Post on 22-Nov-2014
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Delivering Fully Online Classes to Post Grad Business students
Andrew ChambersEducational Development Manager
Master of Business & Technology programUniversity of New South Wales
Twitter tag: #imootA4
Overview of Presentation
1. Brief overview of the Master of Business & Technology Program
2. Live Demo - The online learning environment in Moodle3. Theories and design for discursive learning4. Issues in delivery – Results of teachers feeedback5. Openness in support resources
Live Demo of “Online Learning Guide”6. Open for questions
What is the MBT?
An offering by the Australian Graduate School of Management a general management coursework masters degree with a
focus on the value proposition of “technology” in organisations today.
A flexible program offering:– Online study– Face to Face Study (after hours)– Flexibility in course selection– With pathways to entry for those without a prior degree
• Certificate > Diploma > Masters
Structure of the MBTCapstone courses
Strategic Management of Business & TechnologyManagement of Innovation & Technical Change
Leadership in a Complex Environment
Integrated Business and Technology coursesBusiness Law & Technology Managing for Organisational
Sustainability E-Business: Strategy & Management Enterprise Risk ManagementBusiness Management for a Sustainable Environment Managing Organisational ResourcesInformation Systems Management Developing New Products and ServicesManaging Agile Organisations Supply Chain Management
Business Management for OHS Risk
Business coursesAccounting: A User PerspectiveBusiness EconomicsFundamentals of Corporate FinanceQuantitative Methods for Business Decision Making Principles of MarketingFundamentals of People Management
Technology coursesSustainable Energy ManagementManagement of Manufacturing Systems Project ManagementIT in Business
Introductory course Introduction to Management (compulsory for Grad. Cert.)
Student Body:─ Experienced
IT/Financial/Banking/Insurance professionals,
─ Average exp. 9 years─ Average age 38 years─ 75% male, 25% female─ 59% prior tertiary degree
Relevancy of the MBT
− Application of concepts to workplace − Case Based and Problem Based learning
− Leveraging off student experience
− Work-based activities and assessments
− Immediate relevance and benefit
Benefits of distance learning to our students
─ Asynchronous: Own pace and time to contribute to the class
─ Depth of discussion and dialogue in small classes─ Enhancement of relationships and connections─ Revision of content and activities within the online
classroom─ Ability to sit exam at place of work
Class facilitators/course coordinators
─ Academics and industry practitioners─ Academic integrity of content and
assessments─ Facilitate interaction and learning─ Challenge and provide feedback
Applying your learning
MBT Program
Reflection to make meaningof all experience
FacilitatorInteractionClassroom/
network
ReadingsStudy GuideTextbooksJournals
Assessment/feedback
Your experience
The MBT learning model
Resources available to distance students
─ Extensive study guide supplied as PDF via CloudStor
─ 24/7 online Virtual Learning Environment
─ Course coordinator / Class facilitator ─ Readings─ Student support team─ UNSW Library resources ─ Educational Development Unit(s)─ Online Study Skills Tutorial
Interactive class• Online or face-to-face
• Class facilitator and approx. 25-28 participants
• Interaction and application
MBT Program
WebTeach: The Old VLE System Learning Activities
DiscussionBrainstormDebateInformal ArgumentPosed questionVotingQuizzes
Case StudyTask
“Similar” to LAMS
Very simple structure
Brainstorm
Debate
Informal Argument
Feedback on Moodle Forums: Facilitator/Student Nesting not clear Read vs unread not clear (esp. new posts) Closing forums more difficult Printing and “collecting” more difficult? Dialogue as email – only 1 attachment??? Use of groups more difficult No meta commenting or hilighting function available Daily email not in ideal format and may limit posts... Attachments to posts hard to see
Resolution: Waiting for Forum NG: http://docs.moodle.org/25/en/ForumNG
Theories and Models supporting our Model Activity Based Learning
Dialogue – Peter Senge
Accountable Talk – Professor Lauren Resnick
Leadership Development Models e.g. Horizontal vs Vertical
Debate/Discussion/Dialogue:
– http://apintalisayon.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/d19-debate-versus-discussion-versus-dialogue/
Openness in Support ResourcesAdopted Creative Commons Licenses for all support resources Staff manual:
http://issuu.com/andrewchambers/docs/teaching_with_moodle_feb_2013_v1.1
Student Manual: http://issuu.com/andrewchambers/docs/moodle_participant_manual_13s1
Online Learning Guide/Study Skills TutorialLive Demonstration:
– http://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=2709
The Future Online Delivery and Courses:
‘e’ or ‘I’ content delivery. In Moodle?
Much more use of video– Desktop > Moodle via Kaltura
More use of ‘online exams’ – special project – Research Report available...– No exams, open with computer exams, take home exams– Poster presentation at AHE conference in UK in June
The End... Contact Details:
mailto:a.chambers@unsw.edu.au
Twitter: ATSC
LinkedIn: au.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-chambers/18/77/378