote on Technology Assessment Techniques

• Defining Technical Analysis
• Analysis
• Integration in Technical Analysis
• Tools of Technical Analysis
• The Goal of Technical Analysis?

• Researching
• BSU Library Databases
• Avoiding Plagiarism

Problem Solving

• Types of Problem Solving

• Problem Solving Methods

• Five Brainstorming Structures

• Ideation: It's More Than Just Brainstorming

• Collaboration

• Validation: Checking the Solution

Technical Writing

• Research & Technical Writing (Module)

• Resources for Technical Writing

• Types of Technical Writing

• Tips for Technical Writing

• Game: What's My Problem?

Presentations

• Presentation Software

• PowerPoint

• Presentation Objectives

• Gagne's Events of Instruction

• Factors that Influence Learning

• Suggestions for Effective Presentations

Mathematics & Science

• Numbers & Arithmetic Module

• Numbers

• Arithmetic Operations

• Math Review Module

• Fractions

• Logarithms

• Measurement

• Math Practice

• Types of Calculators

• Calculator Inventory

• Self-Assessment of Basic Algebra Skills

• The ThinkQuest Algebra II Tutorial

• Statistical Distributions

• Central Tendency

• Dispersion

• Hypothesis Testing

• z-Statistic

• t-Tests

• Applying Statistics

• Time-Weighted Value of Money

• Microsoft Excel Tutorial

• Basic Geometry

• Geometry Applications

• Basic Trigonometry

• Trigonometry Applications

• Differential Calculus

• Integral Calculus

• Calculus Practice

• Calculus Problem

• ThinkQuest Physics Tutorials

• Matter

• Atomic Theory

• Chemical Equations & Diagrams

Technical Content Areas

Ceramics

• Ceramics (Module)

• Introduction to Ceramics

• Ceramic Raw Materials

• Crushed & Broken Stones

• Dimension Stones

• Gem Stones

• Abrasives

• Refractories

• Gypsum & Plaster

• Ceramic Lime

• Portland Cement & Concrete

• Clay

• Glaze

• Porcelain Enamel

• Glass