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Teaching with Online Platforms

What is an Online Learning Platform?

An Online Learning Platform is typically a website used by

educational institutions as a tool or primary environment for

• learning. It can serve many functions, such as being a place

to submit classwork, display class notes, syllabi, and other related information, as well as host quizzes, lectures, and education-related applications. This presentation will focus on the University of Arizona’s most used platform: Desire 2 Learn (D2L).

Examples of Online Platforms

What Can D2L Do?

• D2L is accessible from any web browser.
• One-stop place to access material, class lists, and

announcements from all your courses.

• Host class discussion boards.
• Built-in Quiz and Test support.
• Integrates Dropbox, online cloud storage that can be used

to upload and download files and documents between students and teachers. No more “dog ate my homework”.

Advantages

• Convenience - allows students to carefully manage the

pace of their own learning experience.

• Allows room for interactions with classmates through

discussion boards, class chat rooms, and e-mail.

• Online learning platforms provide 24/7 accessibility to

course materials

• Facilitates learning without having to organize when and

where everyone interested in a course must be present.

Disadvantages

• Though e-learning offers ease, flexibility and the ability to

remotely access a classroom in the students own time, it allows room for isolation.

• Internet, server glitches and scheduled maintenances can

sometimes become a problem for both parties.

• Although it is user friendly, it can be a problem for users

with fair knowledge in computers to get a grasp of all the functions are the correct use of this platform.

Why is D2L Important?

• Most of the time, student-teacher interaction is very

limited due to different factors such as a large quantity of students or one professor giving various class sections.

• D2L serves as a medium for easiness for homeworks,

announcements, grades and communication.

• Online submissions make the detection of plagiarism easy-

making it harder for students to cheat

Future of Online Platforms

• Websites such as D2L

will continue to evolve and change the way we teach

• Eventually classwork and

homework will be completely electronic

• These sites allow for
• nline colleges and high

schools that don’t require any face-to-face meeting

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