increase student motivation (and reduce cheating) using moodle and mahara
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Increase student motivation (and reduce cheating) using Moodle and
Mahara
2015 Moodle-Mahara Meetup
Allison [email protected]
16 April 2015
Slides available at
slideshare.net/vanguardvisions
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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-Resumebit.ly/AM-Profile
Get to know your students by finding out more
about them
Use real and applied assessment tasks
bit.ly/AM-AssessAct
Real and applied (learning-centred) approaches
Individual Learning Plans
Action/Project based learning
Problem seeking & solving learning (Design thinking)
Work-based/Situated/Authentic learning
Service learning
Peer/Collective (Tribe/Gang) learning
Professional Learning Communities /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
Eportfolio activity in Australia
Australian Mahara User
Group
Do we need one?
17 April
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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