Digital Teaching: In Search Of An Effective Paperless Platform For Classroom Activities

Abstract

Sydney J. Harris advises us, “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows”. Never like today, are we in the need to help teachers and professors to guide their students to open windows and get involved with the geopolitical and economic needs of the world. This paper tests the hypothesis that Microsoft OneNote Class Notebook (MONCN), used in undergraduate Finance courses as a tool for digital teaching, can both promote sustainable development and make the students become leaders, using this innovative tool of learning as part of their own activities and lives in the future. The test of the hypothesis also demonstrates that students manage to make the classroom time more effective and efficient for learning when using MONCN as a paperless technological platform. Thus, without impacting the effectiveness and quality of education, MONCN surges as a tool for inspiring the students to become committed citizens that can change the world and collaborate in the fight of climate change.

Podcasts to Padlets: Writing and Speaking in New Digital Platforms

“…Different digital and verbal platforms of communication do much more than create dialect in a traditional or virtual classroom. These types of learning platforms play a significant part in helping learners become more marketable and versatile in their future roles and organizations (Baepler, et al 2014, Dieck-Assad, 2018, NASM Committee, 2018. For example, having students communicate digitally and verbally can be considered to be more equitable because they open up participation to students who may be experiencing issue with their internet connection, who have schedule conflicts, or who may be uncomfortable engaging with the full class.…”