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Making the most of Moodle - Designing for learning
Barbara Macfarlan, Education Designer
Assoc/Prof Ros Gleadow, Co-ordinator
Rationale
Unit enhancement:
• Constructive alignment• Formative assessment and feedback• Pre-class activities• Active learning
SCI2010 Scientific practice and communication• Ready for review• Course had been added to over many years• Volunteered to go first
Unit enhancement in practice
Alignment – learning outcomes to assessment and class activities
Formative assessment work aligned to in-class
work, timely feedback Pre-class – Choice, forums, video introductions to
topic Active learning - Group discussion, project work,
problem solving, voting systems, guest speakers
Designing for learning creates an “…environment and conditions within which the students find themselves motivated and enabled to learn.”
Laurillard, 2012, p.66
Designing for learning
Laurillard, D. (2012). Teaching as a design science: building pedagogical patterns for learning and teaching. NY. Routledge.
Before
What do I have to do?
Where are the assessments?
■Organisation / Structure■Aesthetic design■Design consistency and
functionality■Content is sequenced and
structured
Can be applied to any online teaching and learning context to create an inviting and engaging learning environment that is based on sound pedagogic principles.
Learning design principles
■Headings ■Write introductions ■Create a context■Write clear instructions
“Whatever medium is used for a text, its meaning is revealed through its structure” (Laurillard, 2012, p.112)
Organisation / Structure
■Visually appealing■Clean and uncluttered■Consider page layout■Use images and icons to
guide the learner
Aesthetic design
Sign post learning activity
Standardise your format and write clear instructions
■Be consistent ■Logical learning
pathway■Instructions for the
learner– How to do an activity– How to move to the
next section– Is this part completed?
Design consistency and functionality
Contextualise the learning
■Write introductions■Engage the learner
– Choice
■Learning activities– Forum, RSS feeds
■Reflection– Weekly or topic
questions for reflection
■Check understanding– Weekly Quizzes
Content is sequenced and structured
How does this work in practice?
Week 5: Can we avoid self deception?
Choice: Pre-class activity
113 responses
Response to the Choice activity
Learning materials for this topic
Pseudoscience 1
Introduction
Learning activities
Reflection
Moodle book
Activity blocks
Activity variety RSS feeds Library
Student responses to layout
Moodle page layout and how it was used was great. I wish all my subjects used it that effectively. (Student feedback, May 2015)
The wealth of information was separated clearly and easy to understand. It made the task … much less daunting... (Student feedback, May 2015)
Student responses to layout
…. I like the science alerts [RSS feeds]… (Student feedback, May 2015)
Student responses to What’s on links
I didn't really like it, sorry. The "What’s on this week" link was the most useful part of the design, because it allowed you to see a summary of everything on that week. (Student feedback, May 2015)
I liked the link to ‘what's on this week' … easy to find the assignment/tutorial/ lecture resources …very inviting with the colours…” (Student feedback, May 2015)
PowerPoint slides encourage consumption
“it’s very difficult to quickly acquire the meat of a lecture without spending a full hour listening to the recording”-Student feedback 2014
Student responses
• Lecture attendance (anecdotally) is up
Clear design shifts the focus to learning
Less of “What are we supposed to know from this lecture?”
More of “Just wanted to clarify one of the examples given … in
the lectures.”
Your lectures were always a highlight of my Wednesdays! (Student email, May 2015)
Acknowledgements
FundingFaculty of Science
School of Biological Sciences
Better Teaching, Better Learning
The SCI2010 team
Melissa Honeydew & Ash Hibbert
See their presentation:
Making the most of Moodle: QuizzesTuesday 15.30-17.00 in Theatre S5
Questions
Contact details
Barbara [email protected]@barbmac_eales
Assoc/Prof Ros [email protected] @rosgleadow