This action research proposal aims to determine if creating video tutorials and making them available online will improve the student learning experience for a course. The researcher plans to create video tutorials, set up an online space for them, and create an online area for student feedback and questions. The effectiveness will be monitored through a self-reflective journal, online feedback, and feedback on the tutorials from peers and colleagues. The goal is to broaden and improve the teaching approach, course materials, and explore additional ways of receiving ongoing feedback.

1. Action Research proposal By Mikael Persson

2. Action Research Question If I produce video tutorials and make these available online for my students, will this improve the student learning experience, and if so will creating these tutorials justify the time and effort that it will take to create them in comparison to the added learning experience?

3. The learning and teaching issues the research will set out to address How I provided course materials to the students How I receive feedback on that material Structure of the BM and VM unit. 2/3 taught lessons with written exercises, 1/3 independent work and FMP Reflecting on and change my practice by introducing additional ways of sharing information

4. The interventions that the action research project plan to apply Video tutorials Create an online space for video tutorials Create an online area for feedback and questions

5. Rational for this intervention Added support for students Added feedback from students Greater support of differentiations E-learning would be a new territory for me and a natural approach in relation to what I teach

6. How the effectiveness of the intervention will be monitored Self reflective journal Online feed back Feedback from tutorials, peers and colleges

7. Action Plan By Mikael Persson Developed by Jack Whitehead

8. What issues am I interested in researching? Ways of broadening and improving my teaching approach Ways of improving course materials. Potential of video tutorials Potential of E-learning Exploring additional ways of receiving ongoing feedback

9. Why do I want to research this issue? Being mostly self taught in the area that I teach from a personal point of view I have found online tutorial extremely valuable for my learning. And as such feel this could also greatly benefit the students that I teach.

10. What kind of evidence can I gather to show why I am interested in this issue Journal Student feedback Course committee meeting minutes

11. What can I do? What will I do? Create video tutorials Set up a basic e-learning environment where the students can ask questions, give feedback and assist each other with issues.

12. What kind of evidence can I gather to show that I am having an influence? Online feedback Surveys (anonyms?) Focus groups Assessed work

13. How can I explain that influence? Demonstrate that certain changes took place as I changed my practice, particularly in myself and my understanding of my own practice by documenting and reflecting on the progress of the project.

14. How can I insure that any judgments I might make are reasonably fair and accurate? By providing reasonable evidence that the intervention that I am about to make will hopefully have a positive influence on my own practice To have the focus group and work colleagues critically consider my claims.

15. How will I change my practice in the light of my evaluation If I find that creating video tutorials will be an improved way of working and that it does improve the student learning experience sufficiently I will continue working in this way Setting up a supporting online e-learning zone Could have an affect on how I plan my lessons and write course material Could lead to another action research project.