scholarly journals Can virtual seminars be used cost-effectively to enhance student learning?

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Halfpenny ◽  
Sonja Wellings
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
University Student ◽  
The Past ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Evaluation Of Teaching ◽  
Student Ratios ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

With the expansion of university student numbers over the past decade, deteriorating staiT-student ratios have necessitated a re-evaluation of teaching and learning practices. In general, the amount of direct contact between staff and students has diminished. Lecture audiences have grown larger and there is less opportunity within or immediately after lectures for interaction between students and lecturers. Seminars, classes and tutorials have also grown and they often have fifteen or more students in them, allowing on average only four minutes or fewer of active participation by each member over the course of an hour'sDOI:10.1080/0968776010090305 

scholarly journals Transforming information literacy conversations to enhance student learning: new curriculum dialogues

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-46
Author(s):  
Fiona A. Salisbury ◽  
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Sharon Karasmanis ◽  
Tracy Robertson ◽  
Jenny Corbin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Academic Information ◽  
Literacy Resources ◽  
Learning Conversations ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

Information literacy is an essential component of the La Trobe University inquiry/research graduate capability and it provides the skill set needed for students to take their first steps on the path to engaging with academic information and scholarly communication processes. A deep learning approach to information literacy can be achieved if students have an opportunity to build awareness of generic skills followed by practice in their discipline context. This article describes a collaborative model for developing and embedding information literacy resources within disciplines, that is based on Biggs and Tang's (2007) concept of constructive alignment, and that is suitable for implementation on an institutional scale. The article explores the application of the model through interviews with academics and concludes by providing a set of reflections on the importance of librarians taking an educationally theorised approach to both teaching and learning conversations related to information literacy and to the development of curriculum resources. All of which, need to be focused on collecting evidence of student learning outcomes.

scholarly journals General Education: Learning from the Past, Preparing for the Future

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Gersten
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Liberal Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Authentic Assessment ◽  
The Past ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
Assessment Of Student Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

This article explores the widening gap between business and societal needs and current general education curricula. Research is presented that documents gaps between projected needs of industry and current practices in postsecondary education especially in the general education areas. Positive efforts to close the gap are highlighted. Also highlighted are changing regulatory environments, some that support forward-thinking approaches to liberal education and others that revert to traditional educational practices. With a focus on adaptability and intentional teaching and learning, recommendations are presented for flexible curriculum, intentional pedagogy, and a backwards approach to the teaching-learning enterprise that begins with authentic assessment of student learning.

scholarly journals Developing Digital Literacies by Bridging Skills and Pedagogy: Case Study from a Centre for Enhancing Learning through Technology (CELT)

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Conboy ◽  
Sukhtinder Kaur ◽  
Julie Lowe ◽  
Ian Pettit ◽  
Rob Weale
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Effective Practices ◽  
Digital Literacies ◽  
Teaching Experiences ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

In 2011 the Centre for Enhancing Learning through Technology (CELT) was established at De Montfort University (DMU). The aim of the Centre is to work with staff and students to transform their learning and teaching experiences through the situated use of technologies (CELT, 2013). This case study offers an overview of the ways in which the CELT seeks to realise its vision in relation to the use of digital technologies for enhancing teaching and learning. In particular it seeks to ‘bridge the gap’ between digital ‘know how’ and the effective pedagogic implementation of digital technology as part of a curriculum. Key elements of the CELT strategy, and its ‘on the ground’ approaches to catalysing engagement and driving innovation in the use of digital technologies for teaching and learning will be detailed. This will include a series of examples of staff developmental projects that have sought to enhance student learning through the use of digital technologies. It is hoped that the case study will be of value in terms of highlighting effective practices and broader strategic approaches that may inform other practitioners who are interested in the use digital technologies for enhancing teaching and learning.

Using Learning Trajectories to Enhance Formative Assessment

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 368-372
Author(s):  
Caroline B. Ebby ◽  
Marjorie Petit
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Thinking ◽  
Learning Trajectories ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Interpretive Process ◽  
Improve Student Learning ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

Numerous research studies have shown that formative assessment is a classroom practice that when carried out effectively can improve student learning (Black and Wiliam 1998). Formative assessment is not just giving tests and quizzes more frequently. When assessment is truly formative, the evidence that is generated is interpreted by the teacher and the student and then used to make adjustments in the teaching and learning process. In other words, the formative assessment generates feedback, and that feedback is used to enhance student learning. Formative assessment is therefore fundamentally an interpretive process: It is less about the structure, format, or timing of the assessment and more about the function and use by both the teacher and student (Wiliam 2011). For teachers of mathematics, the heart of this process is making sense of and understanding student thinking in relation to content goals.

2008 APSA Teaching and Learning Track Summaries—Track Ten: Teaching Across the Discipline

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (03) ◽  
pp. 624-625
Author(s):  
Helen Boutrous ◽  
Cynthia Unmack
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Civic Leaders ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Innovative Techniques ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

The Teaching Across the Discipline track explored the ways in which political scientists can enhance student learning through innovative techniques that connect political science to other academic disciplines and co-curricular activities. Participants in the discussion agreed that using such techniques require instructors willing to take a risk. That risk, which may involve borrowing from other disciplines, sharing power with students in the classroom, requiring students to engage with civic leaders, pitting students in debate and competition with each other, and recognizing that political science does not exist in a vacuum, can have great rewards for students and faculty alike. Those rewards include students' true engagement in the learning process and with it enlightenment on political issues and theories; and for professors, the satisfaction of knowing that they have helped to bring their students “out of the cave.”

scholarly journals Age-Friendly Teaching and Learning: New Roles for Older Adults Across the Curriculum

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 547-547
Author(s):  
Kimberly Farah ◽  
Joann Montepare
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Older Learners ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

Abstract The pioneering Age-Friendly University (AFU) framework, with its set of ten guiding principles, advocates for enabling older adults to participate fully in educational activities that promote positive and healthy aging. In addition, the AFU principles call attention to bringing younger and older learners together around educational goals, and engaging learners in collaborative classroom experiences that facilitate the reciprocal sharing of expertise between learners of all ages. Implied, but not articulated, in these principles is the idea that older adults’ expertise, skills, and talents can also be tapped to support classroom learning goals and extend teaching strategies. This presentation will show how older adults can serve as valuable educational allies in classrooms across the curriculum with examples of crime scenario developers in a forensics class, conversation partners in an international oral communication class, and professional interviewers in an internship skills class. Evidence will argue that these roles enhance student learning.

Trends and Challenges of E-Assessment to Enhance Student Learning in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 1575-1595
Author(s):  
Lourdes Guàrdia ◽  
Geoffrey Crisp ◽  
Ivan Alsina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Assessment Activity ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

This chapter provides an overview of current e-assessment activity in Higher Education (HE) for those interested in improving their assessment practices. Despite substantial changes in HE teaching and learning strategies with the introduction of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), little effort has been made in the area of assessment, where traditional methods are still commonly used. ICT and computers are seen as a medium for supporting and guiding the whole learning process, but these options have not yet been fully explored. In view of this, we would like to review the trends and challenges of e-assessment to enhance student learning in future scenarios, taking into consideration several publications, cases and contributions from both the practice and research perspective.

Bring Your Own Devices classroom

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janak Adhikari ◽  
Anuradha Mathrani ◽  
Chris Scogings
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Learning Practices

Purpose Over the past few years, technology-mediated learning has established itself as a valuable pathway towards learners’ academic and social development. However, within the adoption stages of information and communications technology-enabled education, further questions have been raised in terms of equity of information literacy and learning outcomes. For the past three years, the authors have been working with one of the earliest secondary schools in New Zealand to introduce a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy. In this paper, the authors present the findings of a longitudinal investigation into the BYOD project, which offers new insights into the digital divide issues in the context of evolving teaching and learning practices across three levels, namely, digital access, digital capability and digital outcome. Design/methodology/approach This study is an empirically grounded longitudinal case research conducted over a three-year period in one secondary school in New Zealand. This research has included a number of methods, including surveys, interviews and classroom observations, to gather qualitative data from various stakeholders (teachers, students and parents). Findings The findings from the study of the BYOD project inform of digital divide issues in the context of evolving teaching and learning practices across formal and informal spaces. The authors explored how the BYOD policy has influenced existing divides in the learning process across three levels, namely, digital access, digital capability and digital outcome. The result sheds light on key issues affecting the learning process to contextualise factors in the three-level digital divide for the BYOD technology adoption process in classroom settings. Research limitations/implications The study presents findings from an ongoing investigation of one secondary school, an early adopter of the BYOD policy. While the authors have followed the school for three years, more in-depth studies on how teaching and learning practices are evolving across formal and informal spaces will be further qualified in the next stages of data collection. Originality/value The study contributes to new knowledge on how digital inclusion can be supported beyond mere access to meaningful use of technology to reinforce student learning and their overall skill development.

scholarly journals Defining OER-Enabled Pedagogy

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wiley ◽  
John Levi Hilton III
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
The Past ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
Open Educational Practices ◽  
The Many ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

The term “open pedagogy” has been used in a variety of different ways over the past several decades. In recent years, its use has also become associated with Open Educational Resources (OER). The wide range of competing definitions of open pedagogy, together with its semantic overlap with another underspecified term, open educational practices, makes it difficult to conduct research on the topic of open pedagogy. In making this claim we do not mean to cast doubt on the potential effectiveness of the many pedagogical approaches labeled open. In this article, rather than attempting to argue for a canonical definition of open pedagogy, we propose a new term, “OER-enabled pedagogy,” defined as the set of teaching and learning practices that are only possible or practical in the context of the 5R permissions that are characteristic of OER. We propose criteria used to evaluate whether a form of teaching constitutes OER-enabled pedagogy and analyze several examples of OER-enabled pedagogy with these criteria.

scholarly journals Between Knowing and Learning: New Instructors' Experiences in Active Learning Classrooms

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Phillipson ◽  
Annie Riel ◽  
Andy B Leger
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Student Centred Learning ◽  
The Impact

Over the past 20 years, interest in the impact of space on teaching and learning has grown, and higher education institutions have responded by creating Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs)—spaces designed to promote active, student-centred learning. While ALC research has explored teaching methods, student experience, and student learning, less is known about how teaching in these spaces affects instructors. We contribute to this discussion by investigating teachers’ educational development in these spaces. We asked new instructors to reflect on their ALC experiences, exploring their pre-course preparation and their perceptions about themselves, their students, and teaching and learning. Their reflections revealed key differences between knowing and learning: Although all participants knew about and were dedicated to student-centred pedagogy before teaching in the ALCs, teaching in these spaces prompted transformative learning through which they shifted both their behaviours and perceptions about student learning and about their own roles in the classroom. Au cours des 20 dernières années, l’intérêt consacré à l’impact de l’espace sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage a augmenté et les établissements d’enseignement supérieur ont répondu en créant des classes d’apprentissage actif (CAA) – des espaces consacrés à la promotion de l’apprentissage actif centré sur l’étudiant. Alors que la recherche portant sur les CAA a exploré les méthodes d’enseignement, l’expérience des étudiants et l’apprentissage des étudiants, on s’est moins intéressé à la question de savoir comment le fait d’enseigner dans ces espaces affectait les instructeurs. Nous contribuons à cette discussion en examinant le développement éducationnel des enseignants dans ces espaces. Nous avons demandé à de nouveaux instructeurs de réfléchir à leurs expériences en CAA, d’explorer leurs préparations avant les cours et leurs perceptions sur eux-mêmes, sur leurs étudiants et sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage. Leurs réflexions ont révélé des différences majeures entre savoir et apprendre : bien que tous les participants aient été au courant, avant d’enseigner dans une classe d’apprentissage actif, de la pédagogie centrée sur l’apprenant et y aient été dévoués, l’enseignement dans ces espaces a engendré un apprentissage transformateur qui a abouti à un changement à la fois dans leurs comportements et dans leurs perceptions sur l’apprentissage des étudiants ainsi que sur leurs propres rôles dans la salle de classe.

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