Guidelines on application of educational technology

These guidelines suggest ways of applying the teaching quality principles in your teaching and learning activities - through the appropriate use and integration of educational technologies.

Each suggestion links to online resources that will help you with putting it into practice.

1. include student orientation
2. integrate the technology holistically
3. use the technology yourself
4. base the technology on pedagogy
5. use asynchronous discussion
6. use synchronous disussion
7. moderate online discussions
8. set collaborative tasks
9. establish effective group sizes
10. consider group project assessment
11. provide resources to support active learning
12. give rapid feedback online
13. use quizzes to help students learn
14. provide electronic access to resources
15. design learning tasks to promote higher order generic skills
16. use students own experiences and interests
17. identify and meet all student needs
18. ensure online resources are accessible
19. evaluate online resources.