{"id":3389,"date":"2013-11-05T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T21:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met-eti\/?page_id=3389"},"modified":"2017-09-29T12:07:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:07:34","slug":"capabilities-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met-eti\/capabilities-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Live Collaboration<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/met-eti\/files\/2013\/02\/155-Live_Collaboration.jpg\" alt=\"Live Collaboration\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Live Collaboration enables remote attendance of lectures, seminars, office hours maximally preserving the experience of in person attendance. Students have access to view the instructor and classroom environment, high fidelity view of whiteboard or computer screen images etc. , and a capability to ask questions and provide feedback in real time.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benefits<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enables students to define their personal blend of in person and online attendance and self study while maintaining academic rigor and discipline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"\/met-eti\/capabilities-2\/live-collaboration\/\">Learn more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Integration Technology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/met-eti\/files\/2013\/02\/155-SCORM.jpg\" alt=\"SCORM\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Course materials can include online content from several different sources. For example, instructor notes are delivered on page hosted in a course management system page, while the live video tutorial is served from a media service. In these situations, having instructions and video on the same screen next to each other helps to keep students focused. Integrating different systems also eliminates such interruptions multiple sign on, switching between several windows, etc. When learning activities from different systems include assessments, faculty will have additional burden to bring grades together. Integration also helps to establish a single \"starting\" point for students. Learning technology vendors developed several standards and protocols to combine heterogeneous tools into a unified and integrated learning platform (LTI, SCORM, edX XBlock technology). Web technologies can also help to provide a unified view of course materials, for example, replacing screenshots with live Excel spreadsheets embedded into course pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benefits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The advantage for instructors is that much of the overhead in the evaluation of student progress can eliminated through direct integration with the Learning Management System. The advantage for students is a rich learning environment with immediate feedback on their learning, allowing them to move more quickly through material they understand and cautioning them to spend more time in areas that are less clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"\/met-eti\/capabilities-2\/integration-technology\/\">Learn more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Virtual Labs<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/met-eti\/files\/2013\/02\/155-Virtual_Labs.jpg\" alt=\"Virtual Labs\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Virtual Labs ensure fusion of academic knowledge, practical skills and workplace competencies. Students benefit from a shorter path to achieving educational benefits through career advancement, new employment opportunities, increased engagement and personal satisfaction. The latest virtualization technologies create opportunities to bring more case studies and real world scenarios into the educational process. Labs are designed based on the &ldquo;see the whole picture&rdquo; concepts and highlight end-to-end business processes to overcome the risks of developing a fragments vision due to sequential module-based teaching.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benefits<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MET Virtual Labs can be accessed with zero client setup from most of the end-user devices available today, including PC, MAC, Linux, iPad, Chromebook, Surface, iPhone, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met-eti\/virtual-labs\/\">Learn more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Handwriting Capture<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/met-eti\/files\/2013\/02\/155-Handwriting.jpg\" alt=\"Handwriting Capture\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Live handwriting can convey some learning much more effectively than even the most carefully prepared PowerPoint Presentation. It is important that we retain this mode of teaching in the virtual classroom. Handwriting solutions range from electronic capture of the traditional physical whiteboard, to wall mounted smart boards to desktop tablets and laptops. These solutions allow handwriting to be easily shared to remote learning captured clearly in a variety of recording formats, and saved as a PDF for distribution to students.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benefits<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enables students to have a richer experience of the course content through recordings and remote class connection. Allows instructors to easily combine prepared course materials with live handwritten instruction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"\/met-eti\/capabilities-2\/handwriting-capture\/\">Learn more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Structured Content<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"\/met-eti\/capabilities-2\/structured-content\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4137 alignright\" src=\"\/met-eti\/files\/2009\/07\/Structured_Course_Material_NT.jpg\" alt=\"Structured_Course_Material_NT\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met-eti\/files\/2009\/07\/Structured_Course_Material_NT.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met-eti\/files\/2009\/07\/Structured_Course_Material_NT-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Structure is a critical component of blended learning. By choosing a blended course format students are essentially asking for help in balancing their educational objectives with commitments outside of the university campus. An advanced course management system, together with a well-designed network of student and faculty support services, brings a solid structure into the learning process and becomes a critical factor in achieving systematic progress and high performance levels. The system provides a single point of access to organized course materials, learning activities, calendar, communication tools, grade information, etc.<br \/> All courses include built-in independent learning elements, supported by asynchronous communications through recorded lectures and seminars, pre-recorded tutorials, and just-in-time faculty commentary, for example, analysis of the latest course-related events or student performance feedback.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benefits<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the increased emphasis on self-study in blended and online courses, clear organization of course materials and learning activities plays an important role in helping students to succeed.&nbsp; From the faculty perspective, well organized content saves time with lecture preparation, distribution of lecture notes and assignments, updating content, getting support from teaching assistants, rolling courses over to the next semester, etc. Organizing course content and learning activities using a course management system was always a part of online learning, but more and more on-campus courses start using these systems as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"\/met-eti\/capabilities-2\/structured-content\/\">Learn more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live Collaboration Live Collaboration enables remote attendance of lectures, seminars, office hours maximally preserving the experience of in person attendance. 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