blackboard: using templates and modules for self-directed learning by maria tannant

SELF-DIRECTED/SELF-PACED LEARNING using course templates and community modules

UCA - University for the Creative Arts

- Guild HE university- Provide specialist art and design education- 5 campus locations in the southeast- 7000 students- 90 courses- Art, Design, Architecture, Media & Communication

Campuses:Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone & Rochester

MARIA TANNANTProgramme Manager in Digital Pedagogymtannant@ucreative.ac.uk

Topics covered today

•Logistical landscape with 2 learning technologists

•Recording best practice across UCA

•FINDING STUFF!… getting lost… giving up…

•The course template

•The module page

•Managing modules centrally

•Audience input: sharing template and module practice

•Questions

Logistical landscape…

Logistical landscape - 5 campus locations

Logistical landscape - 5 campus locations- 2 learning technologists

Logistical landscape - 5 campus locations- 2 learning technologists- 7 schools offering expertise in 12 creative disciplines

Recording best practice across UCA…

Annual learning technology audit

Disseminating audit findings to Schools

FINDING STUFF!… getting lost… giving up…

Resources available at UCA

•30,000 DVDs, audio files & digital games•Archive of special collections & rare books•Artists books special collection•Athens: gateway to ejournals and databases•Books: over 300,000 printed/digital•eStream: TV & Radio broadcasts under license•Exhibition Catalogues special collection•Imagebank, VADS, •Journals: over 13,000 printed/digital•Library Catalogue•Multimedia: still/moving image & newspaper archives•Reading lists•Subscribed service to over 60 special collections

FINDING STUFF

and getting lost!

- overwhelmed

- unaware

- unskilled

- intimidated

- despair

- often give-up

Les Tuileries, Paris

The course template…

Course Templates help locate content

- minimum requirements - order and structure- consistency - prompts and guides

helps meet students’ expectations

Course Templates help locate content

helps meet students’ expectations

The module page…

Modules locating Library Resources

empowering staff

- tailored content

- subject specific

- oneClick

- direct

- no excuse

- sustainable

- centrally located

- working together

Modules for self-directed self-paced learning

empowering students

- updated centrally

- changed over time

- topical/trends

- reference point

- basic tool-kit

- value for money

Managing modules centrally…

Modules available for courses and units

empowering staff – enhancing student learning

Academic Support - Canterbury

Academic Support Contacts – Canterbury

Campus Technical Resources - Canterbury

Campus Technical Resources - Epsom

Campus Technical Resources - Farnham

Campus Technical Resources - Maidstone

Campus Technical Resources - Rochester

e-Journals for Architecture and Interiors

e-Journals for Fashion & Textiles

e-Journals for Film Production

e-Journals for Fine Art

e-Journals for Graphic Design

e-journals for Illustration

e-Stream TV & Radio

eStream TV/Radio: Animation

eStream TV/Radio: Architecture

eStream TV/Radio: Business, Marketing & Advertising

eStream TV/Radio: Design & Craft

eStream TV/Radio: Fashion & Textiles

eStream TV/Radio: Fashion Management & Marketing

eStream TV/Radio: FE Taster

eStream TV/Radio: Film Production

eStream TV/Radio: Fine Art

eStream TV/Radio: Graphic Design & Illustration

eStream TV/Radio: Journalism

eStream TV/Radio: Learning & Teaching

eStream TV/Radio: Media & Digital Arts

eStream TV/Radio: Performing Arts

eStream TV/Radio: Photography

Fashion Textiles: Research

Learning Support & Study Advice FE

Learning Support & Study Advice UG/PG

Lynda.com Tutorials

myUCA student induction video

Online Resources - Animation

Online Resources - Architecture & Interiors

Online Resources - Broadcast Media

Online Resources - Business Marketing and Advertising

Online Resources - Design & Craft

Online Resources - Fashion & Textiles

Online Resources - Film Production

Online Resources - Fine Art

Online Resources - Further Education

Online Resources - Graphic Design

Online Resources - Illustration

Online Resources - Media & Digital Arts

Online Resources - PG Cert Learning & Teaching

Online Resources - Photography

Referencing

Search the Library Catalogue

Search Library Catalogue

Search the Web

Study Abroad (Year 1) Consider This Option

Technicians at Canterbury

Top 10 Tools to Support Learning

Tutorials - Self Directed Learning

Keeping track and working together

advocating ownership and accountability

Collaborative ownership using Google Drive

Audience discussion:

- sharing template practice- sharing module practice- any questions?

Image Credits:Holly Randall, BA (Hons) Textiles for Fashion & Interiors – UCA Farnham