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Faculty of Biological Sciences
Embedding Technology-Enhanced Learning Effectively
within the Curriculum: Developing Solutions for
Individual, Departmental and Institutional Enhancement
Dr Neil Morris
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Dr Neil Morris Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 113 343 7014
Bioscience Education Research Group
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Discussion and interactive session
Which means you do all the work!
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Format of the session:
1. Brief introduction to the ‘problem’ and the case studies (10 minutes)
2. Group work to discuss the case studies (15 minutes)
3. Group activity to suggest ‘solutions’ (15 minutes)
4. Feedback (10 minutes)
Faculty of Biological Sciences
To get us started, some audience feedback about how well technology enhanced learning is embedded in your home institution:
Tools for this activity:
• Web browser on laptop / smartphone / tablet device
• Twitter.com on laptop / smartphone / tablet device
• SMS on mobile telephone / smartphone
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Which of the following best describes your role?
Vote at www.pollev.com (just type in number below)
Lecturer (29891)
Administrator (29892)
Librarian (29917)
Learning technologist / IT specialist (29921)
Manager (29927)
OR SMS* to 07624806527 text one of the numbers above (*SMS charged at normal network rate)
OR on Twitter, tweet @poll and one of the numbers above
Faculty of Biological Sciences
How well does your institution make use of technology to enhance students’ learning?
Vote at www.pollev.com (just type in number below)
Brilliantly – we are pioneering (35802)
Pretty well – we are ahead of the crowd (35905)
Average – about the same as everyone else (35906)
Badly – we are behind everyone (36233)
We don’t use technology (37932)
OR SMS* to 07624806527 text one of the numbers above (*SMS charged at normal network rate)
OR on Twitter, tweet @poll and one of the numbers above
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Where is the best place to lead technology implementation from?
Vote at www.pollev.com (just type in number below)
Individual lecturers (3551)
Department level (8113)
Faculty level (8116)
Institutional level (8137)
Government level (8797)
OR SMS* to 07624806527 text one of the numbers above (*SMS charged at normal network rate)
OR on Twitter, tweet @poll and one of the numbers above
Faculty of Biological Sciences
What are the barriers to implementing technology in your institution?
Navigate to www.pollev.com - type 4461 followed by your answer
OR SMS* to 07624806527 type 4461 followed by your answer (*SMS charged at normal network rate)
OR on Twitter, tweet @poll and one of the numbers above
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Case studies
1. Providing electronic voting handsets to all first and second year students in a large Faculty (56011).
2. Publishing audio recordings of all lectures in a Department (56325).
3. Providing students with rapid generic video feedback on assignments and examinations in a Department (56468).
4. Using mobile devices with students in practical classes at module level (56578).
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Discuss the case study
Add in your own experiences
Do a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats analysis
Do a feasibility analysis
Record your discussion on the 2-way video
cameras and using www.pollev.com (use codes on previous slide)
Write it up on the shared Google doc using the iPads provided
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Group feedback and discussion
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Thank you for your participation!
For more information about The University of Leeds Bioscience Education Research Group see: http://www.fbs.leeds.ac.uk/research/ulberg
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Dr Neil Morris Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 113 343 7014