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Explore the experiences and perspectives of staff and students in our first online module at Aberystwyth University. Discover the approach adopted, use of Blackboard, online materials, discussion boards, assessment methods, and the value of such courses. Reflect on challenges faced and potential improvements for the future, including recorded lectures, workshops, flipped classrooms, online formative activities, feedback mechanisms, peer tutoring, and the potential for TNE and branch campuses.
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Enabling Flexible Learning: reflections on our first online module Dr Ruth Atkins Dr David Poyton Aberystwyth University
Background • The Law and Internet Commerce • Alcohol, Drugs and Crime • Approach Adopted • Blackboard • Introductory lecture • Online Materials • Discussion Board ‘Seminar Sessions’ • Assessment • Study/Learning Log • Coursework Assignment
Experiences:Staff and Student Perspectives • Best-laid schemes... • Inspiration? • Isolation • Direction • Discussion Boards • ‘Value’
Online Materials • ...for courses
Next...? • Review • Recorded lectures/brief presentations • Workshops? • ‘Flipped Classroom’ • More online formative activities • Feedback and corrective (Mastery Learning) • Peer Tutoring
Next...? • TNE • Branch Campus • Network