CHALLENGESTHE

Integrating academic literacy into curricula and

meeting learning needs of largenumber of students

Accommodating learning needs of distant-learning students

Courses delivered as combination of online and in-class modules

Accommodating different learning styles of students

10,000 new students enrolled per year

The Development of Online Learning Environments (OLEs) Presenter:

Neda Zdravkovic

SOLUTIONCOLLABORATION

LearningServices

Librarians

SubjectLibrarians

LearningDesigners

Faculty

Subject Matter Experts

LearningAdvisors

WebDevelopers

GraphicDesigners

Curriculum-integrated online academicliteracy module for POPLHLTH 701:

Research Methods in Health online course(200 postgraduate distance-learning

students)

Academic credit online course, compulsory

for all new students

Curriculum-integrated academic literacy online tutorial and assessment activity(10% course mark) for FTVMS 100:

Media Studies course (500 undergraduate students)

POPLHLTH 701:Research Methods in Health

FTVMS 100:Assignment Research Path

ACADEMIC INTEGRITYwww.academicintegrity.auckland.ac.nz

Start Introduction

Academic Integrity

Module 2Avoiding academic dishonesty

Module 3Using and acknowledging the work of others

Module 4Using copyrighted material correctly

Module 5Consequences of academic dishonesty at The University of Auckland

Module 1Academic integrityat university

Are the readings good enough?

What is the assignment question

asking me to do?

How do I write my essay?

Assessment 1aWhere and how

do I find readings for my assignment?

How do I reference?

OK, you’ve got your assignment question — what next?

Follow the steps in this tutorial to complete your assignment.

WHAT does my research question really mean?

What do I need to find out?

What are the key ideas?

What words describe the key ideas?

WHERE can I find quality information?

Databases for MedSci

Articles and more

Theses and dissertations

Google Scholar

Search

ReadSelect and evaluate

HOW can I find the information I need?Hth

How do I write my literature

review? How do I write my research proposal?

How do I reference?

HOW do I write and present my research?

INITIATION

Uncertainty

SELECTION

Optimism

ASSESSMENT

Senseof

Accomplishment

PRESENTATION

Satisfactionor

Disappointment

COLLECTION

Sense of Direction

Confidence

FORMULATION

Clarity

EXPLORATIONConfusion

Frustration

Doubt

Recommended readings Finding booksRecommended readin Finding booksRecommended readings Finding books

Course Builder’s customisable templates are applied to develop

interactive activities: online quizzes, problem-based scenarios,

interactive hotspots and comics, insert media files -

videos, images, graphics.

LIBRARIES AND LEARNING SERVICES

Usability testing practices applied: - User interviews using paper prototypes - User behaviour observation using MORAE software - Focus group interviews - Surveys - using SurveyMonkey tool

Results - student feedback received: - I think these modules are great. After 6 years back at University as a mature student, this was a great refresher and helpful for my studies. - Pretty good online class. It's easy and convenient for me to understand. - Very cool way of learning! Interactive, fun and able to stick it in your head! I was very impressed!

HNTNT

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Based on Kuhlthau’s (1991)

Information Search Process (ISP) , the new

model isdeveloped as the

base structure of the

online assessment

activity. Kuhlthau, C.C. (1991). Inside the Search

Process: Information seeking from the user’s perspective.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 42(5), 361-371.

CurriculumIntegratedModules

GenericTutorials

Academic CreditCourse

CurriculumIntegratedTutorials

Online Learning

Environments Designed

Based on results of four subsequent usability testing rounds, student-centred, participatory and situated learning environment is created accommodating different learning styles - February 2013

Compulsory academic literacy assessment activity is integrated into POPLHLTH 701 online course ( 35% total course mark).

Assessment sheet is embedded in the OLE using the Course Builder ‘journal’ functionality. Students follow online activities to formulate their final answers and submit them electronically.

Large amount of content is transformed into visual form – images, videos, graphics.

Assessment 2 online activity is designed according to the “assessment for learning” pedagogy with sequential activities enabling experiential learning to take place.

Based on results of usability testing round I, the first version of the online course is developed in CourseBuilder platform - June 2012.

PAPER PROTOTYPE - MAY 2012

MARCH 2013Based on results from final Pilot testing (2000 students participated), final version of the stand-alone course and online test is released.

POSTER FINAL NEDA.ai 1 4/04/2013 4:00:09 p.m.