The Ways We Learn - Course Technology Computing Conference Presenter: Linda Steele, Bellevue University There are growing multicultural education and exchange programs across the globe. These are making many high schools and colleges in the United States realize the importance of understanding different learning styles among students with different cultural backgrounds and life experiences. Developing culturally sensitive and adaptive course materials has become more and more important in today's course designs. Doing so helps students from different backgrounds to absorb and understand the essence of the course content better. Delivering knowledge to students with different cultural background can be quite a challenge if the delivery methods have not been aligned with the appropriate adaptation strategies and techniques in the classroom. In this session, we will explore the different free software and online resources, such as Google+, Web-Based Applications, Mobile Apps for Android and Apple Devices, and Learning Style Assessment Tools. These tools are widely used in various countries, including the United States, to identify different learning styles. In addition, they help students and instructors alike improve their communication and learning experience. Furthermore, these tools can also promote peer to peer learning, stimulate discussions, and enhance group project assignment outcomes by leveraging students' strengths based on their cultural experience and learning styles.

1. The Ways We Learn
Enhancing Diverse Cultural and Learning Styles with Technology
By Linda Steele

2. Differences in Cultures

3. Differences in Cultures

4. Different Learning Styles - West

5. Different Learning Styles - East

6. Areas of Coursework Affected
• Linguistic Pitfalls
• Assignment Expectations
• Classroom/Group Participation
• Plagiarism
• Critical Thinking

7. What Can We Do To Help?
Encourage to seek out for resources
Develop culturally sensitive and adaptive materials
Provide lecture notes or videos
Encourage small group work
Set guideline for assignment expectations

8. Video:
Google App for
Education

9. Google Apps for Education

11. Video:
Learning
Language
with Skype

12. Skype for Group Projects
Calls with Group Members
Instant Messaging and Voicemail
Video Chats
Sharing Files
Presentation Screen Sharing

13. Skype Video Chat - Professors and Students
•Feedback to Students
•Tutoring Students
•Be Available
•Virtual Chat with Experts

15. Video:
Flip Classroom

16. • Move lecture material out of the classroom
Flipped Classroom
• Move “assignments/labs” into the classroom
• More discussion and practice
Encourage critical thinking skills.

17. • Twitter is a social network and
real-time communication service
• Only allows upto 140 characters
for a single tweet
• Using hashtag to tag keywords or
topics in a tweet

18. Video:
Using Twitter for
Education

19. • Use www.TweetDeck.com to schedule Tweets as different users

20. WhatsApp? WeChat?

21. Video:
WhatsApp

22. Video:
WeChat

25. Use WeChat or What’sApp for Learning

26. Do You Use WhatsApp or WeChat?
Let’s Try to Connect on
WeChat!
(402) 515-4491

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Enhance Learning Experience with Technologies
Questions?

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Enhance Learning Experience with Technologies
Thank You!
Linda.Steele@Bellevue.edu