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Cross-Faculty community of practice in Technology that Enhances Learning at UOW. Dr Sue Downie, Dr Moria Stephens, Dr Xiaoping Gao, Kenton Bell, Assoc Prof Simon Bedford, Dr Oriana Price. Co-investigators. Dr Ruth Walker (WATTLE exec, Learning development)
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Cross-Faculty community of practice in Technology that Enhances Learning at UOW Dr Sue Downie, Dr Moria Stephens, Dr Xiaoping Gao, Kenton Bell, Assoc Prof Simon Bedford, Dr Oriana Price
Co-investigators Dr Ruth Walker (WATTLE exec, Learning development) Dr Simon Bedford (WATTLE exec, Teaching & Curriculum Development) Dr Xiaoping Gao (LHA) Dr Ann Rogerson and Dr Oriana Price (BUS) Mr Kenton Bell (SOC) Mr Sasha Nikolic and Assoc Prof Caz Sandison (EIS) Ms Amy Hardy and Ms Bernadette Stephens (Library) Dr Moira Stephens (SMAH) Dr Anne Melano (Teaching & Curriculum Development)
Background Feb 2017 – WATTLE hot topic groups formed September 2017 WATTLE offered $2000 support for hot topic group activities
Research project objectives Beliefs and values about TEL use & support Barriers and promoters for adoption of TEL Brainstorm research objectives Alignment of student and staff perceptions of TEL Pedagogical values of TEL in learning and teaching
Phase I online survey participants * One student did not give degree details
Results – Themes. Practical barriers and promoters Promoters: Modern & Expected Equalizing Efficient Competition with other Universities Barriers: Fear Time Culture Knowledge Technical
Results – Themes. Pedagogical barriers and promoters Promoters: Engagement Authentic Feedback Collaboration Flexible Barriers: Distraction Face to face isvalued more Superficial learning Context
72.9% of students were in agreement with this statement Results – Quantitative 2.1% 22.9% 47.9% 10.4% 12.5% 4.2% 0% 17.3% 46.7% 17.3% 4% 9.3% 4% 1.3% 81.3% of staff were in agreement with this statement p = 0.012
91.6% of students were in agreement with this statement Results – Quantitative 35.4% 35.4% 20.8% 6.25% 2.1% 0% 0% 9.3% 41.3% 29.3% 13.3% 2.7% 4% 0% 79.9% of staff were in agreement with this statement p = 0.001
Results – How would you imagine a better future for TEL at UOW? “more opportunities for collaboration” “electronic textbooks” “teaching and learning sabbaticals” “can turn chat on and off on Moodle” “more computers for students” “record all lectures” “sign up for an online tutorial if you can’t make it to class” “acceptance” “sufficient infrastructure and resources” “get the good basic stuff done well first” “guaranteed streaming of lectures” “upskilled staff” “a better plan than just ad-hoc technology” “we are millennials…we are never happy”
“TEL has many advantages... But if there is a blackout we are in real trouble” Staff member