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Enhance employability skills in work placements with the use of blogs as a reflective peer-peer learning tool: lessons l

Enhance employability skills in work placements with the use of blogs as a reflective peer-peer learning tool: lessons learned. Dr. Julie Dunne & Dr. Sinéad Ryan School of Food Science & Environmental Health, Dublin Institute of Technology Ireland

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Enhance employability skills in work placements with the use of blogs as a reflective peer-peer learning tool: lessons l

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  1. Enhance employability skills in work placementswith the use of blogs as a reflective peer-peer learning tool: lessons learned Dr. Julie Dunne & Dr.Sinéad Ryan School of Food Science & Environmental Health, Dublin Institute of Technology Ireland School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin Ireland HEA STEM Edinburgh 2014

  2. Diversity in pharmacy work placements

  3. Previous assessment

  4. Where do these experiences go?

  5. So many missed opportunities for learning • Sharing experiences ‘Assessment for learning, not of learning’ • Ongoing reflection, to turn experiences in learning • Community of learning

  6. Pilot study: phase I • Encourage deeper analysis and critical thinking • To support a community of learning and sharing of experiences

  7. VLE Blog • Private to class (n=32) • Individual Blog: • describe • reflect • Relate • Peer Interaction • Comment and respond within blog sub-group (n=4)

  8. Tutor feedback after first post • Encouraging concise description, reflection, and relating experiences to college theory • All students could see and learn from tutor-comments • Peer feedback • reading peer blogs • peer interactions

  9. Phase 2: Overall successful pilot BSc Honours Nutraceuticals in Health & Nutrition

  10. Weaknesses Identified: style • Poor standard of language ‘text speak’

  11. Weaknesses Identified: content • Difficulty in developing critical reflection

  12. Weaknesses Identified: Student Interactions • Perception that comments less important than blogs • Lack of empathy and reflection in student’s comments to one another

  13. Steps to address weaknesses Ask the students what supports they need • Demonstrate how to use the software • Provide examples of previous blogs • Explain how they would be graded

  14. Reflective writing workshop

  15. Transparency of assessment and feedback

  16. Perceived usefulness of resources to help reflection

  17. I found reading other students blogs helped me to write a better blog BSc Nutraceuticals (Level 8) Pharmacy Technician (Level 6) Agree Disagree

  18. The blog is a useful tool for students to share experiences while on placement BSc Nutraceuticals (Level 8) Pharmacy Technician (Level 6) Agree Disagree Through the blog I felt connected to my class while out on placement BSc Nutraceuticals (Level 8) Pharmacy Technician (Level 6) Agree Disagree

  19. Main benefits of blog assessment • Collaborative learning tool • Deeper analysis and critical thinking • Professional development through reflection • Improved written communication • Student friendly peer and tutor support and feedback • Broadening the curriculum through gaining, sharing and discussing external perspectives on core knowledge gained in lectures

  20. Some Recommendations • Provide students with several examples of diverse, high quality blogs. • Positive and negative experiences • Critical and routine experiences • Ideally ensure that there is diversity of work placements in each blog group. • Consider the frequency of blog and comment cycle. • Feel free to contact! • Julie.Dunne@dit.ie

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