Transcript Anita Monty slides - Teaching & Assessment

Save the planet online
- it’s all about collaboration
Seminar on teaching and learning activities,
ITU
20th of November, 2009
Anita Monty,
E-learning Consultant, IT Learning Center,
The Faculty of Life Sciences,
University of Copenhagen
Overview of presentation
1. E-learning at LIFE
2. Climate Change course
3. Teaching method
4. Staff training and support
5. E-learning strategy and how to scale up
6. Future perspectives
Completely online courses
E-learning at LIFE
*LMS = Learning Management System
All teachers at LIFE
use *LMS for
communication
with students
Face-to-face
teaching
Some teachers at
LIFE use a
combination of
online excercises
and face-to-face
teaching
Blended
learning
(mixed mode)
•
Animal Health Economics
•
Applied Socio-Economics in
Tropical Forestry
•
Applied Statistics for
Researchers and Developers
•
Climate Change - Impacts,
Adaption and Mitigation
•
Disease Outbreak Management
•
Environmental Management in
Europe
•
Food Safety – Chemical and
Microbiological
•
Participatory Forest
Management.
Completely
online
(distance
education)
Perspectives in delivering e-learning at LIFE
 Delivering quality teaching for online
students (completely online)
 Improving access to courses – career
changers
 Increasing no. of students
 Multi-institutional collaboration
 Increased flexibility for students and
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teachers
 Access to new “markets” for online
courses e.g. Asia, Africa, etc.
Climate Change – from idea to realisation
Testimonials from students
A high demand for courses
“This is definitively one of the best
courses available. You have made an
excellent choice by choosing it!“
Avisklip om
efterspørgsel på
viden om klima
“This course has been really worthwhile.
New topics, new methods, new ways of
learning, new ways of thinking.. all joined
in one course! :)”
International experts
Billede af nogle
fra undervisere
fra Climate
Change kurset
“The best course I ever had.”
International students
Carbon reduced
Billede af en
gruppe
internationale
studerende
CO2
Flight
footprint
Train
Bus/
coach
Metro
Laptop
-27.71 -6.99
-1.46
-0.22
-0.05
+0.90
Potential -79.22 -7.10
-1.57
-0.32
-0.08
+0.90
Actual
Car
Climate Change - facts
 Interdisciplinary 15 ECTS MSc E-learning course on Climate
Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation.
 100 % online
 60 students with 25 nationalities
 Developed in close cooperation between University of
Copenhagen, the Danish Meteorological Institute, UC Berkeley
and Australian National University
 Interdisciplinary team of 21 teachers including four members
of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC)
Teaching method
E-moderator + e-tivities = active students
Gilly Salmon, University of
Leicester:
The five-stage model
Students have to participate in
E-lessons
Online learning activities which
can be either
• Multiple-choice
• Questionnaires
• Assignments
• Discussions
Based on
online
literature for
students to
read
E-lessons/e-tivities
E-lesson 1.1: Let’s get started saving the planet :)
Spark: Can we save the planet? Yes we can! (link to youtube video)
Objective: Meet your fellow group members and your E-sister/Ebrother, and learn how to reply to discussion posts
Task: Go to the E-lesson 1.1 discussion forum of your group and
reply to the welcome messages from your E-dad and E-sister/Ebrother with a couple of words to say you are here, ready to start Elearning and saving the planet! Post your first contribution by
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Resources: You and your fellow group members :)
Start: Monday 2 February 2009 at 8.00 CET
Deadline: Friday 6 February 2009 at 17.00 CET (Post your first
contribution by Tuesday 3 February 2009)
E-lessons/e-tivities
E-lesson 1.3: Climate Change – where are we?
Spark: US president Barrack Obama reverses Bush policies on Climate Change
Objective: Share thoughts about climate change and present the status of the
climate change debate in your country
Task: In the E-lesson 1.3 discussion forum of your group post a reply to the
first thread and discuss the three questions:
1. What does climate change mean for you personally?
2. What is the impression of the climate change debate in your country?
3. Watching the video presentation by IPCC chairman R.K. Pachauri and/or
reading the IPCC Fourth Assessment Synthesis Report Summary for Policy
Makers, what are the three most important messages for you? Give reasons for
your choice. Comment on posts from your fellow group members. Return to the
discussion forum next week to read the Tuesday summary by the E-teacher.
Resources: Video presentation by IPCC chairman R.K. Pachauri, IPCC Fourth
Assessment Synthesis Report Summary for Policy Makers
Start: Monday 2 February 2009 at 8.00 CET
Deadline: Friday 6 February 2009 at 17.00 CET
E-lessons/e-tivities
E-lesson 5.2: Climate change adaptation practices, options and constraints
Spark: Restoration of mangrove forests is an adaptation practice thay may
serve to protect coastal areas against the impacts of climate change
Objective: Insight into adaptation practices, options and constraints
Task: Answer the questionnaire using the learning resources below to test your
knowledge in climate change adaptation practices, options and constraints.
Please note that some questions have several correct answers and that you
have two permitted tries. (Tip: Before you start the actual test you may take a
look at the questions in the PDF copy of questionnaire questions). You are very
welcome to discuss the questions with your fellow students in the associated
discussion forum in the E-lesson 5.2 folder
Resources: IPCC Fourth Assessment WG2 Report, Chapter 17, pp 718-737
Start: Friday 27 February 2009 at 17.00 CET
Deadline: Friday 6 March 2009 at 17.00 CET
Climate Change - Collaboration
Climate Change – Online literature
Requirements and expectations – Climate Change 2008/09
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In order to qualify for the exam at least 75% of the E-modules in the
course must be completed, corresponding to 13 out of 17 E-modules.
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An E-module is completed if at least 60% of the E-lessons in the Emodule have been passed, corresponding to 3 out of 5 E-lessons.
•
Active participation in all E-lessons is expected and advised, since it
will build a good foundation for answering the exam questions.
Please note that all communication should be kept in a friendly and
respectful tone. Let's create a fruitful learning environment!
With permission from the student.
Students have the copyright of their
written messages in discussions in
online courses.
Results from Climate Change
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Out of 48 students who took the exam 44 passed
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For the 44 students the average grade was 9.6
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For all 48 students the average grade was 8.6.
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The 4 students who failed the exam will take the re-exam in
November
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The evaluation shows that 81.5% of the students either agree or very
much agree that all in all the course was good
Teaching method
Gilly Salmon, University of
Leicester:
The five-stage model
How do we ensure the interactivity?
• Students are divided into groups
– in Climate Change: 4 groups
• Group rooms are open – knowledge sharing
• Each module: Teacher team responsible for
all students
• Assistants through course: 1 assistant to
each group (social role, helping teachers)
Staff training and support – Carpe Diem!
 Meetings between ITLC and the course
responsible to plan the project
 Meetings between ITLC and all teachers to
discuss the content in general
 Meetings between ITLC and teachers in
teams to introduce to the pedagogy
 ITLC arranges pedagogical workshop
”Carpe Diem” with support from Gilly
Salmons team at University of Leicester
 Working meetings between ITLC and each
teacher team to develop course and e-tivities
 Finally ITLC gives technical help (uploading
materials to LMS, how to speak a power
point presentation etc. )
How to scale up an online course?
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Use assistants to be able to interact with a
higher number of students
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Use teacher teams for discussions with students
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Use librarians to help with online literature
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Make sure that the roles of teachers, assistants, librarians, e-learning
consultants are defined
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Make sure that teachers can get both the pedagogical and technical
help
How to scale up e-learning?
- or how to use learning technologies for teaching
and learning at universities?
How many courses use learning
technologies in new ways for teaching and
learning?
Can we link strategic aims
with e-learning?
Be careful when you
select online courses. Is it
possible to scale them up?
How do we get more teachers involved?
Face-to-face
teaching
Blended
learning
(mixed mode)
Completely
online
(distance
education)
Future perspectives - focus on pedagogy!
 Learning technologies are not transparent, it’s not obvious how
we use them for teaching and learning!
 Tools are userfriendly but it’s doesn’t neccesarily imply that we
know how to use them
More focus on pedagogy!
 Pedagogy to build up capacity for teachers for using new media
 Pedagogy to build up capacity for use of learning technologies to
enhance teaching and learning at universities
Face-to-face
teaching
Blended
learning
(mixed mode)
Completely
online
(distance
education)
E-learning strategy – the first steps
 LIFE has a policy framework of using
ICT in education (e-learning strategy)
 The visionary management at LIFE
supports e-learning
 Selection of pilot projects
 The outcome of the pilot projects
resulted in a pedagogical method for
online courses
 The experiences are spread by IT
Learning Center to other teachers at
LIFE
 We have hard-working brave teachers
at LIFE!
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Source: My first steps
October 02, 2007
Future perspectives
 Universities are complex environments
 E-learning is complex
 Learning technologies are not transparent
 The new students – what are their needs?
 Challenges for universities (scaling up e.g.)
 More pedagogical support and staff training
Billede af
”Anistar”, som er
Anitas world of
warcraft figur.
Hun er en
warlock, som har
personlighed:
”sejere end man
tror, og elsker at
vinde”.
Photos are from “The Wikipedia Commons”.
The Wikimedia Commons accepts only free content, that is,
images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any
purpose
Thank you!
Anita Monty
IT Learning Center,
LIFE
[email protected]
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