How To. Strategies and tools for evaluating teaching and learning enhancement

1. BLENDED LEARNING
Nisha Malhotra, Instructor, Vancouver School of Economics, UBC

2. STUDENTS
First Year
Introductory Course: Microeconomics
Class Size: 120-180
MOTIVATION
Complexity & Learning
Graphical explanation
Catch up
NUANCES

3. CONTACT TIME WITH STUDENTS
Lecture Time

5. Reached
Goal?
Use of new
instructional
Methods
Focus Area
Program Activities
Goal
Enhance
Learning
Understand
Concepts
Video Tutorials
Review/Watch
Videos
Concept
Learning
Critical Thinking
Worksheets
Active Learning
in Class
Improved
Student
Engagement
Critical Thinking

6. Reached
Goal?
Use of new
instructional
Methods
Focus Area
Program Activities
Goal
Enhance
Learning
Understand
Concepts
Video Tutorials
Review/Watch
Videos
Concept
Learning
Critical Thinking
Worksheets
Active Learning
in Class
Improved
Student
Engagement
Critical Thinking

7. Evaluation

8. Evaluation
Student Survey
Student Survey
Video Analytics
Worksheet Scores

9. ECON UNDERGRADUATES
ONLINE SURVEY
1 ) Your instructor produced video-tutorials for a few difficult concepts.
How many video-tutorials have you watched or plan to watch?
 None
 A few of them
 Most of them
 All of them

10. Percentage who watched the videos
49
22
26
3
All of Them Most A few None

11. 2) In case you watched your instructor's video-tutorials - Was there any video where you stopped
and replayed some portions? If yes, how many times did you replay -
 Never
 Once
 2-4 times
 More than 5 times

12. How many times did you stop and replay
the videos?
11%
51%
32%
> 5 time 2-4 times Once Never
7%

13. Repeat Viewers Could you repeat that
please?

14. HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU STOP AND REPLAY
THE VIDEOS?
11
32
8
Percentage of Student
8
9 9
1 1
Watched All Most Few
13
0
1
3
> 5 time 2-4 times

15. Group Discussions & Interaction
Question
When you were given a question to solve in class and asked to discuss with your neighbor
- you mostly
 Discussed the question with more than 2 people
 Discussed the question with 1 -2 person
 Tried to solve the question by yourself
 Read your notes
 Listened to others discussing the question
 None of the above

16. PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ENGAGEMENT
DURING IN-CLASS PROBLEM SOLVING.
Disccused > 4
Students
Discussed 2-3
students
Listened -
Discussion
Worked
Individually
Read Notes
5%
66%
16%
7%
5%
Total – 77 students

17. Evaluation

18. The Guided students from my class vs.
the Youtube surfers
RED – Students from my econ course
GREEN– Learners that discovered the videos through youtube search

19. What students are saying on Facebook
PEER INTERACTION
FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE
LARGE CLASSROOM - REFOCUS