CTLE 2019 Half-Day Faculty Development Workshop onDigital-Age Learning
Session C: UMX: Challenges and Opportunities (Part II)
11:15 – 12:15
Moderator: Katrine WONG
SPOC
CISC1000 Information Technology Fundamentals and Practices
Miguel GOMES DA COSTA Junior
Teng LAM
Kam Hou VAT
Derek Fai WONG
MOOC
Creativity
Davood GOZLI
Michael LI
Katrine WONG
More information on MOOCs at UM
Point of contact: CTLE
Advice and support can be provided by CTLE
• E.g., can help liaise with service
provider, XuetangX
Enquiries: Katrine WONG, [email protected]
CTLE 2019 Half-Day Faculty Development Workshop on Digital-Age Learning (Part II)
Session D: Lessons on Revamping Large Classes with Technology
12:15 – 13:15 16 January 2019 University of Macau
Lessons from Revamping a Large GE CourseProf. Yisu Zhou (FED)
What's New with Student Response Systems, Google Forms, Poll
Everywhere, and Rain Classroom
Dr. Chris Fulton (CTLE)
Moodle Tools for Large Class Sizes: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Prof. Garry Wong (FHS)
What's New with Student Response Systems: Google Forms, Poll Everywhere, and Rain Classroom Dr. Chris Fulton (CTLE)
Outline
1. Popular student response systems at UM
2. New features
3. How these systems are used
Popular student response systems at UM
Top 6 response systems used by academic staff (2018, n=58)
New Feature in Poll Everywhere
Competitions* with multiple-choice quizzes
Used to generate interest and discussion, and anonymous formative assessment
Questions about the syllabus Common misconceptions**
Polls are now limited to 25-40 students
More information:
* https://blog.polleverywhere.com/new-activity-competitions/
**Verkade et al. (2017). Misconceptions as a trigger for enhancing student learning in higher education: A handbook for educators.
https://youtu.be/J7DHY6kxg5I
How Google Forms are used…
Survey students’ expectations (collect feedback);
student profile questionnaire
level of English
best time for office hours
when to use laptops/phones
Mid-term feedback survey;
What can the students do to improve the class?
What can the instructor do to improve the class?
Activity: Google Forms
Scan a QR code
Students answer one short answer question
Teachers view responses in real time
https://go.um.edu.mo/eev0v8hv
Demo: Google Forms
Short answer questions,
Exit ticket template
Multiple-choice questions,
Assessment template
Q&A
How Rain Classroom works (simplified)
1. A teacher creates slides and questions in PowerPoint
2. Links WeChat account to PowerPoint
3. Uploads PPT to WeChat
4. A teacher starts the enhanced PPT for students
5. Students scan a QR code with WeChat to launch a Rain Classroom mini-program
6. Students navigate the RC mini-program to see slides and answer questions
7. Teachers see results on their phone in the RC mini-program, or in PowerPoint
New Feature in Rain Classroom
Happy to help
Contact me for individual assistance
• Choosing a SRS
• Setting up activities/technologies
CTLE Half-Day Faculty
Development Workshop
MOODLE TOOLS FOR LARGE CLASS SIZES: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
PROF. GARRY WONG, FHS
JANUARY 16, 2019
The Class: GEST1002 Quantitative
Reasoning for Social Sciences
Class Description: GEST1002 Quantitative Reasoning for Social
Sciences, Required General Education course for FSS, FED, FAH students
Class Size: 2 Sections of 300 each = 600 students
Teachers: 3 (Prof. Terence Poon, Prof. Vivien Wang, Prof. Wong)(FHS)
Moodle Tools Used:
Management - Announcements, Gradebook, Participants
Activities - Attendance, Assignment, Quizzes
Resources - Files
The Good
Attendance, Participants,
Announcements, Resources, Quizzes
The Good
Attendance, Participants,
Announcements, Resources, Quizzes
The Good
Attendance, Participants,
Announcements, Resources, Quizzes
The Bad
Gradebook
The UGLY
The Summary
Thanks for your attention !
Teachers and Teaching Assistants GEST1002 Course 2018/2019-1