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UCDOER
InductionHandbook
UCDTeachingandLearning
August2012
www.ucdoer.ie
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TheUCDOERDesign
TheUCDOpenEducationalResources(OER)areprovidedbyUCDTeachingandLearningto
facilitateflexible,openandpersonalisedaccesstoaseriesofeducationalmaterials.Thenatureof
accesshasdeterminedthechosenplatform,theyareheldwithinanindependentwebsite(hosted
onHEANet),sothatnoauthenticationisrequiredtoenableaccessfromanywhereandbyanyone.
Thoseindividualswhowishto,mayavailofacollectionoftoolsembeddedinthesite
(personalisedlogs,discussionpages,exercisedataset,etc)byregisteringforanaccount.
ThedesignofUCDOERenablesthelearnertoaccessandengagewithcontentasdeterminedby
theirneeds,whetherforprofessionaldevelopment,evaluatingpracticeoraspartofanegotiated
assessment.
AspartoftheProfessionalCertificateinUniversityTeachingandLearning,UCDOERhostsa
numberofmoduleseachisenagedinasprimarily
self-directedandviaprofessionalpractice,and
eachhasamandatoryminimumoffourcoreface
tofacesessions(seeModuleHandbook).These
sessionswillprovideapivotalroleinsupporting
thelearners;toengagewiththeUCDOERasa
supportiveframeworkforacademicdevelopment
todetermine,designandimplementapersonal
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negotiatedassessment,andtoreviewandevaluatetheresultingportfolioofwork.
EachthemedsectionoravailablemodulecontentwithinUCDOERoffersaseriesofexercisesand
activitiesembeddedamidstcoretheoryandpractice.Itistheintentionthattheseprovidethe
impetusforacademicengagementanddevelopment.Thenatureoftheseactivitiespredicates
thattheindividualwillapplytheseinacyclicalorre-iterativemannerwithintheirpractice,
developingovertimeareflective,evaluativeandtransformativeapproachtoteachingand
learning.Inthismanneraportfolioofworkiscreatedthatmayform,inpart,thebasisuponwhich
theirnegotiatedassessmentisformulated.
ThestructureoftheUCDOERenablesindividualregistereduserstocapturetheirinputthrough
themanyexercises,activitiesandcollaborativediscussions.Theseareheldwithintheirown
personalcollection,providingacompletehistoryofalltheiractions(contributions,amendments,
edits,discussions,referencesetc)viaaseriesofindividualisedwikipages.InthiswaytheUCDOER
actsasapersonale-portfolioofone'sacademicandreflectivepractice.
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TheUCDOERModule/SectionStructure
ThestructureoftheresourceswithintheUCDOERfollowasimilarpattern,eachsectionormodule
isbrokendownthus:
Overview:thismayprovideavariationofthefollowing
AnexplanationoftheUCDOER TheAssessmentCriteria AnestimatedReadThroughTime
Descriptor:thismayprovideavariationofthefollowing
Aimsofthemoduleorsection LearningOutcomes AnestimatedReadThroughTime
Map:thisprovidesacolourcodedvisualofthesectionanditsconstituentparts(seebelow)
Materials:thismayprovideavariationofthefollowing
Summaryofallthesectionsfollowinganddirectlinkstoeachsubsection DirectaccesstotheLiteraturelisting
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TheUCDOERModules
TherearecurrentlythreemodulesavailableaspartoftheDiplomainUniversityTeaching&
LearningwhosematerialsarehousedwithintheUCDOER:
BecomingaBetter
UniversityTeacher
ModuleUTL40180
Theaimofthismoduleistoenablethoseinanacademicrole
toreflect,reviewandanalysetheirteaching,learningand
assessmentstrategieswithintheclassroomandbeyond.
Participantswilldeconstructtheircurrentpractice,appraise
appropriatemethodologiesandexploretheoreticalconcepts
withaviewtodevelopingfutureeducationalinterventions.
Atitscorethismoduleprovidestraininginteaching,assessing,
sessionplanningandteacherevaluationskills,itenablesthe
participanttodesignandcreatetheirteachingpracticeusing
aneducationallyholisticapproach.
Assessmentfor
Teachingand
Learning
ModuleUTL40140
Thismoduleencouragesteacherstofocusonwhatlearners,
ratherthanteachers,dointheclassroomandwillhelp
promoteeffectivelearning.Participantswillexploremethods
andapproachesthathavebeenshowntoencouragehigher
orderthinkingskillsandadeepapproachtolearning(Nichols
2002;Chalmer&Fuller1996;Landeretal1995).
Withinascaffoldedenvironment(DallAlba2005;VanDerStuyf
2002)participantswillactascriticalfriendshelpingeachother
toexplorewaysofapplyingthesemethodsintheirclasses
(Curry2008;Bambino2002;Appleby1998).Therewillbea
particularfocusonthecentralroleofassessmentininfluencing
howstudentsapproachtheirstudies(Schouller2000;Atkinset
al1993)andonhowassessmentcanbestructuredto
encourageandenablestudentstobecomecriticalpersons(Roberts2006;Boud1995;Knight1995).
Participantswillcriticallyengagewithliteraturerelatingto
teachingandlearningandtheirownsubject-specificdiscipleto
implementimprovementstotheircurrentteachingand
assessmentpractices.
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CreatinganAccountwithintheUCDOER
ToavailofthereflectiveandcollaborativetoolsontheUCDOERwebsiteitisfirstnecessaryto
createanaccount.Thestepsrequiredarelistedbelow.Ifyouhaveanydifficultlywithanyaspect
IntheMenu'schannellocate'YourAccount'andchoose'LogIn'
AwindowappearsinvitingyoutoLoginorCreateaUserAccount
Select'RequestOne'
ReadtheTermsofService
Enteranappropriate'Username'
Enterareturn'e-mailaddress'
Pleaseenteryour'RealName'
Youareencouragedtoentersomeformof'PersonalBiography'
Checktheboxindicatingyouhavereadthe'TermsofService'
Selectthe'Requestaccount'.
Youwillpresentlyreceiveaconfirmationemailandlinkdirectingyouto
authenticateyouraccount.
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NavigatingtheUCDOER
ThehomepageofUCOERprovidestheenduserwithaccesstoalltheirimmediateneeds.Thetop
ofthepageandrighthandpanelremainconstantthroughoutthesite,soaccesstocoreservices
andtoolsareeverpresent.Thecentralpaneliswherethecorematerialsarepresented,onthe
frontpagethisprovidesalinktothetenembeddedsections.
Letusnowmakeabriefexplorationofeachelementandsection
Thetopofthepageprovidesfourtabsandthesearchtool;
Home:willalwayspullyoubacktothefrontpage
About:enablesaccesstodetailsoftheUCDOERdesign,structureandrationale
Help:enablesaccesstothemostcommonqueryhowtoacquireanaccount
Contact:Providesacentralemailforallqueries
Search:theentireplatformisbasedonmediawikiinthiswayeveryentry,everyresourceis
automaticallyindexed,andthusmaybefoundwithrelavtiveease.
*Hint:youmayadjustthesearchsettingsfromthesearchresultspageandunderMyPreferences
tofurtherrefineyoursearches.
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Thefirstgroupofservicesontheright
panelcompriseaglossaryandaseriesof
notices.Thefirstenablesuserstoseewho
elseiscurrrentlyloggedon(shouldthey
wishtobeginasynchronousdiscussionor
collaborateonanexercise).Thenextthree
providedetailsregardingneworamended
contentandthosepages/resourcesmost
used.
TheYourAccountSectionprovidestheuser
withdirectaccesstothepersonalised
elementsoftheUCDOERtoolset.
WhenyouareNOTloggedin,theaccount
panelwillonlyhaveonedetailvisible:Login.
Onceyouclickonthisandproceedwiththe
loginprocessanewsetoftoolsarerevealed.
Yourusernameisnowvisibleandyouhave
accesstothefollowing;
MySavedForms:isarecordofallyourinteractionswiththenumerousexercisesyouhave
undertaken.Youmayaccessthemostrecentversionasitappearsonscreenwithintheexercise
itself,olderversionsappearascompiledtextlists.
*Hint:whencomparinganolderiterationwiththecurrententry,openthetextlistinaseparate
(browser)window.Inthiswaythetextsmaybeeasilyfollowedandread.
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MyTalk:thisisauserspersonalandprivatelog(orreflectivejournal).Itmaybeaccessedatany
pointandfromanywhere.Usingthe+additioneditlocatedundertheViewssection,youmay
enternewindexedentries.Onceascreenpageworthhasbeencompletedanauto-generated
indexwillappearatthetopofyourpage,allowingyoutonavigatetoeachofyourentriesas
required.Onceanentryhasbeenmadeyoumayeditandamendfromthesidemenu.ALWAYS
remembertoclicksavepagelocatedatthebottomofyourscreen.
MyPreferences:allowstheusertoedittheirprofileandthecertainfeatureswithintheUCDOER
thatmayenhancetheirpersonalexperience.
MyWatchlist:allowsuserstomarkapagetheyareinterestedinanddeterminewheneditsor
contributionshavebeenmade.Thisisparticularlyrelevantforcollaborativeworkordiscussion
pages.
*Hint:tomarkapagewatchednavigatetotherelevantpage,andclicktheWatchoptionlocated
undertheViewstab.ItwillchangefromWatchtoWatchingthentoUnWatch.
MyContributions:allowsausertoseeataglancetheirinteractionsonline,wetherintheir
personaljournalpages,exercises,collaborativepagesorcontributionstotheopenresourcesi.e.
theglossaryandreferencessections.
*Hint:usersareencouragedtoshareliteraryresourcesbyaddingthemtotherelevantsections
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locatedundertheResourcesandLiterarture.Thesameprotocolappliesforaddingcontributions
asperyourMyTalkpage.Eachpre-definedsectione.g.ReferencedArticles/Assessingand
TeachingforLearninghasaneditfunctionopenandavailableintherightmenu,simplyclickto
openandlocatetherelevantplaceforyourentry,thenclicksavepage
Logout:sayswhatitdoesonthetin!Remembertologoutafteruse,especiallyifaccessingyour
UCDOERfromanothercomputerotherthanyourown.
TheBookmarkandSharesectionallowsa
usertopublish,shareanddisseminate
resources.
Uploadafile:allowsausertoupload
graphicalfilestotheirownspace.Thisis
intendedasavisualaidonlye.g.when
constructingonesporfoliotoinclude
eitheranimagemaporvisualplan,ora
briefstatementorscreengrabofa
relevantquote.
Share:thistoolbarintroducesanumberof
futherWeb2.0toolsthatyoumayalready
useandhencemightliketolinkintoor
simplyasameansofintroducingsaidtoolstoseetheirpotentialvaluetoyouasateacheror
reflectivepractitioner.
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TheViewssectionenablestheusertoseewhatrightsandaccesstheyhavetoaparticularpage.
Thiswillchangeastheusernavigatesthesitetorevealdifferentrightsforcertainpagese.g.users
willbeabletomakecontributions+oncertainpagesopentothem.
Userpage:thisiswhereusersareencourgedtoprovidetheirprofile,biographyandintitial
teachingphilosophy.
Discussion:thisallowsausertoopenorcontributetoadiscussiononacertainpageorsection.
Thediscussionpagesarevisibletoallregisteredusersandareusedtopromoteengagmentand
collaboration.
Edit:thisfunctionenablestheusertocontributeoramendanopenpagee.g.anongoing
discussion,ajournalentryoranexistingglossaryterm.
+:thisenablestheusertocreateanewindexedsectiononanopenpage,suchasadiscussionor
journal.
History:capturesalltherevisionsandamendmentsmadetoagivepage.Usefultoreflectonhow
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youmayhaveundertakenapastexerciseorlookbackatwhenandwhocontributedtoa
discussion.
Move:enablestheusertoredirectcontenttoanewpage.Usefulwhenadiscussionbecomes
overlycomplexorfragments.Orwhenyouwishtoreorgansieyourburdgeoningjournalinto
differentsections/pages.
Watch/Watching/Unwatch:usedtowatchapageseeMyWatchlistabove.
*NBonallopen(editable)pagesyouneedtobeawareoftheoptionslocatedatthebottomofthe
page,inparticulartheSavePageoption.Anyeditsorcontributionsmustbeaccompaniedby
clickingthisoptiondiscussions,journal(mytalk)entries,exercises,literataryreferencesWILL
NOTbekeptunlessyouchoosetoSAVEthePAGE
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EngagingwiththeUCDOER
Therearethreecorefunctionsavailabletotheuser,accesstoonespersonalexercisedataset,a
journalandadicussion/commentarytool.
Exercises
ThroughouttheUCDOERtherearemanyexercisesthatyouareencouragedtodo(andreturnto)
toaidyourpractice,reflectionandconstructionoftheassignmentportfolio.
Anyexercisemaybeattempted,atanytime,howevertosavethedatayouenteryoumustfirst
login,onlythenwilltheUCDOERcaptureyourentriesandallowyoutoreturntothem,to
compare,editoramend.
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MyTalk
Enablesaccesstoapersonallog,youareencouragedtoreflectandcommentonyourwork,the
assignment,theresourcesandexercises.
Discussion
ThisenablesuserstocommentanddiscussindividualpageswithintheUCDOER.Itactsasa
collaborativeengagementtooltoprovideanopenforumfordiscussionanddebate.
ItisideallyusedinconjunctionwithdirectedactivitiesandtheWatchfacility.
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PartarkinginaUCDOERbasedModule
TheUCDOERmodulesarelargelybasedonself-directedlearning.Theyprovidethefreedomto
allowparticipantstoidentifyandpursueareasthattheywouldliketofurtherexploreand
develop.Thematerialsonlineprovideaformativeandconstructiveaidtoengagementand
reflectionuponpractice.
Face-to-FaceSessions
Inadditiontoaccessingtheonlinematerialsandexercises,attendanceisrequiredataminimum
offourgroupbasedface-to-facesessionspermodule.Itisalsorecommendedthatparticipants
availofthepre-arrangedindividualtutorials.Finallytherearealsoanumberofopensessions
whereparticipantsmayavailofaccesstothefacilitator,programmedirectorandpeers.
AllthesessionsforAssessingforTeachingandLearningandBecomingaBetterUniversityteacherwillbeheldintheupstairsseminarroomofWoodviewHouse(F30/31),orinadesignated
computerlaboratory.
ThefollowinggraphicoutlinesthemodelofparticipationandengagementwiththeUCDOER
modules:
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SessioncontentandIntermittentWork
The following provides a brief structural overview of the core content of each session and the
workrequiredbetweeneach[*pleasenoteeachmodulemayhavedifferingcoreconstituentsto
itssessions]
*Pleaserefertotheindependentmodulehandbooksforfurtherdetails.
Overviewofmodulecontentandinformationonnegotiatedlearning
assignment
Session
#1
Design,validate,andfinalisenegotiatedassessmentplaninlinewith
thes ecifiedlearnin outcomesforthemodule
Session
#2
Resolveanyissuespertainingtothecompletionoftheassignment/
andorstudentpresentation
Session
#3
(Mapplannedassignmenttoresourcesandpractice)
(Proposenegotiateassignmentandconfirmplan)
(Exploreresources)
Assignmenthand-in
From
week10
(Collateandproduceassignment)
IntroductiontotheUCDOERandhowtobestavailofitsresources
Induction
Session
(RegisterforaUCDOERAccount)