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1 Noel-Ann Bradshaw Maths Dept (CMS) Encouraging students to THINK!

2 Outline Problem faced with Operational Research Last year’s T&L conferences Software iPad PC Final versions Feedback Conclusion

3 Problem Students wanting model solutions to tutorial questions. Regurgitated in coursework and exams Bypassed their thinking Couldn’t solve slightly different questions

4 Shift and eLearning 2012 Flipping the classroom – Andrew Douch eLearning conference

5 Software iPad ShowMe PC Camtasia Tablet

6 Examples of finished MP4s

7 Student Feedback ‘As if the teacher was right in front of you – improved my understanding of how to answer the questions’. ‘Really useful for working through something at your own pace – you can pause and repeat it etc’. ‘Clear and concise – I could watch it numerous times’. ‘These really helped – I wish every lecturer did these!’

8 A Course results Exam results improved enormously - mean was 54% now 69%. Student feedback extremely positive. Lots more students wanting to take up placements / careers in Operational Research.

9 Conclusion To introduce these to other courses I teach - these are more report based subjects. Use them to help exam revision – particularly for resit exams.

10 References Douch, A., 2012. Using Technology to Humanise the Learning Experience. EDU Blog. [online] Available at: http://blogs.gre.ac.uk/ed/2012/10/30/andrew- douch/ [Accessed 18 June 2013] http://blogs.gre.ac.uk/ed/2012/10/30/andrew- douch/ Douch, A., 2013. Douchy’s Blog. [online] Available at: http://andrewdouch.wordpress.com/http://andrewdouch.wordpress.com/ [Accessed 18 June 2013]

11 References Heick, T., 2012. How To Screencast Like The Khan Academy. TeachThought. [online] Available at: [Accessed 18 June 2013] SmoothDraw http://www.smoothdraw.com/product/index.htm http://www.smoothdraw.com/product/index.htm Camtasia http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html#

12 Question Time Thank you for Listening


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