Students as Producers of original learning content

Simon Bates Academic Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology Professor of Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy Senior Advisor Teaching and Learning !Firas Moosvi, Joss Ives, Georg Rieger Department of Physics and Astronomy !!

FL Open House - Students as Producers

PHYS101: Energy and Waves

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Bates / Charbonneau / Ives / Kotlicki !

3 sections of 250+ students per section !

Non-majors course, 3c of physics req for many

Motivation

PHYS101: Energy and Waves

PHYS101: Energy and Waves

PHYS101: Energy and Waves

PHYS101: Energy and Waves

PHYS101: Energy and Waves

Logistics !

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Cohort split into 4 groups !

Each week one group tasked with creating LOs !

Each submission counts for 2.5% of final grade !

Repeat cycle twice per Semester !

Students can submit >2 LOs & receive grade for best 2 !

Short survey on submission !

Students encourage to apply CC licenses !

Logistics

1 2 3

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Scaffolded via activities in tutorial sessions !

‘Example’ LO s (made by RA) !

Advice given on how to go about creating one

Logistics

Results: engagement

0 100 200 300

LO 1

LO 2

LO 3

LO 4

LO 5

LO 6

LO 7

LO 8

Number of students

AssignedOptional

Results: types of Los

PPTDOCPreziTed-EdPDFImageOther

Results: time on task

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Less than 0.5h

0.5 to 1 h

1 to 2h

2 to 3h

3 to 4h

4 to 5h

More than 5h

Number of students

Results: self reported change in understanding

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None

Little

Moderate

Good

Excellent

Number of students

0200400600800

Number of students

Results: examples

3. Successes

PHYS101: Energy and Waves

3. Successes

Coming next

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Incorporate LOs into next year’s course !

Repeat, other courses !

Publish best LOs