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A Low Threshold Application
(LTA) is a teaching/learning application of information
technology that is
reliable, accessible, easy to learn,
non-intimidating and (incrementally) inexpensive.
Each LTA should have immediate,
observable, positive consequences, and may also contribute to
cumulative changes in teaching and/or learning practice
(e.g., helping improve faculty-student contact).
"... the potential user (teacher or learner) perceives
an LTA as NOT
challenging, not intimidating, not requiring a lot of additional
work or new thinking.
LTAs… are also 'low-threshold' in
the sense of having low INCREMENTAL costs for purchase, training,
support, and maintenance." - Steve Gilbert, President, TLT Group,
in AAHESGIT-96
Introduction:
Definition,
Background, Characteristics, Categories, Resources,
Examples, Events
Article:
Low-Threshold
Applications and Activities were first described by Steven W. Gilbert in his
column:
"The Beauty of Low Threshold Applications" in Syllabus Magazine, February
12, 2002. Click here for
text-only version.
LTA Chart: Variety, Requirements,
Impact
Role of Personal Characteristics in LTAs
LTA Skeletal Framework
for Using LTAs [and for an LTA
Professional Development Initiative]
Note: As is also the case with the
Flashlight Program and Flashlight Online, the ideas in The
Low Threshold Approach
apply with or without specific Low Threshold Applications. |
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