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Supporting Pharmaceutical Chemistry – EBL online

This project aims to support students in a pharmaceutical chemistry course by setting up a Blackboard VLE for group working, providing documents and instructions, facilitating team and individual assignments, and introducing students to collaborative learning technologies. The project also includes surveying student attitudes towards using technology for collaborative learning.

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Supporting Pharmaceutical Chemistry – EBL online

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  1. Supporting Pharmaceutical Chemistry – EBL online Peter Whitton Learning Technologist CEEBL Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  2. Main aims • Set up Blackboard VLE for group working • Documents and instructions • Team discussion areas • Individual and team assignments • Assist in EBL group work sessions • Provide students with a Blackboard and Google Docs introduction • Survey student attitudes about using technology for collaborative learning Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

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  4. Discussion areas • Set up 30 team discussion areas • 5 or 6 students in each • Private space for team working • Set up a General discussion area • Open to all • Set up 3 Subject Specialism discussion areas • Open to all Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  5. Discussion areas 6 groups 12 groups 7 groups 3 groups 2 groups Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

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  8. Assignments • Set up 6 assignments in Blackboard • 5 team and 1 individual • Timed release • template coversheet • Incrementally more challenging • Building toward group report and presentation • Late assignments penalised Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  9. Assignments • Planning • Roles and responsibilities • Delegation • Research • Plagiarism • Citation and sources • Editing • Collaborative editorial process • Professional document • Presentation Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

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  12. The Survey • Created a survey to find out student feelings towards communicating and collaborating online. • Created the survey instrument using the free online tool SurveyMonkey Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  13. Communication Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  14. “We have a thread set up on Facebook where we can have our own little discussion group. It's easier as everybody is constantly checking there [sic] Facebook accounts” “text messages to confirm date and time of the next meeting, about a day or so before the meeting, and to confirm attendance - good if there is a last minute need to cancel the meeting or if someone is unable to attend”. Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  15. Communication Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  16. Communication 93% YES 7% NO Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  17. “roles were established early and generally adhered to. team members generally took the initiative to contribute” “everyone in our group had different ideas, which helped to do the work as a team”. “everyone seems to have thought about what needs to be discussed before each meeting” Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  18. “It seemed to be mostly a one way discussion with the leader sending out information and a lack of response from the rest of the team” “We were unable to complete work in advance hence we were unable to proof read and check each others contribution”. “Motivation not that high. Certain team members didn't respond to emails or turn up to arranged meetings”. Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  19. Collaboration Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  20. Collaboration 79% YES 21% NO Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  21. “No, I would use more direct methods of sharing information which would involve more reaction from the recipients”. “No, I think in EBL a lot of time is wasted arranging meetings and emailing each other. EBL is also not very structured so you don't know exactly what you need to include in your reports …I would prefer to do reports individually” “No, it is really complicated sending each other the latest amended version. Would use Google Docs next time”. Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

  22. “Yes, using the discussion board was very useful, although I would probably have more face to face meetings in future” “Yes … easy to communicate using the discussion board, and to attach and send documents using the same system. everyone has access to all the material at the same time, and can access it from any computer … (it) is useful for asking questions and seeing what other groups or individuals have flagged up”. “Yes, I think that the problems encountered were due to team members rather that methods used.”. Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning

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