Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Evaluation feedback
I have now received feedback about the evaluation in the interim report which has given me some food for thought. Students who would be willing to keep a Blog were identified by the course tutors, but as yet there is no progress in this area. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the last project team meeting, due to illness, so I was unable to follow up on the progress of this.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Electronic Discussion forums
I have set up discussion forums for both the Higher and Advanced Diploma courses.
Although I had already set up a forum for the Higher Diploma last term, only one tutor had contributed to it and when I checked, the topic was not available to students, so it was not suprising that there were no posts! I have now made sure that it is available.
In each course there is a discussion area for staff only (which is hidden from students) and one for students and staff. I want staff to be able to comment freely on different aspects of using the learner portal to deliver the Diploma, hence the staff only discussion. To date there have been no posts added in either forum on either course! Hmmm! - maybe the next step is to go into the classroom in order to encourage the students to add a post. I will use the upcoming training session on 2nd November to encourage the staff to do the same.
Although I had already set up a forum for the Higher Diploma last term, only one tutor had contributed to it and when I checked, the topic was not available to students, so it was not suprising that there were no posts! I have now made sure that it is available.
In each course there is a discussion area for staff only (which is hidden from students) and one for students and staff. I want staff to be able to comment freely on different aspects of using the learner portal to deliver the Diploma, hence the staff only discussion. To date there have been no posts added in either forum on either course! Hmmm! - maybe the next step is to go into the classroom in order to encourage the students to add a post. I will use the upcoming training session on 2nd November to encourage the staff to do the same.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
A lull in the proceedings
I have not posted to my Blog for some weeks now. Summer holidays came (and are now a distant memory) and we have been very busy implementing the new Learner Portal across the College. I have been heavily involved in training for the wider college and this has taken a large proportion of my time.
A meeting took place at the beginning of October with the course leaders of the two IT diploma courses and this provided an opportunity for me to outline what I need from them. As a result of this meeting we are planning to do some more training in the use of the PDP and other aspects of using Moodle tools such as submitting assignments electronically. I need to ensure that all staff are using these tools effectively in order to properly evaluate the effects of their use.
A meeting took place at the beginning of October with the course leaders of the two IT diploma courses and this provided an opportunity for me to outline what I need from them. As a result of this meeting we are planning to do some more training in the use of the PDP and other aspects of using Moodle tools such as submitting assignments electronically. I need to ensure that all staff are using these tools effectively in order to properly evaluate the effects of their use.
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