1. eLearning Workshop KCN, Lilongwe Oct 210 Jo Spiller & Ross Ward Learning Technology Section College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine University of Edinburgh

2. Workshop Plan Day 1: Planning eLearning resource creation Day 2: Hands On resource creation Day 3: Reviewing and revising Day 4: eLearning Gallery, top tips, review

3. Ice breaker Introduce yourself Your name Where you work One of your favourite things about Malawi

4. Glencoe

5. The Tunnock’s tea cake

6. First things first… What previous experience of eLearning have you had? What, in your opinion, are the advantages/disadvantages of eLearning? What is your motivation for coming to this workshop? What do you hope to have achieved by the end?

7. Key aims of these workshops To identify how eLearning resources can be of value to your teaching To have enabled you to create an initial set of useable eLearning resources which can be built upon in future. To equip you with the technical/design skills to create online learning materials after these workshops end.

8. Key outcomes of this workshop By the end of this series of workshops you will: have worked through the steps required to PLAN the creation of eLearning materials. be familiar with the authoring software to create eLearning materials. have CREATED at least one useable eLearning resource. have REVIEWED and EVALUATED an eLearning resource.

9. Blended Learning Face to Face Learning Online Learning Self Paced Learning

10. Presentation of new subjects/topics and concepts Consolidation of taught subjects/topics and concepts/ enabling deeper learning Review of key concepts required as prior knowledge for but not taught within the curriculum Revision of subjects/concepts taught within the curriculum.

11. Consider the following statements. How would you complete them with regards to your own teaching? There isn't space in the curriculum to teach _________ but it would be useful to provide some self-paced learning resources for students on it. Students must have prior knowledge of __________, there isn't room in our curriculum to review this. Students really struggle with the concept/subject of ______________, additional learning material would really help them. Students would benefit from more revision material on _______________

12. Steps to creating online learning resources. Planning the basic framework What are the learning outcomes? What are your objectives? Plan steps to achieve them including storyboarding/learning the software? Create the resources How to organise your content? Consider visual design, plays a critical role in communicating the message and engaging learners into the content Consider interactivity, creating learner-centered materials. Review and finalise Measuring success. Practical considerations Tips/Advice on good practice.

13. Presentation

14. Presentation and Consolidation Use interactivity to turn passive viewers into active learners

15. What are the learning outcomes? What are your objectives? Plan the steps of your online resources What should the students know/learn from this resource? Let’s get planning...

16. Think SMART! SPECIFIC – be precise about what you want to/or want students to achieve. MEASURABLE – can you measure success/failure ACHIEVABLE – don’t try to attempt too much REALISTIC – be practical about what can be achieved given time, resources, etc? TIMELY – use time efficiently

17. Review and Revision To consolidate and reinforce learning at a deeper level To measure success To activate knowledge/reactivate prior learning To identify areas of weakness

18. Quiz Properties Scoring Set % passing score Set time limit Set default points awarded for each question Set no of attempts allowed Feedback Default/tailored correct and incorrect answer feedback Question completion feedback Summary slides

19. MCQ Questions An MCQ comprises A Question Stem 4-5 Answer options These include -One correct answer -A set of Distracters

20. Good v Bad Questions 4. What is the acceleration of gravity? a. purple b. yellow submarine c. 9.8 meters per second per second d. the War of 1812.

21. Good v Bad Questions The American flag has three colours. One of them is: (1) red (2) green (3) black

22. Good v Bad Questions My favourite fruit is an: a) pear b) mango c) apple d) dog