E-learning Brown-bag Talk 19 April 2012
Please note venue change - this session meets in the CDSAP Training Room, Visualisation Centre from 11-12.
Using e-teaching to guide learning in large class sizes
Basil Wolf and Malcolm Leitch, IBERS
It is difficult to teach statistical methods to large groups of students of mixed mathematical ability and subject interests. So we are using e-learning and drop-in workshops to enhance one-to-one contact. Panopto and Sympodium were used to make short video clips to explain basic concepts and demonstrate the use of statistical software. Blackboard quizzes were written to evaluate performance and provide feedback for a series of formative and summative data analysis exercises that were tailored to the subject interests of different groups of students. Adaptive release rules were used to ensure that students achieved a set standard of performance before progressing to the tests. Discussion boards and workshops were used to discuss individual problems.
The E-learning Brownbag Series is a platform where academic staff can share their good practice in technology-enhanced learning with the university community, including both staff and students.Please book through CDSAP https://stafftraining.bis.aber.ac.uk/sd/list_courses.php or drop in during the session. If you would like to present in this series, please contact E-learning Support at is-alto@aber.ac.uk.