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M25 LTG Meeting 11 th July 2013. 'Using technology to enhance the learning experience on a large undergraduate Psychology module’ Ian Wells. The problems of teaching large groups. Lack of interaction Lack of personal contact Spread of ability The ‘Cinema’ effect.
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M25 LTG Meeting 11th July 2013 'Using technology to enhance the learning experience on a large undergraduate Psychology module’ Ian Wells
The problems of teaching large groups #ianstalk 07506 527353 Lack of interaction Lack of personal contact Spread of ability The ‘Cinema’ effect
‘Accumulating marginal gains’ “If only we had …….. everything would be perfect” “………..” always tends to be some high value capital project MY APPROACH Small ‘marginal gains’ from employing simple ‘academic friendly’ technologies #ianstalk 07506 527353
What I use…. #ianstalk 07506 527353 Text messaging Youtube Twitter Blog VLE
Text messaging #ianstalk 07506 527353
Youtube #ianstalk 07506 527353
Twitter (@PY1105) #ianstalk 07506 527353
(teachingrationalthinking.com) Blog #ianstalk 07506 527353
Blog impact 3664 views from 84 countries #ianstalk 07506 527353
VLE Use the VLE for what it’s good at Repository ‘Container’ for other sources i.e Twitter, Youtube Formative assessment #ianstalk 07506 527353
Things I’ve tried and failed with: #ianstalk 07506 527353 Facebook Audience Response Systems Infuselearning.com might work
Take home message #ianstalk 07506 527353 Don’t let the tech dominate Keep it simple Multiple approaches As many ‘marginal gains’ as possible
Info #ianstalk 07506 527353 Ian Wells Email:i.r.wells@uel.ac.uk Twitter : @PY1105 Blog : teachingrationalthinking.com