Based on data form a range of ACODE Surveys over the last 12 months, and other industry data, there have been some distinct trends emerge that suggest that institutions are taking a fresh look at how they conduct teaching and assessment, longer term. Much of this has been predicated on what was necessary to deal with lock-down situations due to COVID-19, but more recently this has allowed institutions to consider the longer-term advantages in accommodating different forms of assessment, those that have traditionally fallen out of what was considered ‘normal’, most notably the ‘exam’. This shift in thinking has also extended to what institutions considering different forms of delivery of their core content, with there being a distinct shift away from what has been the mainstay for centuries, the ‘Lecture’. This shift has allowed for more authentic forms of delivery, ones based in more collaborative and active approaches. This presentation with provide a summary of some of the key data and share some examples of how some institutions are approaching the next few years, as uncertainty around the short-term future of in-person learning and teaching persists.
Program of community-building strategies for online and hybrid learning courses. This session will cover strategies developed by the OCTC Title III team geared toward online student engagement, success, retention, and completion.
Points of Strength & Distinction at Assiut University Faculty of Education (A...memogreat
Abdallah, M. M. S. (2015). Points of Strength & Distinction at Assiut University Faculty of Education (AUFOE). Presentation made at Quality Assurance Unit, Assiut University Faculty of Education, Capacity Development of Faculties of Education in International approaches to teacher education, as an event in a 6-day visit to Assiut University, Egypt, by a delegation from Stockholm University, Sweden, as part of TEMPUS Exchange Programme (6-12 March, 2015).
myDragonNet & Learning Platforms Part 2/2jahardman
An introduction to the myDragonNet Learning Platform one schools answer to a crucial issue facing schools today: how do they build and maintain a electronic Learning Platform that will help them carry out their educational mission. In this half of the presentation we explore the myDragonNet system and explore what it does for all members of a learning community.
Based on data form a range of ACODE Surveys over the last 12 months, and other industry data, there have been some distinct trends emerge that suggest that institutions are taking a fresh look at how they conduct teaching and assessment, longer term. Much of this has been predicated on what was necessary to deal with lock-down situations due to COVID-19, but more recently this has allowed institutions to consider the longer-term advantages in accommodating different forms of assessment, those that have traditionally fallen out of what was considered ‘normal’, most notably the ‘exam’. This shift in thinking has also extended to what institutions considering different forms of delivery of their core content, with there being a distinct shift away from what has been the mainstay for centuries, the ‘Lecture’. This shift has allowed for more authentic forms of delivery, ones based in more collaborative and active approaches. This presentation with provide a summary of some of the key data and share some examples of how some institutions are approaching the next few years, as uncertainty around the short-term future of in-person learning and teaching persists.
Program of community-building strategies for online and hybrid learning courses. This session will cover strategies developed by the OCTC Title III team geared toward online student engagement, success, retention, and completion.
Points of Strength & Distinction at Assiut University Faculty of Education (A...memogreat
Abdallah, M. M. S. (2015). Points of Strength & Distinction at Assiut University Faculty of Education (AUFOE). Presentation made at Quality Assurance Unit, Assiut University Faculty of Education, Capacity Development of Faculties of Education in International approaches to teacher education, as an event in a 6-day visit to Assiut University, Egypt, by a delegation from Stockholm University, Sweden, as part of TEMPUS Exchange Programme (6-12 March, 2015).
myDragonNet & Learning Platforms Part 2/2jahardman
An introduction to the myDragonNet Learning Platform one schools answer to a crucial issue facing schools today: how do they build and maintain a electronic Learning Platform that will help them carry out their educational mission. In this half of the presentation we explore the myDragonNet system and explore what it does for all members of a learning community.
When forced into a corner we do have options: I suggest we choose to be activ...Charles Darwin University
A presentation to the English Australia Ed Tech Symposium - Plenary Address.
Abstract: Those institutions that have pivoted rapidly from teaching face-to face to teaching fully online have learned many lessons over the last 18 months, both good and bad. But for some, this has been nothing new, instead it’s simply been business as usual. We have seen that those who fared better have well established frameworks in place to mediate their technology-enhanced learning offerings. That is, they have recognised processes that define how they translate what they have in policy, procedures and planning into practice. Such a framework can be found within a number of quality tools, that are designed to provide institutions with clear guidelines as to what need to be in place to facilitate a robust and consistent approach to teaching with technology. Once present, it makes it easier to undertake online teaching that does more than just mimic face-to-face practice, providing a robust platform to allow innovative pedagogies to thrive. Typically, this means the online learning has, or can become far more, active, collaborative and authentic. This presentation with share some of the things that have been observed across the higher education sector over the last 18 moths that we can all learn from.
Doing better things: transforming how we use Turnitin for learningJisc
Students have an increasing expectation for academic interactions via the same all-pervasive technologies they use socially. How to marry this need for digital engagement with the rigours and expectations of the assessment process is a challenge faced by many institutions.
Beyond being a mechanism for managing academic misconduct Turnitin, via Feedback Studio is increasingly being adopted by institutions as a tool for Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA) in order to address this challenge.
Learn how technology is engaging and empowering students in the assessment process through innovative approaches to providing constructive and timely feedback beyond a tick or a cross.
Blackboard Analytics for Learn: A recipe for successRichard Stals
So much of the current discussion around Learning Analytics seems to be caught up in the realm of Big Data that informs the top executives and decision makers who are shaping institution-wide strategies. While these kinds of topics need to be explored, truly significant and transformative uses of learning analytics can be had at the grassroots level of the teacher and student.
This session will look at how Edith Cowan University is using Blackboard Analytics for Learn to empower staff and students with their own data, allowing them to make informed and timely decisions in their own teaching and learning journeys.
We will explore how learning analytics data enables staff to do things like identify and support students at risk of disengaging from the course early, monitor how students are actually engaging in their course and collect real evidence on student interactions that informs a continual process of improvement in learning design and resources.
A Framework for Designing Enhanced Learning Activities in Web2.0-Based Person...Ebrahim Rahimi
Deploying web-based Personal Learning Environments, PLEs, in educational settings is becoming a main trend in technology enhanced learning. By combining the main elements of the student’s control and the components of technology-based teaching process, a framework for designing enhanced learning activities is proposed. The proposed framework assists teachers to design appropriate learning tasks to be done by students to support their learning process through developing PLEs by making use of relevant web tools. The framework promotes a learning-by-doing approach which can improve digital competencies of students and allows teachers to acquire deep understanding and situated knowledge about content, technology, teaching and learning processes.
Our community space is available at https://plus.google.com/communities/110898703741307769041 > Feel free to join. The conversations continue and we will be back and offer a mini version of the course during Open Education Week in March 2016.
The #creativeHE team
Equipping the researcher - patterns in the UK and USJisc
UK and US academic practices – Christine Wolff, Ithaka S+R and David Prosser, RLUK
Digital scholarship centres – Harriet Hemmassi, Brown University and Joan Lippincott, CNI
Software carpentry and software skills and practice – Neil Chue Hong, Software Sustainability Institute
Jisc and CNI conference, 6 July 2016
Teaching & Learning Online: It's All About the Pedagogy!! Day 2Leigh Zeitz
This is the 2nd day presentation used for the the 1/2 day online learning workshop delivered by Mary Herring, Lois Lindell and Leigh Zeitz at the University of Northern Iowa.
It was delivered to assist professors at UNI in the process of transferring their face-to-face courses to online courses.
TLC2016 - Turning Blackboard Learn into a Digital Examination Platform: lesso...BlackboardEMEA
Presenters: Walter Roosels & Geert De Schutter
Organisation: Universiteit Antwerpen voor Associatie Antwerpen
Description: Once your institution has decided to make a shift towards (more) online examinations, these are the most important aspects that have to been taken in consideration before 'shaping' the Digital Examination Platform:
-Benefits of digital examinations
-Organisation of digital examinations
-What testsoftware to use?
-Security
-Computer and examination infrastructure
-Teacher support
University of Antwerp shares her 8 years experience implimenting digital examinations, using an agile solution: Blackboard Learn & our own examination Building Block.
TLC2016 - Online language courses in BlackboardBlackboardEMEA
Presenter: Jeroen van Engen
Organisation: University of Groningen
Description: The University of Groningen Language Centre is offering fully online Dutch language courses since April 2015. Participants come from all around the world. They are expected to learn the language up to a certain level in period of two months under the guidance of a few instructors.
In my presentation I would like to show the approach taken (structure, planning, tools) to offer and support online language courses in Blackboard at the University of Groningen for a worldwide audience.
When forced into a corner we do have options: I suggest we choose to be activ...Charles Darwin University
A presentation to the English Australia Ed Tech Symposium - Plenary Address.
Abstract: Those institutions that have pivoted rapidly from teaching face-to face to teaching fully online have learned many lessons over the last 18 months, both good and bad. But for some, this has been nothing new, instead it’s simply been business as usual. We have seen that those who fared better have well established frameworks in place to mediate their technology-enhanced learning offerings. That is, they have recognised processes that define how they translate what they have in policy, procedures and planning into practice. Such a framework can be found within a number of quality tools, that are designed to provide institutions with clear guidelines as to what need to be in place to facilitate a robust and consistent approach to teaching with technology. Once present, it makes it easier to undertake online teaching that does more than just mimic face-to-face practice, providing a robust platform to allow innovative pedagogies to thrive. Typically, this means the online learning has, or can become far more, active, collaborative and authentic. This presentation with share some of the things that have been observed across the higher education sector over the last 18 moths that we can all learn from.
Doing better things: transforming how we use Turnitin for learningJisc
Students have an increasing expectation for academic interactions via the same all-pervasive technologies they use socially. How to marry this need for digital engagement with the rigours and expectations of the assessment process is a challenge faced by many institutions.
Beyond being a mechanism for managing academic misconduct Turnitin, via Feedback Studio is increasingly being adopted by institutions as a tool for Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA) in order to address this challenge.
Learn how technology is engaging and empowering students in the assessment process through innovative approaches to providing constructive and timely feedback beyond a tick or a cross.
Blackboard Analytics for Learn: A recipe for successRichard Stals
So much of the current discussion around Learning Analytics seems to be caught up in the realm of Big Data that informs the top executives and decision makers who are shaping institution-wide strategies. While these kinds of topics need to be explored, truly significant and transformative uses of learning analytics can be had at the grassroots level of the teacher and student.
This session will look at how Edith Cowan University is using Blackboard Analytics for Learn to empower staff and students with their own data, allowing them to make informed and timely decisions in their own teaching and learning journeys.
We will explore how learning analytics data enables staff to do things like identify and support students at risk of disengaging from the course early, monitor how students are actually engaging in their course and collect real evidence on student interactions that informs a continual process of improvement in learning design and resources.
A Framework for Designing Enhanced Learning Activities in Web2.0-Based Person...Ebrahim Rahimi
Deploying web-based Personal Learning Environments, PLEs, in educational settings is becoming a main trend in technology enhanced learning. By combining the main elements of the student’s control and the components of technology-based teaching process, a framework for designing enhanced learning activities is proposed. The proposed framework assists teachers to design appropriate learning tasks to be done by students to support their learning process through developing PLEs by making use of relevant web tools. The framework promotes a learning-by-doing approach which can improve digital competencies of students and allows teachers to acquire deep understanding and situated knowledge about content, technology, teaching and learning processes.
Our community space is available at https://plus.google.com/communities/110898703741307769041 > Feel free to join. The conversations continue and we will be back and offer a mini version of the course during Open Education Week in March 2016.
The #creativeHE team
Equipping the researcher - patterns in the UK and USJisc
UK and US academic practices – Christine Wolff, Ithaka S+R and David Prosser, RLUK
Digital scholarship centres – Harriet Hemmassi, Brown University and Joan Lippincott, CNI
Software carpentry and software skills and practice – Neil Chue Hong, Software Sustainability Institute
Jisc and CNI conference, 6 July 2016
Teaching & Learning Online: It's All About the Pedagogy!! Day 2Leigh Zeitz
This is the 2nd day presentation used for the the 1/2 day online learning workshop delivered by Mary Herring, Lois Lindell and Leigh Zeitz at the University of Northern Iowa.
It was delivered to assist professors at UNI in the process of transferring their face-to-face courses to online courses.
TLC2016 - Turning Blackboard Learn into a Digital Examination Platform: lesso...BlackboardEMEA
Presenters: Walter Roosels & Geert De Schutter
Organisation: Universiteit Antwerpen voor Associatie Antwerpen
Description: Once your institution has decided to make a shift towards (more) online examinations, these are the most important aspects that have to been taken in consideration before 'shaping' the Digital Examination Platform:
-Benefits of digital examinations
-Organisation of digital examinations
-What testsoftware to use?
-Security
-Computer and examination infrastructure
-Teacher support
University of Antwerp shares her 8 years experience implimenting digital examinations, using an agile solution: Blackboard Learn & our own examination Building Block.
TLC2016 - Online language courses in BlackboardBlackboardEMEA
Presenter: Jeroen van Engen
Organisation: University of Groningen
Description: The University of Groningen Language Centre is offering fully online Dutch language courses since April 2015. Participants come from all around the world. They are expected to learn the language up to a certain level in period of two months under the guidance of a few instructors.
In my presentation I would like to show the approach taken (structure, planning, tools) to offer and support online language courses in Blackboard at the University of Groningen for a worldwide audience.
Multilingualism, The Brain & Web Based LearningSabine Reljic
DSCE-Annual Graduate Symposium II- Sept 2006. Multilingualism is in, monolingualism is out. A monolingual brain is a dormant multilingual brain. Web-based learning is highly conducive to effective language learning at school.
Interactive Classrooms @ Home is an innovative concept from NIIT to give every child the advantage of using multimedia content and interactivity from home.
Next Steps for Excellence in the Quality of e-LearningJon Rosewell
The development of e-learning has progressed to a stage where it is becoming part of mainstream provision in higher education. Therefore the issue of assessing and sustaining the quality of e-learning must now come to the fore. Quality assessment in higher education is well-established in relation to learning and teaching generally, but what methods can be used to establish quality in the domain of e-learning?
The E-xcellence methodology for assessing quality in e-learning (EADTU 2009) is securing recognition by European and international learning organisations. It was designed to be applied to the design and delivery of e-learning in both distance learning and blended learning contexts. It supports a range of uses, from accreditation by external agencies to process improvement through internal review.
The methodology presents principles of good practice in six domains of e-learning: strategic management; curriculum design; course design; course delivery; student support; and staff support. A total of 33 benchmark statements cover these domains, and are supported by a handbook for practitioners and guidance for assessors. The handbook includes principles for quality e-learning and exemplars of good practice. Amongst the tools is an online ‘QuickScan’ self-evaluation questionnaire based on the E-xcellence benchmarks which is highly valued as a focus for collaborative review of e-learning programmes.
The e-learning landscape has changed since the E-xcellence methodology was first developed. In particular, the use of Open Education Resources (OECD 2007) and the application of social networking tools (Mason & Rennie 2008) were not explicitly considered in the original benchmarks. Accordingly, the E-xcellence NEXT project was instigated to produce and evaluate a revision of the benchmark criteria, associated handbook and exemplars. This paper describes the project process and initial recommendations.
A consultation exercise was carried out among E-xcellence participants. Feedback from this was brought to participatory workshops at a European Seminar on QA in e-learning in June 2011. Following this exercise, the benchmark statements were revised and are now available in beta version.
The project resources (Quickscan and manual) are being used for a series of self-evaluation and assessment seminars held at European higher education institutions. Feedback from these assessment seminars will be used to finalise materials for publication late in 2012. At that point the E-xcellence Next project will offer to the higher education community a set of self-evaluation and quality assessment tools which are fully updated to encompass social networking, Open Educational Resources and other recent developments in e-learning.
Slides from our Learning Design workshop in Nairobi, Kenya on 9 June 2017. An output from the ESRC-funded International Distance Education and African Students (IDEAS) project, in coodination with the African Network for Internationalization of Education.
Ongoing integration of digital communications into online coursesEileen O'Connor
This presentation explains how one instructor developed an approach to the ongoing integration of digital communications within online courses – using a cycle of testing, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination. Examples are shown from YouTube, wikis, badging, and virtual reality. Questions are posed for instructors considering such tools in their courses. A list of the author’s publications are included.
A preliminary discussion on the specifics of setting up a quality assurance process for assets, content and metadata in a learning repository. Please don't hesitate to contact me in case you have any relevant input.