increase student motivation (and reduce cheating) using mahara
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Increase student mo2va2on (and reduce chea2ng) using Mahara
Mahara Hui 15
Allison Miller [email protected]
10 April 2015
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E-learning = flexibility
E-assessment = cheating
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“best means we have to reduce cheating is to increase
motivation and learning” (Lang 2013 via Morris, 2014, An Australian guide to the risk management of VET online e-assessment)
Ways to increase motivation (= reduce cheating)
(Morris, 2014)
activities which help you interact with students
variety of assessments which are real and applied
peer activities for students to interact and learn from each other
self-assessment activities to understand why they are learning something
Get to know your students by finding out more about them
bit.ly/AM-Resume bit.ly/AM-Profile
Use real and applied assessment tasks
bit.ly/AM-AssessAct
Real and applied (learning-‐centred) approaches
Individual Learning Plans
Ac9on/Project based learning
Problem seeking & solving learning (Design thinking)
Work-‐based/Situated/Authen9c learning
Service learning
Peer/Collec9ve (Tribe/Gang) learning
Professional Learning Communi9es /PLNs (Circles)
Informal/Just-‐in-‐Time/Social/Self-‐organised learning
Scenario-‐based learning
Others?
Include peer activities
Support self-assessment
bit.ly/AM-Journal
It’s win-win - Assessment + Apply for Job etc
bit.ly/C-Lemoine
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It’s a win-‐win -‐ Learners learn how to learn (& not just get feed the content)
Find this document at: bit.ly/MaharaEgs
Lots of examples and resources
EporMolio ac9vity in Australia
Australian Mahara User Group
Do we need one?
17 April
Adelaide
moodlemaharameetup.org
2015 Moodle-Mahara Meet-up Thinking outside the Box
16 April
University of South Australia, Adelaide
moodlemaharameetup.org
2015 Eportfolio Forum & Workshops Standing out from the crowd
30 September-1 October 2015
Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus, Perth, Western Australia
eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/forums/2015-eportfolio-forum-home-page/
Previous Eportfolio Forums and Workshops
Great resources available
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