Student Centered learning through technology Tools and technologies used @ Prasena & DCT International L O Ritzel

Faculty BlogPages Faculty have been taught to create their own Blogs Sample : Tourism Marketing Blog URL : http://www.20six.co.uk/markesposito Objective as explained by Dr Esposito : The Purpose of the Tourism blogpage is to enable the students to interact with the topic and to access the information at their own time and pace. The blogpage features a good number of articles/ reports, inherent to the contents of what is discussed in class, but also a relevant set of extra info and resources, for those who get interested in Tourism and want to read more about it.

Faculty have been taught to create their own Blogs

Sample : Tourism Marketing Blog

URL : http://www.20six.co.uk/markesposito

Objective as explained by Dr Esposito : The Purpose of the Tourism blogpage is to enable the students to interact with the topic and to access the information at their own time and pace. The blogpage features a good number of articles/ reports, inherent to the contents of what is discussed in class, but also a relevant set of extra info and resources, for those who get interested in Tourism and want to read more about it.

Student BlogPages All students are taught on how to make Blogpages Sample: Youth contribution or participation in global society URL: http://www.20six.co.uk/301068 Objective: Giving the student relevant topics of today Management, taking them serious and get their work on a virtual level

All students are taught on how to make Blogpages

Sample: Youth contribution or participation in global society

URL: http://www.20six.co.uk/301068

Objective: Giving the student relevant topics of today Management, taking them serious and get their work on a virtual level

WebCollaborator URL: http://www.webcollaborator.com/ What is: Threaded discussion Board Objectives: Have students decide and manage discussion groups on marketing, toursim or accounting issues Class assignments promoting teamwork Faculty sets up a discussion on DCT related questions: discussions about motivation, brain friendly learning, handling of difficult students

URL: http://www.webcollaborator.com/

What is: Threaded discussion Board

Objectives:

Have students decide and manage discussion groups on marketing, toursim or accounting issues

Class assignments promoting teamwork

Faculty sets up a discussion on DCT related questions: discussions about motivation, brain friendly learning, handling of difficult students

Instant Communication www.skype.com Objective: Each student has a VOIP account and can/ must communicate with each others and faculty through Internet telephonie http://messenger.msn.com/ Objective: Each student has a MSN Messenger account and can therefore communicate among each others, families and faculty

www.skype.com

Objective: Each student has a VOIP account and can/ must communicate with each others and faculty through Internet telephonie

http://messenger.msn.com/

Objective: Each student has a MSN Messenger account and can therefore communicate among each others, families and faculty

Online Surveys Zoomerang online Surveys URL: http://info.zoomerang.com/ Sample: Are you a global citizen Objective: Having students to create and market their own ‚global‘ surveys and inviting their families and friends back home to join and participate Advantage: Relevance of assignment (online), Real- cases, Marketing data for DCT Marketing team

Zoomerang online Surveys

URL: http://info.zoomerang.com/

Sample: Are you a global citizen

Objective: Having students to create and market their own ‚global‘ surveys and inviting their families and friends back home to join and participate

Advantage: Relevance of assignment (online), Real- cases, Marketing data for DCT Marketing team

Student Webpage Webpage instead of Course-Book Sample: ICT webpages URL: http://www.dct.ch/ict/dct.htm Objective: Usage of Information and Communication Technologies in business within our fast changing socio-economic environment using Webtechnologies. Brainfriendly multimedial learning.

Webpage instead of Course-Book

Sample: ICT webpages

URL: http://www.dct.ch/ict/dct.htm

Objective: Usage of Information and Communication Technologies in business within our fast changing socio-economic environment using Webtechnologies. Brainfriendly multimedial learning.

Old System New System

Old System Class Participation – be there, sleep, dream, hope the class is over New System Performance – be THERE, 100%, disagree, add on, ASK

Class Participation – be there, sleep, dream, hope the class is over

Performance – be THERE, 100%, disagree, add on, ASK

Old System Home Work – do what ever the teacher ask for, repeat the notes done in class New System Objectives – become part, take yourself serious, all is about business, surviving, teamwork (sometimes), competition (sometimes)

Home Work – do what ever the teacher ask for, repeat the notes done in class

Objectives – become part, take yourself serious, all is about business, surviving, teamwork (sometimes), competition (sometimes)

Old System Repeat What the Teachers teaches you – learn by heart, read course books New System Become a Researcher yourself – Find answers by yourself, learn to do a professional research using the Internet, All is out there, but you must learn to find, sort, filter, priorize and summerize it

Repeat What the Teachers teaches you – learn by heart, read course books

Become a Researcher yourself – Find answers by yourself, learn to do a professional research using the Internet, All is out there, but you must learn to find, sort, filter, priorize and summerize it

Old System Project work – Do it because the teachers wants you to do, try to please, think like the teachers thinks New System Project work – do it yourself, develop a project from A to Z, become Project Manager, I show you your destination, but you must find your own way (buddhism), think yourself

Project work – Do it because the teachers wants you to do, try to please, think like the teachers thinks

Project work – do it yourself, develop a project from A to Z, become Project Manager, I show you your destination, but you must find your own way (buddhism), think yourself

Old System Exam – the big FEAR , the one to work for (forget later again), repeat data, the 2hrs that decide your future New System In the field – do as good as you can under time pressure, get it done, perform under stress, apply new knowledge, the „take it with a smile“ thing

Exam – the big FEAR , the one to work for (forget later again), repeat data, the 2hrs that decide your future

In the field – do as good as you can under time pressure, get it done, perform under stress, apply new knowledge, the „take it with a smile“ thing

Sample Objective Objective: Expense report, send me a professional Expense sheet based on the URL below. URL: http://www.prasena.com/public/virtual_u/lectures/dct/expenseexercise.htm Helpful links: Website all about the EURO (which countries use so far the Euro http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/what/countries.html ) Website with currency converter XE http://www.xe.com/ucc/ The Worldfactbook online gives you every information on every country of the world. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ Mappy to calculate your time and the distance from A- B (Vitznau to Zurich Airport) http://www.mappy.com/

Objective: Expense report, send me a professional Expense sheet based on the URL below.

URL: http://www.prasena.com/public/virtual_u/lectures/dct/expenseexercise.htm

Helpful links: Website all about the EURO (which countries use so far the Euro http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/what/countries.html ) Website with currency converter XE http://www.xe.com/ucc/ The Worldfactbook online gives you every information on every country of the world. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ Mappy to calculate your time and the distance from A- B (Vitznau to Zurich Airport) http://www.mappy.com/

Webcast eLearning through Webcast URL: http://www.alado.net/dctwebcast.htm Samples: see next slide Objective: 3 weeks every term the classes are doing eLearning through Webcast technologies

eLearning through Webcast

URL: http://www.alado.net/dctwebcast.htm

Samples: see next slide

Objective: 3 weeks every term the classes are doing eLearning through Webcast technologies

Samples for Webcast in class On Managment aspects http://www.prasena.com/public/virtual_u/lectures/dct/therace.htm Technical quiz http://www.prasena.com/public/virtual_u/lectures/dct/uKnoworNOT_files/frame.htm Technical games http://www.prasena.com/public/virtual_u/lectures/dct/ppquiz.htm ePresentations http://www.prasena.com/public/virtual_u/lectures/dct/km/kmwebcast.htm Internet Treasurehunts ... And many more just follow a course at http://www.dct.ch/ict/dct.htm

On Managment aspects http://www.prasena.com/public/virtual_u/lectures/dct/therace.htm

Technical quiz http://www.prasena.com/public/virtual_u/lectures/dct/uKnoworNOT_files/frame.htm

Technical games http://www.prasena.com/public/virtual_u/lectures/dct/ppquiz.htm

ePresentations http://www.prasena.com/public/virtual_u/lectures/dct/km/kmwebcast.htm

Internet Treasurehunts ... And many more just follow a course at http://www.dct.ch/ict/dct.htm

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