using elluminate ® to develop open university associate lecturers at a distance (the ou in the...
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Using Elluminate® to develop Open University Associate Lecturers at a distance (the OU in the North West)
Annie Eardley, Elke St John
Content of session
• Background information• Our project• Benefits of delivering training online & traps to
avoid• How to devise an effective session
Aims of Session• Understand the benefits & traps of online training• Identify pedagogical and technical aspects of
online training• Recognise key aspects of successful online
training
Staff Development for Associate Lecturers at the Open University
• Induction• Central briefings• Regional events (generic and faculty-based)• Online material
The OU in the North West
• 1000 Associate Lecturers• 15 000 students
Media of delivery• Face-to-face• Elluminate• Combined face-to-face & Elluminate
example
Previous events• Training on and about Elluminate
FamiliarisationImproverRole of teacherLearning StylesTeaching activities
• Generic trainingExploring TutorHomeMove to OutlookALs as role models for reflective practice (dual mode)
Planned events for 2011-12Title of event Venue
How to apply for a job f2f & Elluminate
Library training Elluminate
TutorHome workshop Elluminate
Handling expectations & conflicts F2f & Elluminate
Students with mental health issues Elluminate
Elluminate training
Familiarisation with Elluminate
Improver: Learning more tools in Elluminate
Teaching ideas with Elluminate
Elluminate
Ethics on social networking F2f & Elluminate
Challenges and opportunities of tutoring offender learners Elluminate
How to quickly adapt OU Open Learning resources for your students.
F2f & Elluminate
Planned events for Languages ALs workshop title
Meet the HoD
'Projet Aquitaine: the OU's involvement in an international distance language learning project'
Teaching cultural competence in language learning
Supporting Language students within the Autism spectrum
Blended teaching and the changing role of the language tutor
Establishing and maintaining a relationship with your students
VLE 2.0 – what is in it for the language tutors?
Teaching through assessment
Giving audio-visual feedback to your students with Jing
Differentiation project
Teaching Pronunciation
Mobile Learning Project
Using assignment feedback to good effect
“Where did I save that file? – organising your electronic documents and resources”.
Benefits of online SD events
• Improve performance of tutors when teaching on Elluminate
• Reach a bigger cohort of ALs• Make ALs more confident with technology• Can be run simultaneously with a face-to-face
session
Traps to avoid before session
• Send out pre-training information, e.g. podcasts Top tips ; Audio set-up ; Accessing room
• Set-up forum for questions R08-TRAINING• Stress that it is online training• Emphasise that headset is necessary
How to devise an effective sessionPedagogical Issues
1.adapting the f2f teaching skills
2.non-verbal communication
3.raising hands
4.time issue
5.silence (especially with smaller groups)
6.class room management
7.follow-up with forum discussion
8.participant workspace necessary
How to devise an effective session
Technical Issues
1.multitasking technical aspects necessary
2.text chat
3.keep training simple
4.create a safe learning environment
Reflection on our experience
• Laughter in sessions/humour• Not making assumptions• Recording of training
do we need an Elluminetiquette?certain classroom ethics can be developed
Our experience within existing research
• Situated learning (e.g. Lave et al.) : i.e. training is not useful if not carried out on Elluminate
• Learning by doing (e.g. Brown et al.)• Participatory approach (e.g. C McLoughlin builds
confidence)
Conclusion: lessons learnt
• Initial reluctance needs to be overcome therefore: extended programme ALs have to move through
• Training not useful as a one-off, Als need workspace to follow up