nancy kerner, brenda gunderson, and more the university of michigan innovative use of merlot
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Nancy Kerner, Brenda Gunderson, and more
The University of Michigan
Innovative Use of MERLOT
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Outline
• The Challenge
• The Barriers
• The Proposed Solution
• The Outcomes
• The Impact
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The Challenge
To improve undergraduate education by integrating quality cross-discipline and course-specific Learning Objects
(LOs) into undergraduate courses
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What BARRIERS do you perceive to using technology in teaching or learning?
Don’t know how to implement
Extra work, little connection
Takes too much time
I spend too much time on it
Students don’t know how to use it
Don’t have tech support
Too complicated
Too expensive
I don’t have the skills
Doesn’t work on my computer
Low Barrier High Barrier
http://carat.umich.edu/carat/itsurs/2005_survey
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The Proposed Solution
• Educate graduate students across disciplines to access, evaluate, design LOs; and to create quality course-specific and cross-discipline LO collections.
• Graduate students disseminate theseLO collections and designed LOs to relevant faculty for integration into undergraduate courses
The trainee becomes the trainer
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The Proposed Solution:Unique Collaborative Approach
Graduate StudentTeacher(s)
Faculty/Staff Mentor(s)
+MERLOT
Faculty
• Interest in tech + pedagogy• Train to find and critically
evaluate online LOs• Train to author and package
LOs for classroom use
• MERLOT knowledgeable• Guidance on best
practices for enhancing teaching and learning
• Provide schedule of topics and concepts
• Provide insight on muddy points and desirable LOs
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The Proposed Solution:Why MERLOT collaboration?
• LO resource growing exponentially • LO evaluation criteria• Grape Camp reviewer training• Ability to submit LOs and
create LO collections • Power of affiliation with a global
teaching and learning community
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5. Produce MERLOT review6. Create course LO collection7. Training: designing LOs8. Implementation of LOs
The Proposed Solution:Training & Implementation Process
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4
Month 5
Month 6
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1.Introductions and start of monthly meetings2.UM workshops (Enriching Scholarship)3.MERLOT Grape Camp4.Interview Faculty regarding needs
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Rushing is not an option
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The Outcomes:Access, Evaluate, Start LO Collections
Months 3 and 4:• MERLOT Grape Camp completed• Faculty from targeted courses
interviewed regarding LO needs• LO course-specific collections
in process of being built
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The Outcomes:Faculty LO Preferences (Psychology)
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A Personal Collection of Peer Reviewed LOs
on MERLOT
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An Innovative End of Term Assignment• Intro Psych students pick own “muddiest point”
• Student = para-peer reviewer found, reviewed, recommended LO to address muddiest point
• Students submitted mini-review of LO and recommendation for why and how to implement in course
Para-Peer Reviewers
The Outcomes:Unique Discipline-Specific Collection Building
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The Outcomes:Unique Discipline-Specific Collection Building
Students recommended many quality LOspreviously overlooked or undiscovered
Pavlov’s Dog- A classical conditioning simulationCataloged in: Science&Technology/Biology/Zoology
Mouse Party- A simulation for examining the effect of common illicit drugs at the synaptic level Cataloged in: Science&Technology/Chemistry/Biochemistry
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The Outcomes: Integration of Collections and Individual LOs
• Entire Collection available within course– Listing based on course objectives
– Provided within syllabus or on website
• Individual LOs integrated within course– Choice based on needs vs type of learning object
– Choice focused on LOs that address difficult concepts or skills
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Collection Listing for Student Use in Course
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Atomic Structure:
• First 11 Elements
• Interactive Discussion
• In Depth Discussion
• Interactive Presentation
Balancing Equations:
• Practice Calculator
Math:
•In Depth Discussion
Periodic Table:
•In Depth Discussion
• Interactive PT
• Interactive Trends
•Interactive PT
Bonding::
• Interactive Presentation
• Electron Density
• Structure of Matter
Water:
• Interactive Presentation
Chemistry 125 Background LOs
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The Outcomes: IntegrationUsing The Imperfect LO (Statistics)
• Many excellent LOs have flaw (inconsistent notation, lack of directions) poor as standalone resource.
• How can an imperfect LO be incorporated into class?
• By “packaging” the resource, instructor can guide students’ interaction with imperfect LO.
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The Excellent, But Imperfect LO from Statistics
The Outcomes: Integration Using The Imperfect LO (Statistics)
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The Outcomes: Integration Using The Imperfect LO (Statistics)
The Packaged LOSee more tomorrow 10-10:30 San Simeon
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The Outcomes: Design of Learning Objects
• LO Unavailable? Design an LO:– 1: Identify Curriculum Need– 2: Select Relevant Content– 3: Choose Type of Material– 4: Design LO Layout– 5: Create Layout Posters
• Produce the LO– Faculty/staff mentor or student studying programming
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Some typical lectures….
Hurray for
Dynamics!
Quantumis
FUN Harmonic Oscillator Phase Space Free Particle Wavepacket Spread
But what
does the time
dependence look like?
The Outcomes: Integration Bringing Lectures to Life (Quantum Physics)
Created LOs to show what time dependence looks like
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The Outcomes: Integration Making Homework Interactive (Quantum Physics)
Guided tutorial style homework
Created an LO and ‘packaged’ it into guided HW
See more tomorrow 10-10:30 Santa Clara
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The Outcomes: Cross-disciplinary LO Collection
• Success in any course demands a solid foundation in a variety of basic academic skills
What exactly is a “research paper”?
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The Outcomes: Cross-Disciplinary LO Collection
• Freshman typically have had little experience with writing a research paper
• Use of internet search engines often results in students citing unprofessional sources where anyone can post information
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The Outcomes: Cross-disciplinary LO Collection
• Cross-discipline “seed” collection of 15 LOs –Collection built from common cross-discipline
(chemistry, psychology, and statistics) topics and LO choices
• 2nd Generation collection in development–Additional disciplines (math, languages,
physics, writing) provide input
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The Impact
Intro Stats
3000 students
Intro Chemistry2900 students
Intro Psych800 students
Calculus I, II, III3000 students
Intro Physics1200 students
Spanish
200 students
Composition1500 students
Year One Total = 5100 students
Year One + Year Two = 12,000 students
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Thank You to …
UM Team Members– Nancy Kerner– Brenda Gunderson– Brian Malley– Dave Childers– Jay Holden– Joel Vaughn– Porscha McRobbie – Kira Gallagher– Damian Khan– Noah Gardner– Tanya Breault– Adena Rottenstein
UM Support– Victor Wong– Lynne Crandall– Chase Masters
MERLOT
And YOU … for coming
Any Questions?