gregynog2011 au gwella
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Aberystwyth University's presntation on the Gwella project for Gregynog 2011TRANSCRIPT
Student Feedback:Learner experience study focussing on technology-enhanced learning
Mary Jacob, Johanna Westwood, Kate Wright
Aims and outcomes
Enhance Engage
Knowledge Practice
Understand ‘them’
Improve learning
experience
Methods
Online/Paper Surveys
Focus groups
Who took part?
• 233 Prospective students
• 466 Current on-campus students
• 29 Current distance learning students
What difference has this made?
• Learning styles• Staff training
Learning preferences• VARK– Visual – Aural– Reading/writing– Kinaesthetic
• Neil Fleming• http://www.vark-learn.c
om/english/index.asp
Learning Preferences Questions
• When you are learning a new academic topic, how important is it for you to … –hear it explained?
– see it depicted visually (for example, using pictures, diagrams, demonstrations, etc.)?
–have a go at doing something yourself (for example, physically doing an experiment, manipulating data in a spreadsheet, practicing a skill, etc.)?
– read about it?
Essential
Very im
portant
Somewhat im
portant
Not nece
ssary
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
Learning preferences Current students
AuralVisualKinaestheticReading-writing
Learning Preferences
Preference Essential or Very important
Aural 83.3%Reading-writing 80.3%
Visual 72.3%Kinaesthetic 69.1%
69.1% said ‘Doing’ was essential
or very important
Learning Preferences
Aural Reading-writing Visual Kinaesthetic0.00%
20.00%
40.00%
60.00%
80.00%
100.00%
Consolidated - Essential or Very important
Student Comments
• Students who self-identified learning styles in the free-text box did so in the following sequence:– Mixed learning style– Kinaesthetic learning style– Reading-writing learning style– Visual learning style– Aural learning style
Learn how to use it [technology] properly.
I prefer group study (or peer to peer studying) rather than individual work.
Make lectures as varied as possible, with video, audio, pictures, moving diagrams etc.
I cannot learn parrot fashion - if I don't understand something I won't remember it! Simply being read to, with little interactivity, is unlikely to work well.
I do not have a preferred learning style, I am a visual, audio and kinisthetic learner.
I like them to be very interactive
I like writing wiki-articles on topics of my interest, which also puts new stuff in order and I remember it for a very long time.
“GIVE LECTURERS A COURSE ON HOW TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVELY”
What recommendations would you give your tutors to use technology more effectively for your learning?
What have we done?
•13 courses offered to staff
•Recommend to PGCTHE candidates
•Includes online assessment, Web 2.0 tools, and digital audio/video
Staff Development
•One-to-one or small group consultations
•Available to all staff
Consultations
•Predominantly Blackboard training
•Try to include pedagogical advice wherever possible
Hands-on training
Building on Gwella JISC Building Capacity
Nexus
Peer Support
What have WE learnt?• Use all four learning modes
• Help tutors use technology effectively
• Engage students actively in learning
• Don’t underestimate our students or tutors
Where next?
Follow our adventures on:
nexus.aber.ac.uk