Low-Threshold Applications and Activities (LTAs)
Incrementally Low-Cost in Time, Money, Stress
An LTA is an activity or application of information technology that is “low-threshold” i.e., reliable, accessible, easy to learn, non-intimidating and incrementally low-cost in time, money, and stress. Each LTA has easily observable benefits right away, and is likely to support important long-term improvements in teaching and/or learning.
It is often useful to extend the definition of LTA to include Apps, Applications, Activities, Resources, Web Sites, ... LTA’s need not depend on any specific information technology.
- Introduction to LTAs (Definitions, Forms, Criteria, Examples, etc.)
- Shareworthy LTAs - see Glossary
- LTA Collection (edited by Charles Ansorge for the TLT Group)
- Additional LTA Resources (Collections of low threshold and higher threshold teaching resources, Examples, Slideshows, etc.)
ORIGIN: "LTAs" - Low-Threshold Applications and Activities were first described by Steven W. Gilbert in an article "The Beauty of Low Threshold Applications" in Syllabus Magazine, February 12, 2002 Click here for text-only version.
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