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Learning Edge – The Students’ Ideal VLE Adrian Cain

edgehill.ac.uk/ls The Changing Educational Landscape & Student Expectations –Student views - Headlines from EHU eLearning Survey –Student views – SU Colin Gibson Research –TEL at EHU – Technologies and support Activity: Your practice –Considerations of your design Baseline ….. and beyond –Tip and tricks –What would an ‘ideal’ Learning Edge contain? –Case Studies at EHU Activity: Enhancing Your Practice Future Gazing Technology to enhance student learning Outline of session:

edgehill.ac.uk/ls The Changing Educational Landscape & Student Expectations

edgehill.ac.uk/ls “Technology enhanced learning (TEL) has the goal of providing socio-technical innovations (also improving efficiency and cost effectiveness) for learning practices, regarding individuals and organizations, independent of time, place and pace. The field of TEL therefore describes the support of any learning activity through technology.” Source: Wikipedia [

edgehill.ac.uk/ls increasingly pervasive changing student expectations evolving opportunities to innovate

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Some Headlines from the Annual Edge Hill University Student eLearning Survey Insight into our students’ experience and expectations of TEL The EHU Student eLearning Surveys *** LINKS *** : Headlines from the 4 th EHU Student eLearning Survey:

edgehill.ac.uk/ls “This is the first time I have used eLearning and I love it, it gives me freedom to log in wherever I have time and continue my study with ease and it is fast and effective.” My tutor frequently updates Learning Edge with course information and materials. Using Learning Edge has enhanced my knowledge and understanding I get from lectures, tutorials and practical sessions. Learning Edge is important in terms of accessing notes and presentation. I frequently use Learning Edge to access lecture notes and presentation.

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Communication ~90% agree that the announcements enable them to keep track of changes to the delivery of modules. “Tutors being able to keep us up to date on any changes. I get them ed to my phone so I always receive them as soon as they are sent so I have the information on me at all times.” “Being able to communicate with others on my course is important, to be able to discuss ideas and thoughts on lectures” “When the lecturer fails to update with recent lecture notes, or fails to provide regular announcements to keep us informed of assessment dates/date changes/lecture changes etc”

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Content/Lecture Notes ~95% agree that Accessing lecture notes & presentations is important to them ~65% thought it was important to access video or audio clips online “Availability of lecture notes prior to lecture so that I can print out and add my own notes to them during the lecture.” “It is a more practical way of being able to look at previous lectures as well as having your notes because you cannot write everything down.”

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Assessment ~85% agree that it is important that they can submit/collect assignments online. ~40% agree that Online self-tests & quizzes are important** “I find having access to lecture notes/slides enables me to reinforce any learning I have partaken in, and the quizzes/mocks are a useful way of checking learning is up to date.”

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Design and Layout “Consistent format across all modules means I know where to look for information.” “Inconsistency of layout between modules e.g. where TurnItIn is located varies and can be difficult for some to find.” “Layout and colour changes make it more personal and colour which suits you for looking at the screen” Learning Edge has a 99.9% availability record and is linked directly to the Student Information System Students concerns around the consistency and application of Learning Edge features and tools are becoming more apparent as access or other technical issues reduce.

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Desktop/mobile technologies “Can look up lecture notes (on Mobile Learn App) while in lecture if lecturer is going too fast and still manage to copy down notes.” “The announcements on a mobile device are not very easy to navigate.”

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Other Technologies… Facebook ~45% agree that Facebook could be used to support student learning Student 'owned' technology to support informal learning – the Facebook 'Hub' compared to the Learning Edge 'classroom/ Library‘

edgehill.ac.uk/ls ‘What features of Learning Edge have had a negative impact on your experience of learning?’ Tutor use: When I submitted my work and was told I had feedback, I could not view this online Tutors sometimes do not put work on to Learning Edge so unable to catch up with notes Discussion boards can only be initiated by tutors so often waiting for them to open Design & Layout: I find it hard to find what I am looking for, which is frustrating The disorganisation of the course content Communication: Updates the day before/the same day that i need them - too late notice/last minute updates Announcements which are not relevant to us and are just confusing My calendar contains information not pertinent to me Discussion forums are not used Mobile compatibility: Documents do not load correctly on my iPad

edgehill.ac.uk/ls ‘The 5 most important things my lecturer does’ - Colin Gibson, SU President, EHU Student Union in PowerPoints - up to date, consistent, correct 2.Feedback - timely, consistent, appropriate 3.Firm but Fair - deal with classroom disruption 4.Accessible Tutors - clear availability 5.Blackboard - not just PowerPoints (revision notes, readings), clear instruction, submitting online. …….. is there anything your lecturer doesn't do? Understand Learning Edge '...really, really powerful tool if it's just used right'

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Technology Enhanced Learning at EHU

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Technologies Learning Edge: –Blackboard –Mobile –Collaborate –Turnitin –eShare –BOS –Campus Pack Classroom Technologies, Handheld Devices, Specialist Software, Web Tools

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Support & Resources for Staff Learning Technology Development & other Learning Services Depts. Developing Digital Excellence Colleagues, including Faculty Senior Solstice Fellows Staff intranet Student website eShare repository Learning Services Blog & Twitter Accounts External Resources. Eg. Blackboard Ondemand

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Group Discussion - Activity 1 Reflect on your current use of technology: Spend 10 minutes in groups of 4/5 discussing your use of the VLE and other technologies. Share your practice with your group; talk about what you think works well, and why. Use the BB course evaluation rubric handout to frame your discussion around your use of the VLE

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Baseline … and beyond?

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Examples of meeting a ‘baseline’: 1.Set Time Parameters on Announcements 2.Enable Discussion Forum Subscription 3.Format Your ‘Items’ 4.Preview your course with ‘Add Test Student’ 5.Monitor student activity with the Performance Dashboard 6.Use the Retention Centre 7.Filter Grade Book information with Smart Views 8.Run ‘course reports’ to analyse usage stats 9.Build a mobile friendly course

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Options available when: –Creating or –Editing an Announcement Set Time Parameters on Announcements

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Encourage students to ‘subscribe’ to discussions Users ed when new posts/replies are made Reduces staff and student need to constantly check for updates SETTINGS NEED CHANGING Forum settings available: –When creating a new forum –Via the forum’s Edit menu Must tick ‘Allow Member to subscribe …’ Enable Discussion Forum Subscription

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Use the HTML editor to improve the appearance of your text: Font sizes Colour Highlights Hyperlinks Be consistent throughout the course. Remember to attach.pdf files which are mobile friendly and printable as well. Format your ‘Items’

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Go to the course: Control Panel Course Tools Add Test Student The panel opposite appears: Your student account name is: YourLoginName_S You can add this student to any course you are an instructor on. Preview your course with ‘Add Test Student’

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Monitor student activity with the Performance Dashboard View a summary of a student’s discussion contributions Verify the visibility of selectively released content to a student Directly access sub-systems like the Grade Book with a quicklink. Blackboard OnDemand Video Guide

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Grades –Highlight students with low scores so you can take remedial action or high scores to offer positive feedback. Access –Contact students that have not logged in for 2 weeks to remind them that participation is a required element of the course. Due Dates –Send a reminder to students to submit their overdue assignments, surveys or tests. Use the ‘Retention Centre’

edgehill.ac.uk/ls View a sub-section of the Full Grade Centre. Great for large cohorts and multiple tutors. Can be created to filter by: –Group –Specified Performance –User (manually select a number of users) –Category / Status (eg. needs marking) –Custom (A combination of filters) Filter Grade Book information with Smart Views

edgehill.ac.uk/ls User Activity in Content Areas User Activity in Forums User Activity in Groups Summary of User Activity OnDemand Video Guide Enable Additional Tracking Statistics OnDemand Video Guide Run ‘course reports’ to analyse usage stats

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Use tools that work well ‘on-the-go’ with the app –grades, announcements, journals, discussions, roster, tasks, media, blogs Format content for mobile viewing –.pdf file attachments –Mp3 and mp4 video and audio links Help students use the app –Promote the app –remind students to set their notification preferences eShare Guides Blackboard Mobile Learn: Best Practices for Making Online Courses Mobile-Friendly Build a mobile friendly course

edgehill.ac.uk/ls What would an ‘ideal’ Learning Edge contain? Student comments from the 4 th EHU Student eLearning Survey:

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Student Survey – Themes Contacts: names, office hours, contacts (staff & student) Content: instructions, lecture notes, handbooks, journal articles, eBooks, calendar, sample assignments, past exam paper questions Communication: announcements, notifications, updates, dynamic information Communities: messaging, chat tools, forums for discussion, instant messaging, mail, social network Challenges: blogs, journals, wikis, turnitin, self study quizzes (formative support, progress checks)

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Content Communication Collaboration EAM Case studies at EHU

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Veronica Vernon – FoHSC –“The Patients Journey” (2004?) Steve Sherer –‘Has video thrilled the students so far?’‘Has video thrilled the students so far?’ Chris Jones –‘How Bb’s ECP changed my module’‘How Bb’s ECP changed my module’ Jeanette Ellis and Trish Prescott –‘Flipping loads …’ (forthcoming) Content

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Ian Currie - Facebook –‘ … to engage and retain new student’‘ … to engage and retain new student’ Martin Baxter (Ed.) –Faculty Welcome CoursesFaculty Welcome Courses Jacqui Basquill –Engaging students with Chat (ip) Tony Hooson – WebCT Chat (2002) –Chat to engage PGCE students Communication

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Laura Taylor – FoHSC - Blogs “ … put a “Wow” factor into an epidemiology lecture.” Rob Spence – FAS - Blogs “Using Blackboard for collaborative writing” David Callaghan - FoE – Discussion and Collaborate: “ … Tidal Wave of Discussion …” Collaboration

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Lindsey Marsh – FoE – Wikis “Shifting portfolios online” David Callaghan - FoE – Turnitin “ … Tidal Wave of Discussion …” Nichola Callander – FoE Consistent assessment practices (forthcoming) FoH – Central admin area Craig Hockenhull; Adrian Cain; Laura Taylor EAM (Electronic Assessment Management)

edgehill.ac.uk/ls What are your colleagues doing? (Staff Survey ~2010) “a fun quiz for students to test their own knowledge” “Students collaborating to write a Wiki” “… online discussions which are graded.” “group critique of an academic paper, using the Discussion Board” “…a blog page for a module to allow students to submit reflection from a journal article they had been asked to read. This was successful and the entire class submitted to the blog allowing peer interaction as students were able to read other students reflection…”

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Enhancing Your Practice

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Assignment Task “… evaluate whether the use of technology could enhance the practice you are critically reviewing.” Group Discussion - Activity 2 Reflect and evaluate how the use of technology could enhance your practice: Spend 5 minutes in groups of 4/5 discussing your ideas about how new technologies (or changes in the way existing technologies are used) could enhance your practice. Share how you might use TEL differently with your group; talk about what you think could be improved and why.

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Class discussion With regard to your chosen enhancement/s, we will spend 5 minutes sharing your ideas on the following: Why is your idea Appropriate? How will you go about implementing it? What are the challenges? Are there any risks?

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Future Gazing

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Time to adoption: 2012 (Link)(Link)2014 (link)(link) One year or less: Mobile AppsFlipped Classroom Tablet Computing Learning Analytics Two to three: Game-Based Learning 3D Printing Learning Analytics Games and Gamification Four to Five: Gesture-Based Computing Quantified Self Internet of Things Virtual Assistants Horizon report

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Resources & Reading eShare Collection: The EHU Student eLearning Surveys: Headlines from the 4 th EHU Student eLearning Survey: BB Exemplary Course Rubric: ba099b/2012-Blackboard-Exemplary-Course-Rubric.aspxhttp:// ba099b/2012-Blackboard-Exemplary-Course-Rubric.aspx VLE Design Aesthetics - Some Ideas: Audit for Dyslexia Friendly VLE: Exemplar A-Z Student Guide to Blackboard: Blackboard Mobile Learn: Best Practices for Making Online Courses Mobile-Friendly: – eShare Collection: Learning Edge: Blackboard Mobile Learn: Moving assessed student presentations online: how a change in practice brought "...a breath of fresh air" to the student experience: “A Tidal Wave of Discussion …” –

edgehill.ac.uk/ls Resources & Reading Horizon Report 2012: 7 Things You Should Know About Analytics: EDUCAUSE: 7 Things You Should Know about…: Practice with Personal Learning Environments: with-personal-learning.htmlhttp://mary-karpel.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/practice- with-personal-learning.html Developing digital literacy in higher education: network/blog/2012/feb/28/developing-digital-literacyhttp:// network/blog/2012/feb/28/developing-digital-literacy Digital literacy can boost employability and improve student experience: employability-student-experience employability-student-experience The Emerging Landscape of Educational Delivery Models: landscape-of-educational-delivery- models/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterhttp://mfeldstein.com/the-emerging- landscape-of-educational-delivery- models/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter Learning from MOOCS: moocshttp:// moocs MOOC Reflections, Clark Quinn: Open Badges: