Only Smarties have the answer…

1. Only Smarties have the answer… **For those interested in follow up discussions, please see last slide** Kate Boardman Learning Technologies Team

2. 3 models • Handbook • Embedding tests • Discussion board seminar work = a perfect course? © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

3. Michaelmas term • Diagnostic test (Quiz) • Reflective task (Digital Drop Box) • Weekly tests (Quiz + Feedback) • end of topic/lecture block >10 questions • Progress report (Survey) • after first seminar: understanding/speed • End of term test (Quiz) • Provide results of progress survey © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

4. Epiphany term • Continuation of weekly tests (Quiz) • Presentation of revision materials based on problems revealed in weekly tests • Reflection on learning progress (Survey) • to compare with initial response • to include stating of any problem areas • End of term test / revision test © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

5. Easter term • Revision seminars scheduled to answer problem areas requested in survey • Further resources to respond to problems highlighted by weekly tests • Feedback on the course (Survey) • to include questions on whether the changes attempted after previous year’s feedback were successfully implemented © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

6. Traditional Seminar • Group of 6 • Fortnightly seminar • 2 presenters • Presenters anxious / frustrated at transitory value • Listeners minimal participation / minimal notes • Debate / discussion slow to kick off © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

7. ‘E-tivity’ variation • Group of 6 • Fortnightly seminar • 2 presenters • 2 reviewers • 2 reporters • Draft papers read by tutor • Finished papers have greater currency • Shared notes available to all • Review questions create instant debate © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

8. A+B publish final paper inc. referencesE+F publish report on seminar C+D review, prepare questions A+B submit drafts to tutor Seminar. A+B presentC+D lead discussionE+F take detailed notes C+D moderate a discussion board Tutor publishes / comments Timeline M T W Th F M T W Th F © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

9. A perfect course? x 6 = far from perfect! © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

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11. Why does this work? • What • How • Why • Where/when © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

12. However… • Q: how do you get students to do an online quiz? • A: tell them it’s compulsory © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

13. (that wasn’t a joke!) • Q: how do you get students to do an online survey? • A: ??? • A: make it worth their while… © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

14. (funny, huh?!) • Q: how do you make it worth their while? • A: give them something they want in return (preferably in advance) © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

15. And the trick is…? • Not to give them something that costs you so much effort it’s not worth the end result • How do you know how much you have to give them – you want the minimum effort • Can you put a ‘price’ on things? • Does each ‘VLE object’ have a value? © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

16. Last year’s results & actions = 1 Xmas quick survey & reactions = 2 =3 Filling in an online module evaluation = -3 peanuts? beans? …in other words… © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

17. What’s ‘value’? • How do you work out a price/value? • Price = effort? • Value = (usefulness – effort)? • Who scores the usefulness = staff/student? © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

18. Example (starter) • a) an item which is +2 useful and takes -2 effort is ok, no major enhancement, but helpful to have (running total = 0) • b) an item which is +2 useful and 0 effort, is a good enhancement (running total = +2) • c) an item which is +2 useful and -3 effort is more investment, but you have +2 in the bank from example b... (running total = +1) • d) alternatively, if everything is costing you -3, and only being 0 or + 1 use, is it worth bothering...? © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

19. Exercise & Motivation http://www.dur.ac.uk/k.l.boardman/smarties.php • Enhance my teaching • I'm curious about the software • My department wants me to use it • Enhance my C&IT skills • My students want it • Improve student learning © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

20. Course announcements Course outline Staff information & office hours Aims & Objectives, Learning Outcomes Info on exams Guidelines on how to write lab reports/essays etc Lecture notes Lecture summaries PowerPoint slides from presentations Bibliography without links to OPAC Bibliography with links to OPAC Link to library's reserve collection lists Images - slides, pictures, maps Relevant websites - museums, journals, resources Regular end-of-topic tests Revision tests for self-assessment practice Animations, simulations, video Amazon book links Links to other software eg concordances Annotated student essays/answers Model answers/solutions Role play (through/supported by discussion board) Group work - increased by online factor Discussion boards for pre/post seminar work General discussion boards Virtual classroom (chat) for office hours Virtual classroom for online lectures/guest experts Downloadable/printable materials (instead of handouts) Diagnostic tests / formative testing Adopted changes from previous module evaluations Digital drop box / electronic assignment submission Course calendar End of module evaluation form Main Course © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team

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23. Thanks – over to you… Thank you for the stimulating discussion we began after this session in Amsterdam. For those of you who would like to continue this, and I’d love some of you to do so, I’ve created a course in our Blackboard system. If you would like an account, please email me and I’ll create one for you. If, as many of us seemed to think, there was scope to have useful dialogue, then I see this as a great potential for collaboration.Hope to hear from you! k.l.boardman@durham.ac.uk © Kate Boardman University of DurhamLearning Technologies Team