SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Blended Learning Symposium Welcome! Twitter: #SEC3 SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Blended Learning Symposium Introduction Neil Morris Director of Digital Learning Professor of Educational Technology, Innovation and Change, School of Education SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds 2013 at a glance! • • • • • • NEW Digital Strategy for Student Education NEW Blended Learning Strategy Digital Learning Team established Lecture capture and multimedia management projects initiated First Leeds MOOC successfully delivered Leeds iTunesU channel successfully delivered SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Priorities for 2014 • Procurement, implementation and use of lecture capture, multimedia management system and interactive classroom functionality. • Embedding of Digital Strategy for Taught Student Education and Blended Learning Strategy within Faculties and Schools. • Institution-wide focus on blended and digital learning approaches. • On-going development of external digital learning channels (e.g. FutureLearn, iTunesU, YouTube, Jorum). SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Blended Learning Strategy Blended Learning is the considered, complementary use of face-to-face teaching, technology, online tools and resources to enhance student education. Vision Each programme will define and embed into a research-led curriculum an appropriate blended learning approach which supports learning, enhances the student experience, and inspires students to reach their full potential so that they can have an impact on our global and digital society. SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Social media channels Interaction collaboration Mobile devices Event capture Learning resources Online assessment Face to face classes Research SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Only available to Registered Students Available to all learners Individual Learning Objects Online Courses Learning Objects complementing face-to-face provision (Blended Learning) SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Provide additional learning resources for current students Engage new global audiences with accessible content Showcase the University to prospective UG / PG students Provide digital materials for disadvantaged learners SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Nature and fairness: When worlds collide 2 week mini-MOOC: 21st Oct to 3rd Nov 2013 Key Facts 5,000+ 97% Enrolled learners of learners would recommend the course 10,000+ Total comments 90% of learners rated the course as excellent or very good 24 mins 15 pages Per visit Per visit SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Blended Learning Symposium Oral Presentations SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Blended Learning Symposium Hype or Help? Incoming students and technologies for study Alice Shepherd Senior Teaching Fellow in Accounting and Finance, LUBS Jessica Johnson Postgraduate tutor in Accounting and Finance, LUBS SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Context • International Business tablet pilots – 2011/12 and 2012/13 • Faculty providing iPads for all incoming PGT students (either 2013/14 or 2014/15) • Accounting and Finance iPad affordances pilot (6 staff with various teaching and research roles) to investigate pedagogic uses of tablet technology from April 2013-December 2013 • Idea to survey our incoming PGT and UG students in September 2013 came out of the pilot group SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Existing literature • Prensky (2001) Digital natives, digital immigrants typology – much criticised (lacks subtlety, presocial media) • Helsper and Eynon (2010) Using Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) in UK (not specific to educational internet uses), age, experience, breadth of internet use are all important factors in degree of internet engagement – spectrum of engagement suggested • White and Le Cornu (2011) Again using OxIS to suggest a new typology not based on age/background but on preference and perceptions of the internet. Continuum between visitors (internet as toolbox) and residents (internet as community) • Kinash et al (2012) Australian HE study loaning iPads with Blackboard MobileLearn to students (module already using blended approaches). Wide range of leisure and educational uses, no strong preference for iPads but some indication they were a motivating tool for learning • Morris et al (2012) UoL study in FBS loaning iPads but not altering curriculum. Wide variety of affordances and classroom uses. Some level 2 and 3 students claimed iPad did not influence study activities – suggesting these can be embedded and persistent among more advanced learners SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Purposes of our survey (1) •Important to capture information about incoming cohorts at induction, before university blended learning practices have influenced them Devices Tools Websites • Frequency of use • Past general use • Educational use – past and intended use • Frequency of past educational use • Communication/content creation and consumption/media/productivity • Frequency of past educational use • Some discipline-specific SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Purposes of our survey (2) Communication preferences In-class use of own devices Coursework assignment research • Peer to peer methods • Past educational use • E.g. taking photo of screen, audio recording, looking at an ebook etc • How likely to use…from a list of sources • Some traditional, some newer e.g. using social media SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Our sample Response rate: • PGT students (A&F, Finance and Investment, Financial Risk Management) = 122 (85%) • UG students (A&F) = 42 (50%) • Some responses incomplete (statistically, assumed mean response if blank) SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Demographics Q1: Nationality (UG) 1 13 18 10 UK/Irish Q1: Nationality (PG) 24 9 EU EU International No response UK/Irish 107 International No response SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Demographics Q2: Previous study location (UG) 11 1 20 10 UK/Ireland EU International No response SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Interesting descriptive results Q3: General purpose past use of devices: Smartphone (UG) 1 6 5 2 Q4: Educational purpose past use of devices: Smartphone (UG) 8 Frequently 28 Sometimes Rarely 0 11 Frequently Sometimes 10 13 Rarely Never Never No response No response SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Interesting descriptive results Q3: General purpose past use of devices: Smartphone (PG) 22 32 Frequently Sometimes 113 Q4: Educational purpose past use of devices: Smartphone (PG) 11 8 5 Frequently 61 37 Sometimes Rarely Rarely Never Never No response No response SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Interesting descriptive results Q5: Intend to use device for educational purposes: Smartphone (UG) 5 2 18 5 12 Frequently Sometimes Q5: Intend to use device for educational purposes: Smartphone (PG) 7 22 11 8 Frequently 74 Sometimes Rarely Rarely Never Never No response No response SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Interesting descriptive results Q6: Tool used for educational purposes: Social media (UG) 3 2 16 7 Frequently Sometimes 14 Rarely Q6: Tool used for educational purposes: Social media (PG) 10 15 8 Frequently 61 28 Sometimes Rarely Never Never No response No response SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Interesting descriptive results Q6: Tool used for educational purposes: Apps (UG) 8 0 16 Frequently Sometimes 9 9 Rarely Q6: Tool used for educational purposes: Apps (PG) 10 14 9 Frequently 55 34 Sometimes Rarely Never Never No response No response SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Interesting descriptive results Q7: Website used for educational purposes: Wikipedia (UG) 1 3 1 12 Frequently 25 Sometimes Rarely Never No response SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Interesting descriptive results Q8: Communication preferences: Face to face (UG) 5 10 Strongly agree Agree 36 Q8: Communication preferences: Face to face (PG) 29 04 Strongly agree 89 Agree Disagree Disagree Strongly disagree Strongly disagree No response No response SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Statistical Analysis – Q3 Past use of devices for general purposes Creative Leisure Digital camera Video camera Games console Internet TV Games console MP3 player Internet TV (Smartphone) Mobile Tablet E-reader Smartphone Notebook Traditional PC Notebook (Laptop) SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Statistical Analysis – Q4 Past use of devices for educational purposes Flexible Digital camera Video camera E-reader Notebook MP3 player Mobile Smartphone Tablet Traditional Laptop PC SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Statistical Analysis – Q5 Intentions to use devices for educational purposes at LUBS Core flexible Mobile Notebook E-reader Tablet PC Smartphone MP3 player Traditional Laptop PC SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Conclusions/next steps • Students appear to have diverse prior educational technology experiences, and different starting points and preferences with regard to digital and blended learning – we need to acknowledge, support and develop their experiences, as well as responding to their needs and preferences • Dissemination of our findings in LUBS and in the Accounting Education academic community • Consideration of how what we have learned is important for future programme refresh/redesign, module development and our blended learning teaching practices • Wider use of iPads by staff and PGT students in A&F next year- another learning curve • Further statistical analysis to mine our data…and publish! SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds We would appreciate questions or comments later on We can be contacted at: Alice Shepherd A.K.Shepherd@leeds.ac.uk (Twitter:@AliSheph) Jessica Johnson J.C.Johnson@leeds.ac.uk If you wish to use/adapt the survey, please contact us by email and we can provide it electronically SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds References •Helsper, J. and R. Eynon (2010) Digital natives: where is the evidence? British Educational Research Journal 36 (3), pp.503-520 •Kinash, S., J. Brand and T. Mathew (2012) Challenging mobile learning discourse through research: Student perceptions of Blackboard Mobile Learn and iPads, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology 28(4), pp.639-655 •Morris, N. Ramsay, L. and V. Chauhan (2012) Can a tablet device alter undergraduate science students’ study behaviour and use of technology? Advances in Physiology Education 36(2), pp.97-107 •Prensky, M. (2001) Digital natives, digital immigrants. Part 1, On the Horizon, 9(5), pp.1-6 •White, D. and A. Le Cornu (2011) Visitors and Residents. A new typology for online engagement. First Monday 16(9) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5210%2Ffm.v16i9.3171 SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Blended Learning Symposium Development of an anatomy eBook to promote flexible learning Dr James Pickering Lecturer in Anatomy School of Medicine (j.d.pickering@leeds.ac.uk; @accessanatomy) SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Context of enhancement • Promote flexible learning with use of mobile media (smart phones / tablets) for anatomy teaching across the School of Medicine; • Increase flexible learning = h student engagement; • To increase flexible learning - make resources available off-line. Previous learning resource creation Anatomy teaching within SoM is already supported by diverse range of blended learning resources with evidence of positive outcomes: •Screencasts – 95% and 92% of students found these resources improved their student experience and increased their knowledge base •Podcasts – 83% and 82% of students found these resources improved their student experience and increased their knowledge base •Articulate presentations – “the on-line neuroanatomy ‘Articulate’ presentations helped my understanding of the topics” 4.79/5 (Likert scale). James Pickering, Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Creation of Screencasts and Podcasts • Hardware • Wacom tablet • Mic and amp • PC/Mac • Software • Screen-capture software (Camtasia) • Graphic suite (Adobe Illustrator) • Audio capture (Adobe Audition/Audacity) • Output If interested please get in touch for more information! • 5-15min .mp4 / .mp3 files • Easy playback on PC/Mac, smart phone or tablet James Pickering, Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Why these resources on this platform? • • 100% Year 2 MBChB students have access to mobile media devices that are internet enabled; 93% use them to access learning material. What do you access? Internet Videos % Lecture/practica… 0 • 50 Don’t use Self testing Drawing Visual… Audio (podcasts) Reading(… eBooks Podcasts How important is your mobile device for learning/revising material? What is your preferred method of learning/revising material? Not important % % Very important Extremely important 0 100 Important 50 100 0 10 20 30 40 80% use their mobile device to access learning material whilst undertaking other activities. If yes, what other activities do you undertake whilst learning with your mobile device? Other At home Gym/recreational activity % General commuting Walking/cycling/commuting to campus 0 20 40 60 80 100 James Pickering, Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Creation of e(i)Book with iBooks author Advantages: • Free from Apple app store; • Easy to use without needing to be familiar with Pages (mac version of MS Word); • Can export as iBook direct to students through VLE, do no need to upload to iTunes; • Can be easily uploaded to iTunesU for wider dissemination; • Students can access material off-line; • Update easily and quickly. Disdvantages: • Need an iMac or MacBook; • Only outputs to iPad or iBooks on iMac or MacBook; • Only students with access to either the above can access the full resource; • Can export as .pdf, but lose interactive tools; • Embedded resources may need to be uploaded to VLE separately to ensure ALL students have access. James Pickering, Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Preliminary student feedback Cover Page: Navigation: Please tick Very good Good Clarity Colour scheme 2 1 3 Neutral Poor Very Poor Easy to navigate between pages Easy to navigate between chapters Chapter Layout: Please tick Very good Good Clarity Colour scheme Chapter titles reflects contents Organisation of pages Embedded screencasts Embedded podcasts Embedded text 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 3 Strongly agree 2 1 0 2 Appropriate number of screencasts Appropriate number of podcasts Appropriate length of text Appropriate content of clinical boxes Agree 1 Neutral 2 Poor Very Poor I liked it and would use it It was an appropriate length It went into appropriate detail Neutral 1 Disagree Strongly disagree Strongly agree 1 Agree 2 1 Strongly agree 3 2 Agree 2 1 Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree 2 Overall: Please tick 1 2 Please tick 1 Would you prefer to use this over a traditional textbook? Y Y Y Would you like some MCQ questions at the end of each chapter? Y Y Y Would you like some diagrams to be embedded? N Y Y Do you feel it is overly detrimental to not have any diagrams? N Y Y 3 Generally the students really enjoyed the iBook, specifically commenting on the screencast element. It was easy to navigate and very accessible as WiFi is not required. The students mentioned the addition of a self-test area would be beneficial (now added). Also, due to the media content it is a large file to download and takes up a lot of space on smaller capacity iPads (maybe split in half?). SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Blended Learning Symposium Social media platforms as educational interfaces A Case Study in Dance in Higher Education Ms Kelly Preece BA (Hons), MA, FHEA Research Associate and Lecturer in Dance School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds School of Arts, University of Northampton SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Aims of the Project explore the use of social media platforms as alternative educational interfaces to the VLE collate useful online resources in my subject area help students to recognise reliable online source materials Kelly Preece, Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Padlet Kelly Preece, Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Emerging Themes Autonomy over learning Bitesize/ongoing engagement Engaging visual appearance and clarity Awareness raising of online resources Facilitating critical reflection Content sharing and discussion amongst students Need for video tutorials Kelly Preece, Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Impact Use of tumblr blogs with the same cohort on the third year module Choreography 3: Experiments in Performance Enhances: discussion, content sharing and critical reflection Project exploring tumblr as a tool for documenting and facilitating collaborative media arts practice (with Matthew Gough and Tim Halliday at University of Northampton) Adoption of the use of Padlet by the Merce Cunningham Trust Kelly Preece, Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Provocation: Is the VLE fit for purpose as an educational tool? Kelly Preece, Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Can Online Resources Fully Engage Students? Developing online resources in the School of Education Dr Bronwen Swinnerton Project Manager: PGCE Investment Project School of Education Online / distance materials • M Level CPD • Research methods modules: Getting started: research questions and approaches in education Philosophical underpinning of educational research Qualitative data: processes of collection, interpretation and analysis Introduction to quantitative data analysis Research Methods module ‘Getting started: research questions and approaches in education’ Was - six two-hour face to face sessions in order Now – six online sessions to be completed in order, plus one freestanding session AND 3 tutorials (face to face or online) Who is it for? • PGR students/PGT students – research training We will be able to offer a distance /PhD where students can receive their choice of research methods training. Why is engagement an issue for online/distance courses? Lack of a physical classroom and physical contact with tutors and other students Lack of mediation of content by tutor Technical problems may be an issue on distance / online courses Flexibility can go too far to a lack of structure Lack of visual cues if feedback is mostly written, or audio Other commitments more likely from students on distance courses Dropout figures Much higher on distance courses What do we mean by engage? Fredricks, Blumenfeld and Paris (2004, 62-63), identify three dimensions to student engagement: 1. Behavioural engagement 2. Emotional engagement 3. Cognitive engagement How? The material should be: • Intuitive to use, easy to access, clearly introduced and well signposted • We want students to: • Have the necessary technical skills/equipment to access the material • Become part of a community of learners • Interact with the material/be ‘active’ participants in their learning • To collaborate with other students/tutor • Be able to relate the content to their own work/context What about tutors? They need to be suitably trained in technical and pedagogical aspects. They need to be ‘up for it’ Intuitive to use, easy to access, clearly introduced and well signposted/have appropriate technical skills • Within the VLE – can be accessed on a PC, tablet (Android or iPad) and mobile (although not recommended except to recap). • Numbered sessions • Introductory session – navigation etc. • instruction manual • Well signposted within session – material is worked through in a linear way, screen by screen, with some screens having layers to go into that content a little deeper • Icons, told where there is something to click on, told there is something to do after the learning check, activities are labelled, you can tell how far through it you are Become part of a learning community • Begin by telling others in the group a little bit about themselves, their research interests • Post to their research profile for others to read • Create a poster telling others in the group about their research project (session 5) Interact with the material • Read material (but not too text heavy) • Click on things to access further content • Layers • Tips • Additional information • Watch video • Listen to audio • Access additional reading • Participate in activities including quizzes Be active participants in their own learning • Users go through the material at speed they wish, when they wish (within a timeframe) • Users can revisit any bits of content anytime • Users can do a session in one go, or come back later – option to restart where they left off or at beginning • Read more from ‘additional reading’ list • Develop a Personal Research Profile • Post to discussion forums • Attend online or face to face tutorials Collaborate with other students • By engaging in discussions on the forums • Participate in tutorials • Read the research profiles of fellow students • Present poster to other students in tutorial group Be able to relate content to their own work • Create their Personal Research Profile • Create a poster telling others in the group about their research project (session 5) • Use outputs to write their Critical study form/PhD upgrade form Tutors • What about tutors? They need to be suitably trained in technical and pedagogical aspects. They need to be ‘up for it’ • Colleagues not necessarily fully engaged by online/blended format • training to explain module • We’ve set up groups, journals, discussion forums • Training in Adobe Connect – and how it really works from colleagues who already do this • Available to help with tutorials etc. Further information Contact: Dr Bronwen Swinnerton School of Education b.j.swinnerton@leeds.ac.uk Ext 37837 SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Blended Learning Symposium Truly Capturing the Moment Accessible Lecture Capture that Really Counts Ms. Alina Secară Teaching Fellow in Translation Studies Centre for Translation Studies School of Modern Languages and Cultures Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu Lecturer in Translation Studies Centre for Translation Studies School of Modern Languages and Cultures SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Imagine you are A B A hard-of-hearing student on an MA programme A student on an MA programme + international (IELTS 7+) + started learning English after loss of hearing + international (IELTS 7+) C A home student on an MA programme Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Welcome to a lecture Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Was that… 1. 2. Rather unintelligible? A bit specialised? Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Your most likely support options for lectures A B C Notes from note-taker (often: manual, on paper; sometimes: electronic) Reading lists; Lecture slides (+ additional VLE resources) Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Problems with your most likely support options A B C Notes Can be lost easily; Cause cognitive & physical discomfort; Unused resource; Involve *A Lot* of effort. Reading lists; Lecture slides (+ additional VLE resources) Not very interactive (during lecture time) Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Traditional Lecture Capture (slides + audio/video of lecture) A B No better than slides in the VLE C Can be beneficial, especially when preparing for exams Not interactive; no benefit in real-time lecture; no screen sharing with students Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Our approach to LC Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Our Lecture Capture • Integrated in a Blended Learning approach: • Pre-sessional 5-minute monolingual (English) subtitled videos • Interactive Lecture captured with desktop screen + live synchronised notes + live student interaction + audio/video • Lecture Capture posted immediately with minimum postediting; notes are searchable Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Student feedback 80 students; 56 respondents (25 non-EN natives; 31 EN natives) • “I found the recordings very useful especially when I have difficulties in understanding” • “language barrier” • “I used the captions to follow what was going on if I had missed something” • “Using captions can help me understand the lecture better” • “The lecture recordings were a blessing” Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Result Some problems solved increased interactivity and access to lecture for ALL students more electronic note-takers trained since our project positive staff attitude to lecture capture Some problems raised live broadcast & multiple chat channels needed from any LC solution technical support sustained funding for live captioning & pre-sessional videos Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Thank you We look forward to your questions. Ms. Alina Secară & Dr. Dragoș Ciobanu; Blended Learning Symposium SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds Making of a MOOC ‘When worlds collide’ Jon C Lovett Chair in Global Challenges School of Geography