NVL - Distans Presentations

1. Verkmenntaskólinn á Akureyri (VMA)
Online education in VMA – Then and now
The Comprehensive and Vocational Training
College in Akureyri

2. ODE for whom?
Learners not able to attent regular secondary
schools because of ...
 location
 social situations or personal reasons
 work
Learners attending regular secondary schools but
using ODE
 to earn extra credit
 to make up for missed credits

3. The term
The school year divided into fall- and spring term
ODL material congruent with that of day-school
Divided into 12 teaching modules
Each module is composed of material,
instructions, tasks, links and suggestions for
further reading, and assessments
Each module must be completed and tasks
submitted within two weeks

4. Then
 e-mail & attachments
Now
 Learning Management systems (Virtual Learning
Environment) (Moodle)
 The Internet (for resources)
 Web 2.0 applications and social networking (e.g.,
wikis, blogs).
The Media of Instruction

5. The textbook
Instructional letters (lectures)
supporting material (links to text, audio,
video etc.)
Assignments and exercises
Discussions
The Teaching Material

6. Overall management of the course
Finding and/or preparing instructional and
supporting material
Responding to students’ inquiries
Providing feedback on Students’ work
Revision of teaching material
Testing and grading
The role of teacher

7. To familiarize her/himself with the course
requirements
Being responsible for his own learning
Being an active learner
Asking for clarification
Taking part in online discussions
Submission of assignments
Meeting the course requirements
The responsibilities of the student

8. Where do the students live?

9. Age of the students

10. Grades and dropout

11. Statistics for 2011
455 students
57% females 43% males
29% 16-20 years of age
31% over 30 years of age
Average age 28,3 years
Average number of credits 4,95
About 110 courses
About 58 teachers

12. How to move forward?
Emphasis on quality of ODL in VMA
Quality standards
 Institutional
 Instructional design
 Teaching and learning
 Support