gregynog2011 au gwella
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Aberystwyth University's presntation on the Gwella project for Gregynog 2011TRANSCRIPT
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Student Feedback:Learner experience study focussing on technology-enhanced learning
Mary Jacob, Johanna Westwood, Kate Wright
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Aims and outcomes
Enhance Engage
Knowledge Practice
Understand ‘them’
Improve learning
experience
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Methods
Online/Paper Surveys
Focus groups
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Who took part?
• 233 Prospective students
• 466 Current on-campus students
• 29 Current distance learning students
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What difference has this made?
• Learning styles• Staff training
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Learning preferences• VARK– Visual – Aural– Reading/writing– Kinaesthetic
• Neil Fleming• http://www.vark-learn.c
om/english/index.asp
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Learning Preferences Questions
• When you are learning a new academic topic, how important is it for you to … –hear it explained?
– see it depicted visually (for example, using pictures, diagrams, demonstrations, etc.)?
–have a go at doing something yourself (for example, physically doing an experiment, manipulating data in a spreadsheet, practicing a skill, etc.)?
– read about it?
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Essential
Very im
portant
Somewhat im
portant
Not nece
ssary
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
Learning preferences Current students
AuralVisualKinaestheticReading-writing
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Learning Preferences
Preference Essential or Very important
Aural 83.3%Reading-writing 80.3%
Visual 72.3%Kinaesthetic 69.1%
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69.1% said ‘Doing’ was essential
or very important
Learning Preferences
Aural Reading-writing Visual Kinaesthetic0.00%
20.00%
40.00%
60.00%
80.00%
100.00%
Consolidated - Essential or Very important
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Student Comments
• Students who self-identified learning styles in the free-text box did so in the following sequence:– Mixed learning style– Kinaesthetic learning style– Reading-writing learning style– Visual learning style– Aural learning style
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Learn how to use it [technology] properly.
I prefer group study (or peer to peer studying) rather than individual work.
Make lectures as varied as possible, with video, audio, pictures, moving diagrams etc.
I cannot learn parrot fashion - if I don't understand something I won't remember it! Simply being read to, with little interactivity, is unlikely to work well.
I do not have a preferred learning style, I am a visual, audio and kinisthetic learner.
I like them to be very interactive
I like writing wiki-articles on topics of my interest, which also puts new stuff in order and I remember it for a very long time.
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“GIVE LECTURERS A COURSE ON HOW TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVELY”
What recommendations would you give your tutors to use technology more effectively for your learning?
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What have we done?
•13 courses offered to staff
•Recommend to PGCTHE candidates
•Includes online assessment, Web 2.0 tools, and digital audio/video
Staff Development
•One-to-one or small group consultations
•Available to all staff
Consultations
•Predominantly Blackboard training
•Try to include pedagogical advice wherever possible
Hands-on training
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Building on Gwella JISC Building Capacity
Nexus
Peer Support
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What have WE learnt?• Use all four learning modes
• Help tutors use technology effectively
• Engage students actively in learning
• Don’t underestimate our students or tutors
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Where next?
Follow our adventures on:
nexus.aber.ac.uk