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The student experience of e -learning. Dr Greg Benfield Oxford Centre for Staff & Learning Development. Learner experience studies ( c 2010). 9 JISC Learner experiences of e -learning projects over 4 years ELESIG special interest group reaches 1000 members.
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The student experience of e-learning Dr Greg Benfield Oxford Centre for Staff & Learning Development
Learner experience studies (c 2010) • 9 JISC Learner experiences of e-learning projects over 4 years • ELESIG special interest group reaches 1000 members
Key messages • Enormous diversity • Institutional context highly influential
The SLiDA Project How are institutions creating and enabling opportunities that promote the development of effective learning in a digital age? Teaching studio in use, University of Edinburgh
SLiDA Case Studies https://wiki.brookes.ac.uk/display/slidacases/
Key findings from SLiDA WHAT are institutions doing to support the development of learners for a digital age? • Preparing students for their experience of learning with technology • Enabling learners to use their own devices and services • Reconfiguring campus spaces for social learning • Listening to learner voices • A strategic emphasis on course design for blended learning
1. Preparing students Digital and learning literacy induction session for all full time students (E.g. Abingdon and Witney College )
5. course design for blended learning Strategic learning and teaching focus, embedding digital literacies development in the curriculum through blended learning course design • (E.g. London Metropolitan University, Oxford Brookes University, University of Salford, University of Wolverhampton)
Entitlements E.g. 6 Blended Learning entitlements at University of Wolverhampton ‘Minimum digital learning resources’ requirements in other institutions
Graduate attributes E.g. Oxford Brookes Digital and information literacy: • being confident, agile adopters of a range of technologies for personal, academic and professional use (Examples) • using digital tools to reflect on and record learning and professional and personal development (Examples) • engaging productively in relevant online communities (Examples)
Assessment and feedback Formative use of CAA stands out as a rare application of e-learning leading to measurableimpact on student performance (Sharpe et al 2006)
Extended, technology-enhanced assignments http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/groups/en-all E.g. student journals using blogs http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/education/arts/diaries/home.html! http://core.mwbrookes.org.uk/
…. or e-portfolios http://elgg.net/
Wikis Student research journals (Geoverse) Podcasts Collaborative student artifacts