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Supporting pre-University ICS Teaching

Supporting pre-University ICS Teaching. Development of freely available teaching materials for BTEC and AS students. Nigel Linge, Kate Booth, Rik Whittaker, Louise Heatley University of Salford, Salford, UK. ICT/Computing seen as ‘dry’ and/or ‘difficult to understand’

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Supporting pre-University ICS Teaching

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  1. Supporting pre-UniversityICS Teaching Development of freely available teaching materials for BTEC and AS students Nigel Linge, Kate Booth, Rik Whittaker, Louise Heatley University of Salford, Salford, UK

  2. ICT/Computing seen as ‘dry’ and/or ‘difficult to understand’ Want to motivate to study at HE Need to enthuse/engage/connect Need to contextualise Need to maintain interest 2. Background Rationale

  3. 3. Aim & Objectives • Design, implement and evaluate packages to support BTEC & AS ICT teaching • Work with local schools and colleges to establish level and likely need • Identify suitable topics& contexts • Produce SCORMcompliantpackages for VLEs • Evaluate effectivenessof materials

  4. Choose something that is familiar – mobile phones and the Internet Choose a popular application- text messaging and socialnetworking Keep referring back toapplication to maintain link tothe familiar world Exploit the opportunities of themedia – animation, audio, video 4. Putting it into Practice 1

  5. Storyboarding the package Identify logical and manageable chunks of information Ensure information in each chunk is connected back to the original context The Future – Killer Apps Cellular Concepts Introduction to Radio Radio propagation Introduction Components Networks Encoding 5. Putting it into Practice 2 Mobile Phone storyboard

  6. Designing each Learning Object (LO) LOs self-contained so usable as independent entities Objectives Introduction Summary Research Review Content Interaction Video Audio Animation 6. Putting it into Practice 3

  7. 7. Putting it into Practice 4 • Creating Learning Objects using Pedagogue Collaborative eLearning content tool produced by CDSM Interactive Solutions Ltd. Optimised for thecreation ofinteractiveeLearningmaterials GeneratesSCORM compliantpackages for a VLEor stand-alone web pages

  8. Focus groups of targeted students Students very positive about style, structure, content, presentation and interest level of the material Some would have liked an audio version of the text Some would have liked links to sources of background reading 8. Initial Evaluation

  9. - + 9. Lessons Learned • Developing materials takes far longer than you think! • Expertise is required to produce Flash Animations • Multimedia material has to be sourced • Turning complex ideas into simple and accurate sound bites is a slow process • Varying use of media and activities keeps interest and engages with different types of learner • Access to an application that does all the spadework of package creation allows you to focus purely on academic content

  10. 10. Outcomes & Further Work • Outcomes • Confirmation that the approach works • Improved engagement with local schools and colleges • Mobile Phone Learning Objects completed and will be available from September 2008 • Storyboard for the Internet completed • Further Work • Creation & publication of Internet Learning Objects over next 12 months • Ongoing evaluation and revision of all LOs www.salfordphonesproject.co.uk Email addresses for more information

  11. 11. Contact Information • Learning Objects will be downloadable from www.salfordphonesproject.ac.uk • Further information can be obtained from Prof Nigel Linge n.linge@salford.ac.uk Dr Kate Booth k.m.booth@salford.ac.uk

  12. 12. Acknowledgements • We would like to acknowledge support from the following HEA Development Fund Salford City Learning Centre SETPOINT Greater Manchester Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester CDSM Interactive Solutions Ltd

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