UnClassroom on Digital Learning in Rhode Island: A new approach to undergraduate education using fully-online model not bounded by a learning management system and incorporating aspects of experiential learning.

1. Campaign for Digital Learning:
An UnClassroom Experience
Renee Hobbs
Harrington School of Communication and Media
University of Rhode Island
RIDE Technology Conference
October 25, 2014
Email: Hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs

2. http://mediaeducationlab.com

3. Goals for This Session
 Appreciate the power of online learning outside of a learning
management system (LMS)
 Consider specific structural features of a fully-online course
 Appreciate students’ lived experience with a new approach
to online and experiential learning
 Gain basic knowledge of the use of 4 key digital learning
tools: Google Hangouts, Flipgrid, Titanpad,Screencasting and
Twitter
 Reflect on how undergraduate communication students can
help advance public awareness of digital learning in Rhode
Island

4. www.harrington.uri.edu

5. www.unclassroomuri.wordpress.com

6. Tools for Open Network Learning

7. Creating community - Google Hangouts on Air
Discussion - Flipgrid & Titanpad
Pre-writing – Titanpad & Padlet
Research – Google & Video Interviews
Publication – WordPress & YouTube
Evaluation – Screencast-o-Matic

8. Goals for This Session
 Appreciate the power of online learning outside of a learning
management system (LMS)
 Consider specific structural features of a fully-online course
 Appreciate students’ lived experience with a new approach
to online and experiential learning
 Gain basic knowledge of the use of 4 key digital learning
tools: Google Hangouts, Flipgrid, Titanpad,Screencasting and
Twitter
 Reflect on how undergraduate communication students can
help advance public awareness of digital learning in Rhode
Island