Blended Learning - Examples from UCT (2015)
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- 1. Blended learning @UCT using the Lessons tool Sam Lee Pan, CILT, UCT March 2015
- 2. Example 1 1st-year statistics course Semester 2, 2014 - Current
- 3. No. of students Sem 2, 2014: 1,400 students Summer term: 70 students Sem 1, 2015: 300 students Face-to-Face 1 short workshop (1 hour) 1 long workshop (2 hours) Subset of quiz questions (6%) Online All study content (incl. video) 45 Quizzes 3 Class tests Based on 10 hours of work per a week! 2 work units/week
- 4. Important role of tutors Use of forums “Ask your tutor” (supervised by lecturers) linked from Lessons anywhere on page Use of screencast-o- matica Training done with tutors Tutors display a lot of effort and receive great reviews
- 5. Use of the Q&A tool Q&A was originally anonymous, but was abused Specific Q&A for admin queries (embedded iFrame with Web Content tool) Needed to insert complex tables as images
- 6. Video content 25 video tutorials, 12-20 min long, made through GetSmarter Chapterised Incorporated Hapyak for quizzes within videos (license cost, alternative: Zaption) Short workshops also recorded with Matterhorn
- 7. Resources Finding big venues for workshops and tests Re-training of admin staff necessary to hanle tech. queries Constant online queries & expectation to respond Students Initial resistance to lack of lectures Issues of digital literacy and time management Can monitor students. Followed up with about 50 students last semester- motivate to get DP and do Summer term Design, usability Creating MCQs test takes more time and is more complex. Prerequistes removed from quizzes Improvement: customisation of fonts/background in Lessons Improvement: Progress bar in Lessons? Challenges
- 8. Year Final Average Mark (5) Pass rate (%) Average Weekly Assignment mark (%) Average Weekly hand in rate(%) 2010 51 55 50-60% hand-in rate2011 56 68 60 2012 58 72 51 2013 56 60 53 2014 65 80 84 94 Results More work but better results?
- 9. Example 2 1st-year language in the humanities course 2014
- 10. Release week-by-week Mark/grade engagement Wordpress within Sakai?
- 11. Example 3 Postgrad Diploma in Paediatrics
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- 13. Example 4 Teaching, learning and assessment at health sciences Staff development
- 15. Example 5 Advanced research design for Masters in Education Teaching with Innovation in Sakai Award (TWISA) 2013 Teaching with Technology workshop recording(Aug 2013)- http://goo.gl/oCIut9
- 17. Special thanks to SlidesCarnival for releasing this free template. Line Icons by Webalys, Virgil Pana and Mirko Monti are published under a Creative Commons Attribution license and Free for both personal and commercial use. You can copy, adapt, remix, distribute or transmit them. If you use these sets on your presentation remember to keep the “Credits” slide or provide a mention and link to these resources: ● Mirko Monti - Simple line icons ● Virgil Pana - E-commerce icons ● Webalys - Streamline iconset Thanks! Any questions? You can find me at: @samleepan sam.leepan@uct.ac.za