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Using Brightspace to Design and Develop Scholarly Activities: Successes and Challenges
The document discusses the use of Brightspace in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University to enhance the engagement and motivation of residents in scholarly activities. Challenges included a lack of interest and varying support across clinical sites, while successes involved the development of an engaging online course that was self-paced and included interactive elements. The project aimed to shift perceptions of Brightspace from a simple repository to a dynamic learning environment, eliciting positive feedback from residents.
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- 1. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Using Brightspace to Design and Develop Scholarly Activities SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY 1 Department of Family Medicine Teaching and Learning Services
- 2. A little aboutus… Diane Maratta 2 Dr. Tamara Carver
- 3. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Poll HOW CONFIDENT DO YOU FEEL USING BRIGHTSPACE? 3
- 4. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Poll WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS WEBINAR? 4
- 5. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Driving Question How can educators motivate students to participate in research and scholarly activity? 5
- 6. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Background 6
- 7. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Background Residents are required to complete Scholarly Activities Support differs across the 9 McGill University clinical sites Result is an unsatisfactory learning experience 7
- 8. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Background Have no interest in research and find this component of the residency program to be useless and are therefore unmotivated to complete their Scholarly Activity. Two years ago, one of the clinical sites made their course available 'online' by using Brightspace solely as a repository to store all of their documentation. Residents were not engaged or motivated to go through the abundant material uploaded into Brightspace. 8
- 9. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services CLEAR NEED TO INCREASE MOTIVATION!!! 9
- 10. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services In March of 2015, I was assigned to this project to apply active learning strategies to the content. I wanted to know more about the Learning Management System and the educational technologies available at McGill University and reached out to Teaching and Learning Services and consulted with a Learning Technology Consultant. Goal: self-paced and self-directed to increase motivation 10 Rationale for Design and Development
- 12. MissionStatement Teaching and LearningServicesstrives to make McGill a community of people who love to teach and are excitedto learn. In collaboration with students, facultyand staff, we createengaging environments and provide leadership and support for meaningful educationalexperiences for all. www.mcgill/ca/tls
- 13. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Some projects we work on: • Graduate and Undergraduate professional and supervision skills • MOOCs • Teaching excellence • Portfolios • Course Design • Pedagogical consultations • Course Evaluations • Teaching and Learning Spaces • Educational Technologies Teaching and Learning Services
- 14. Teaching and LearningServices14
- 15. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Educational Technologies Two Learning Technology Consultants that serve the McGill Community Our driving mission: • How can we, as a teaching and learning support center, help instructors maximize the Brightspace platform and other technologies to enhance student learning? How do we do this? • Individual consultations • Workshops • Monthly webinars • Ed-tech pilots 15
- 16. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services The Journey… 16 http://jo-online.vsb.bc.ca/blogs/jo/keller/?page_id=8603
- 17. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services f2f course offered at one clinical site 3 online pilots with clinician supervisors 1 credit optional summer course Mandatory course for all students 17 Course Development Specialized online course for clinical supervisors
- 18. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services The Course 18
- 19. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Course Elements SCORM video packages Short videos with engaging and interactive content and activities Pop up quizzes in SCORM video files Several videos with the instructors visible Quiz tool Discussion tool Assignment tool and audio feedback Dig Deeper folder Educational technologies used: ◦ Brightspace ◦ Techsmith Camtasia (Mac) ◦ Adobe Captivate 8 19
- 20. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Making it Easier to Learn Became important to: • Structure and sequence the content in a way that modeled the research process • Chunk information in bite-size pieces • Have students interact with the content in multiple ways 20 Full Table of Contents and Quiz Engagement
- 21. 21 Enhancing the online experience SidebarTable of Contents Became important to: • Personalize the online experience • Make it visually appealing • Guide students through the course and materials Customized Homepage
- 22. Supporting the StudentExperience within Brightspace 22 Technical Videos Discussion Forum
- 23. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Video 23
- 24. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Enhancing Motivation 24 Visual Connection to Instructor Became important to: • Connect with the student • Build Rapport • Engage the student • Use a variety of modalities • Use of pop up quizzes in SCORM video files • Use of the Quiz tool • Use of the Discussion tool • Use of assignment tool and audio feedback
- 25. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services The word on the street We recently presented the online course to over 200 residents in a short presentation. Great interest!! They loved: Self paced and self directed It looked fun The discussion forums connecting with PhD mentors Online community because they are very isolated 25
- 26. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services 26 Current-ly
- 27. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Future Steps 27
- 28. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Challenges and Successes 28
- 29. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Challenges Buy-in from resident supervisors and directors to standardize (content and assessment) across sites Motivate residents Convince Instructors of the value of using Brightspace for true online learning 29
- 30. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Challenges 30 Many think of the LMS mainly as a repository for files and readings, rather than see it as a learning environment. “Convince Instructors of the value of using Brightspace for true online learning”…
- 31. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Successes and Lessons Learned Engage stakeholders (supervisors of residents, department heads, student leaders) in the development of the course ex: workshops piloting the material Importance of instructional design for self-paced and self-directed learning to build motivation Effective sequencing of material with surveys, videos, reading material; and technology decisions Importance of the relationship with the Instructional Designer and creating a Champion within the Department. 31
- 32. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Generated requests and discussions of online learning Helped identify the knowledge gaps and needs of instructors making these requests Given us examples to showcase Opened up opportunities to pilot LTI’s 32 Successes and Lessons Learned
- 33. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Building Bridges 33
- 34. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Poll WHAT ARE YOUR KEY TAKE-AWAYS TODAY? 34
- 35. Department of FamilyMedicine Teaching and Learning Services Thank you! Dr. Tamara Carver Department of Family Medicine, McGill University 5858 Chemin de la Côte-des- Neiges, Suite 300 Montréal, Quebec H3S 1Z1 tamara.carver@mcgill.ca Diane Maratta McGill Teaching and Learning Services 3415 McTavish Street, Suite MS-12 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C8 diane.maratta@mcgill.ca 35
Editor's Notes
- #4 (0 = not at all confident, 1 = somewhat confident; 2 = moderately confident, 3 = very confident, and 4 = completely confident).
- #5 What are your expectations for this webinar? Just curious Dealing with a similar situation New to Brightspace Want to see what others are doing Other ( respond in the chat)
- #35 What are your key take-aways today? Please respond in the chat