Using Technology to Enhance Learning in the Classroom

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Using Technology to Enhance Learning in the
Classroom

• Research Project
• Dr. Bill Muirhead and Eva Sunny

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Introduction

• CLOE
• Definition of Learning Object (LO)
• Peer-review process
• CLOE face-to-face meeting at Nipissing
• Challenges of the current peer-review process
• Online course for new faculty members on Teaching
  Learning
• Faculty videos
• Student videos
• Toshiba Tablet Project
• Coding in NVivo

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Learning Object - Definition

• What is a Learning Object (LO)?
• Defined differently by various LO repositories
• CLOE defines a learning object as "any digital
  entity designed to meet a specific learning
  outcome that can be reused to support learning"
  
• Source http//learnware.uwaterloo.ca/projects/C
  CCO/cloe_about_def.html
• Ex Learning Object

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What is it?

• Co-operative Learning Object Exchange (CLOE)
• A database (hosted by the University of Waterloo)
  containing Learning Objects (LOs) submitted by
  different universities and colleges across
  Ontario and Memorial University
• Goal A fair exchange of academic content

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Peer-review process

• Author submits LO to CLOE database
• LO goes through an evaluation process
• LO is then passed on to the Editor-in-chief
• Two instructional design reviewers (IDRs) and two
  subject matter experts (SMEs) review the LO
• Link to CLOE Website

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Nipissing face-to-face meeting

• Face-to-face meeting hosted by Nipissing
  University in North Bay
• Discussed many items including challenges to the
  current peer-review system

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Challenges 1

• Lack of reward for reviewers
• Novelty of Learning Objects
• Lack of time
• Lack of self-identified competence (i.e. lack of
  training)
• Awkwardness of the paper-based process
• How to define a learning object
• Source Muirhead, B. (2005). Peer Review
  Challenges Opportunities. Where do we go now?
  Or what is the problem to which Peer Review is
  the solution? Nipissing Face-to-Face Meeting.

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Challenges 2

• Review criteria is not designed specifically for
  Instructional Design Reviewers (IDR) or Subject
  Matter Experts (SME)
• Misunderstanding of terms in Review Form
• Confusion about why we peer review LO
• Just another Web-based stuff
• Most dont understand the importance of LO
• Source Muirhead, B. (2005). Peer Review
  Challenges Opportunities. Where do we go now?
  Or what is the problem to which Peer Review is
  the solution? Nipissing Face-to-Face meeting.

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What peer-review can be like
Source Retrieved August 9, 2005 from
lthttp//www-hsc.usc.edu/kjkim/peer_review.jpggt
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Online Course for New Faculty

• Office of the Associate Provost involved in new
  faculty orientation
• Designing the web course in WebCT
• Be an example to new faculty members of how their
  courses might look like
• Multimedia assets

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My role in designing the web course

• Creating multimedia resources for the new faculty
  members to view
• Interviewed faculty and students with Dr. Bill
  Muirhead
• Edited the videos in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5
• Link to Video file

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Topics discussed in videos

• Videos covered various topics such as
• Importance of Teaching and Learning
• Using Silicon Chalk in the classroom
• Teaching with Camtasia Studio
• Interaction with students
• Tips for teaching large classes
• Teaching asynchronously with technology
• Using Tablet PC for teaching
• Problem-based learning
• Teaching hybrid courses

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Other research projects

• Coding for Toshiba Tablet PC Project in NVivo
• Conducting literature review on Tablet PCs
• Conducting literature review on LO peer review
  process

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Questions?