Using Student Dialogue Sheets to Inspire Teaching

Mary Jacob E-learning Advisor

Aberystwyth University

Student surveys

• 2010 and 2013 Technology-Enhanced Learning surveys

• Experience survey, not satisfaction survey

– ‘What helps you learn?’

Students’ tools Tutors’ technology choices

Students’ technology choices

Recommendations for tutors

Learning preferences VARK

Issue

• Get staff to engage with student feedback

How we got started

SEDA National Conference 2013AU Student UnionUKPSF

Making the sheets

• Print on A0 or use lots of A4 sheets• Choose most representative comments• Involve Student Union Education Officer• Leave space for department-specific comments

from student reps• Map comments to UKPSF

SHEETS

•record and playback lectures on my phone•Evernote - my notes are available where ever I am•Flashcards on Windows 8 app•take pictures•instantly look something up using my smart phone (K4)

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lpfu

l. (K

6)

Most tutors do not use Panopto to record

lectures which is a sham

e as it is very useful in revision and for assignm

ents. (K4)

Your experience and observationsActions

Your experience and observations

Your

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and

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onsYour experience and observations

Your experience and observations

I prefer interactive lectures not solely reliant on PowerPoint (K3)

I am currently revising for a m

odule in which

the lecturer did voice overs on the lecture slides and I am

so impressed w

ith how

much bett

er the information is sinking in.

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put c

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om. (

A4)

85.7% have Smartphones (e.g. BlackBerry, Android, iPhone)

Comments from

SSCC representatives

Do not put too much text on

PowerPoint slides! (K2)

Some tutors could benefit from some extra training in technologies used by the university. (A1)

Some lecturers fully integrate technology. Others don't understand technology and refuse to use it. (A2)

More interactive learning, posting

quizzes for example (K2)

Creating quizzes on Blackboard that allow you to test yourself helped me

reinforce information in my head. (A3)

(V1, V3)Learning preferences

How it works

Ideally have a student rep at each table

How it works

Actions

What can YOU do?

Lecturer Dept Institute

Session plan

Intro Actions UKPSF

Small group 5 mins/itemFacilitator

quiet, timekeep

Scribe take notes

Whole groupParticipants

clarify actions

Facilitator explain

provision

Scribe take notes,

contribute

Follow-upSend notes

to participants

Compile report for

TELG

Response

• 6 sessions to date– 37 staff– 4 students

• Most departments/institutes have had one table of participants per session

Students’ viewAlthough I get to interact with staff on a collegiate level at student-staff consultative committees, this

was the first instance where I got to work with staff and actually felt like their equal.

I think sessions like this, on a variety of topics, need to happen more often. I now feel much closer to my

department and felt like staff really cared about my opinion.

I really liked how valued my contributions were by lecturers: I’m looking forward to seeing the changes we worked together on suggesting becoming reality.

Reflections

Photo by László Szalai (Beyond silence) shared under Creative Commons licence

Next steps

• When sessions have been completed, compile actions in report to Technology-enhanced Learning Group

• Review and revise for next year