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How canstudent interactivity
be enhancedthrough the use of a
blended learning approach?
Mark CallagherMOE E‐Learning Fellow,
Wellington College
Outline1) Online Survey [Questionnaire]
2) About the Project
3) Experiencing Moodle
4) Moodle Admin Tools
5) Research findings
6) What does the future hold?
7) Discussion & Questions
8) Action Plan – Where to start
9) Online Survey [Evaluation]Handout: notes & links to all sites/resources
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Online SurveyGo to http://markcallagher.com
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Click on U‐Learn 08 tab
Follow link to complete & submit questionnaire
What is Blended Learning…What is e‐Learning…
Participation
Interaction
Engagement
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What is Blended Learning…What is e‐Learning…
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Increasing the availability oflearning: anytime, anyplace
Opening students upto a whole new world ofinformation
Provides the opportunity to communicateoutside the classroom walls and contact time
Allows student to think about what they are learning in their own time and space
Enables the sharing ofideas and learning
Wellington CollegeState Boys School
Decile 10
1500 students
Good ICT Facilities
History DepartmentOption for Years 9‐13
Year 11 History
110 students = 4 classes
Trial class = 28 students
Y11 History CourseNZ’s Search for SecurityOrigins of WW2IrelandPalestine/Israel
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Blended Learning using
Content Organisation
Highly Interactive
Many Features
Highly Intuitive
Very Robust
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How has student learning been enhanced?
1.Engagement
2.Information
3.Interactions
4.Reflective
5.RicherSources
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Increase in and an equalisation of ENGAGEMENT
83% Quiz completion
80% average quiz result
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Average % Score
Students Average Quiz Results
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Yeah like I was quite surprised cause when I did the online work for once I come to class and like, I think you probably would have noticed it like….I said stuff when I didn’t really ever do that in Year 9 & 10 or anything…and then say if you got it right or whatever like you would, you would participate correctly and everyone would like yeah that’s right, it would motivate you.
In Class Engagement IncreasedAnalysis showed that over half of students contributed to discussion in each class
More students seemed to understand what was being discussed
In particular lower ability student engagement increased
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Ah well I guess since you’re already coming prepared to class you sort of know about the topic and sort of um there was definitely more discussion going on um yeah it's...it’s good.
We interacted more with the teacher. Oh I interacted more. Like I got used to doing it every day, in History.
Online Forums
Average 9 entries per student
Average (median) Forum size was 61 words
The number of students involved in the forums grew from 43% (Forum 4) to two thirds of the class.
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Nr of Forum Entries
Total Number of Forum Entries per Student
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More INFORMATION absorbed
Take their time
Different learning styles catered for
Discussion not lost
Enter discussion when feel informed & prepared
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Day of Posting
Breakdown of Forum Entries by Day of Posting
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One parent said that:
The online learning seemed very effective in capturing [my son’s] attention and enthusiasm.
He spent a great many hours watching podcasts and reading online ‐ we often had trouble pulling him away from it!
The historical footage undoubtedly made the subject more real for him as well as being more interesting than reading a lot of text on its own.
From what I observed, there was a lot of flexibility in that he could choose from a considerable range of options and spend as long on different aspects as he wished ‐ so he could follow up what seemed most interesting to him in greater detail, and he was often drawn from one thing into another.
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Parent Feedback
More meaningful learning INTERACTIONSMore diverse views
Students participated in the construction of knowledge and meaning
Average 28 pieces of new information/evidence introduced by students in each of the Four forums analysed
Over a third of student responses were to other students
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More REFLECTIVE thinkingPromotes self‐reflective dialogue & dialogue with others
SOLO Taxonomy:
At least 80% of forum entries were at a Multi‐structural Level
Significant number at Relational Level and some at Extended abstract level
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One parent said that:
I was interested in the online forum. I read a good number of the questions and comments and was impressed by the improvement in understanding displayed by students over the weeks. 15
It was useful in a sense that it helped you develop your own viewpoint, and
take the time to think about the topic of the forum
Made you think about it more and learn from what other
people write
It helped me learn because we had to give our own views on the topic which made us
think about it more
Because it helped me to see different viewpoints and to understand
different reasons for certain events
Access made to wider and much RICHER SOURCES of information
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As educators we need to be challenging our students to consider new evidence otherwise we run the danger of perpetuating
historical myths. The ability to organise and link information into the online course
site threw up great opportunities and enormous potential. We are spoilt for choice if we can move students beyond the tatty
textbook and confined classroom space and into the online environment.
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Before.....Now..…and..…Next?
Online Applications & Increasing Collaboration
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Mobile Devices
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Action PlanWhere to Start?
More About Moodle & Benefits to Secondary SchoolsVideo (YouTube) – “How Moodle Changed a School”
Moodle Moot – Annual Conference in October Hols – Happening now in Napier (3 days)
Technical Support & HostingHRDNZ – www.learning.ac.nzCatalyst IT – School Moodle Hosting & Installation specialists
Moodle.org – Free downloads & Support
TrainingMoodleBites Course – 12 weeks (be a student & a course writer)CeLDD – Certificate in Elearning Design & Development (Northtec)
Moodle School site – free learn how to coursesMoodleMan Playpen – Modules and Plugins Demo
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SummaryIn this workshop we have:
Looked at one possible model of Blended Learning
Experienced Moodle LMS – tools and potential
Looked at how this can benefit student learning
Looked at other interactive tools including online apps
Had a glimpse of what the future might hold
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Thank you toI would like to thank the following for supporting my research project:
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History Department & Y11 History Class
Full Research Report from http://www.efellows.org.nz early next year