Principles for Technology Selection

The following resources arose out of a webinar that discussed how to select appropriate technologies while meeting the learning outcomes of your course.

Sections:

• Guiding Principles
• Guiding Principles Applied to Common Teaching Activities
  • Lecture Recording
  • Group Work/Collaboration
• Additional Resources

Guiding Principles

When selecting technologies for remote teaching, we recommend four guiding principles:

Select tools that:

• are institutionally supported
• enable asynchronous engagement
• promote accessibility
• are easy to use (that applies to both you and your students)

The following video explains these guiding principles further.

Guiding Principles Applied to Common Teaching Activities

The following set of videos applies the above principles to two popular types of teaching activities – lectures and group work. The videos share institutionally supported tools and outline considerations for engaging in these activities in an asynchronous, accessible, and easy manner.

Lecture Recording

Related Videos:

• Create Quick Videos Using Ensemble Video Recorder Plug-In

Group Work/Collaboration

Additional Support

EdTech Toolkit
Explore tech solutions for range of teaching and learning activities

onQ Support
A website dedicated to supporting students, instructors, TAs, and support staff in their use of onQ, Queen's Learning Management System (LMS).