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Empowering learning using multiple choice questions

Mr David Biggins and Dr Lynne Truelove December 2016

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Agenda

• What is Peerwise?• BU and SHU case studies• Reflection and conclusion

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What is PeerWise?

• Online application using multiple-choice questions (MCQs)• Encourages engagement• Students who engage:

• Understand more• Learn more• Remember more• Enjoy it more and • More able to appreciate the relevance/context of what they have

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Pros and Cons

• Free• Used by > 1000 institutions• Liked by students• Benefits of MCQs• Low staff overhead• Student self-assessment• Choose areas/difficulty• Agile response• Crowd sourced content• Androgogy

• Maintenance overhead• Standalone• Data extraction• Low quality questions and

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• Pro • Con

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Integrating in the curriculum

• Assessment• Formative – follow up and incorporate into lectures and exams• Summative – % unit mark for participation (see case studies)

• Contribution requirements• Number of questions and/or answers• Quality of questions based on peer or tutor ratings (but .. difficult to

manage, may not be objective)• Use across the semester

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Accessing Peerwise

http://peerwise.cs.auckland.ac.nz/at/?bournemouth_uk

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Accessing Peerwise

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Account creation

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Account creation

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Account creation

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Admin Account creation

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Scaffolding for students

• Explain the use of Peerwise• Explain the dates for creating

& answering• Discuss quality• Show examples• Create a student id in class

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Security

• Site• Cloud-based service

• Data• Tutor creates repository (unique ID)• Tutor uploads list of student identifiers

• Extracted from myBU• Student creates a Peerwise account• Students enter the repository id and their id

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Security

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Open / closed courses

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Security from the backend

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Usage

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Case study 1 – UG unit

• Trialled in 2014-15 in an UG business unit across 1 semester

• 53 students

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Case study 1 - assessment

• Scaffolding in the assignment brief• Week of trial use• Used 13 Oct 14 – 30 Jan 15

10% of unit mark

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Case study 1 - usage

• Questions contributed

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Case study 1 - usage

• Answers submitted

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Case study 2 – UG 2

• Used in a Faculty of Management Advanced PM unit in semester 1

• Oct 16 to Jan 17• 80 students• 15% of unit mark (of 100% coursework)• Top 15 students gain extra marks

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Case study 2 - usage

• Questions contributed

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Case study 2 - usage

• Questions answered

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Case study 3 – SHU

• Trialled in SHU in AY16-17• EYT trainees

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Case studies - outcomes

• Results of an online Peerwise survey• 39 respondents

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Reflection and conclusion

• Positive feedback from students• Excellent learning tool• Incentivisation encourages use• Early question creation• Unlimited use potential• Pool of questions• Valuable for exam revision

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Links

• Peerwise• https://peerwise.cs.auckland.ac.nz/ • https://peerwise.cs.auckland.ac.nz/at/?bournemouth_uk

• Guide• https://peerwise.cs.auckland.ac.nz/docs/students/

• Research• https://peerwise.cs.auckland.ac.nz/docs/research/

• Community• http://www.peerwise-community.org/

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Links

• Twitter• @peerwise

• Youtube• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=peerwise

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TEL Toolkit

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TEL Toolkit pedagogic themes

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CEL blog

https://microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk/cel/