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ONLINE ESSAY WRITING TUTORIAL. From paper to platform Charlotte Keys and Sophie Acomat. OVERVIEW. Tutorial: Aims and Content Development / Production Process Technological Development Sneak Peek . PROJECT OUTLINE:. Design a tutorial which highlights the
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ONLINE ESSAY WRITING TUTORIAL From paper to platform Charlotte Keys and Sophie Acomat Online Essay Writing Tutorial
OVERVIEW • Tutorial: Aims and Content • Development / Production Process • Technological Development • Sneak Peek Online Essay Writing Tutorial
PROJECT OUTLINE: Design a tutorial which highlights the usefulness of RHUL e-resources in meeting academic challenges, especially researching, planning and writing essays and dissertations. Online Essay Writing Tutorial
OUR STARTING POINT Online Essay Writing Tutorial
RESEARCH • Non Interactive Models • Semi-interactive • Interactive Online Essay Writing Tutorial
TUTORIAL: CONTENT AND DESIGN • Content: task-based, integrated approach • 7 stages of the essay writing process • One essay question: Evaluate the economic and social impacts of international tourism on developing countries. • Online tools and essay writing techniques • A set of integrated tasks • Design: 7 self-contained stages connected by the same essay question: • Introductory video • Practice tutorial • List of online resources Online Essay Writing Tutorial
ESSAY WRITING MINI-SERIESCONTENT AND DESIGN Online Essay Writing Tutorial
ESSAY WRITING MINI-SERIESCONTENT AND DESIGN • Stage organisation Online Essay Writing Tutorial
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: KEY COMPONENTS • E-learning team • Technical support • Learning design approach: Authoring tools • Articulate • Camtasia Online Essay Writing Tutorial
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: STAGES • Conceptualising the project • Research openly available models / resources / tools • Content design • Technological development • Testing • Enhancements / Adjustments • Launch • Long-term trial: feedback / review / enhancements Online Essay Writing Tutorial
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT • Key components: • Content: paper based • Authoring tools: Articulate and TechSmith • Minor components: Wikimedia, Flickr, Creative Commons, iStock Online Essay Writing Tutorial
ARTICULATE PRESENTER Online Essay Writing Tutorial
CAMTASIA Online Essay Writing Tutorial
CHALLENGES • Research • Experience: • Pedagogical • Technological • Timeframe • Equilibrium between content, technology and learner • External commitments Online Essay Writing Tutorial
LESSONS LEARNT • Timeframe: • Low range development of E-learning content: 1 : 127 Chapman Alliance, Estimating Cost and Time in Instructional Design. Available at http://sas.byu.edu/ • Personal timeframe: 19 mn : 200 • Research: Merlot, academic reference resources • Training: self-training using tutorials, forums • Scheme of Work: • Excel sheet of all slides • Paper-based outline of each slide with inter-connections and hyperlinks • Process: not linear Online Essay Writing Tutorial
SNEAK PEEK • Essay Writing Mini-series: http://academicwriting.articulate-online.com/5857003334 Online Essay Writing Tutorial
REFERENCE LISTS • Chapman, B (2010) A Chapman Alliance, Research Study. Available at www.chapmanalliance.com (Accessed: 05 May 2013) • Estimating Cost and Time in Instructional Design. Available at http://sas.byu.edu/ (Accessed: 04 May 2013) Online Essay Writing Tutorial
THANK YOU QUESTIONS? sophie.acomat@rhul.ac.uk charlotte.keys@rhul.ac.uk Online Essay Writing Tutorial