Faculty Considerations When Integrating Technology

Below are some factors to consider for the successful integration of technology for student learning in your online or hybrid course:

Student Needs. Take into account student's prior knowledge, level of technological literacy, personal interests, and those other things that make them unique individuals.
Learning Objectives. Technology should align to the student learning outcomes for the course or objectives for the learning activity.
Learning Community. Integrated technology should enhance the skills, mindsets, and beliefs of the learning community including the instructor implementing the tool but also members of the wider community including other instructors, administrators, and IT staff.
Technology Functionality. Instructors should be responsible for vetting the features through hands on engagement with the digital resource. Navigate through menus, click all the places a student might click and play with the different tools being offered to find the obvious features and others that, for better or worse, sit below the surface.
Student Access. Consider the type of device that the technology requires. Can it be accessed on mobile devices or only on a computer? Does the technology require a reliable internet connection for an extended amount of time or special browser extensions or software?
Infrastructure. Consider the course site and district technology infrastructure which refers to the “back end” of the technology setup including but not limited to amount of bandwidth, servers, storage, and data hosting models.