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LT Board Workshop

• Developing Teaching on Blackboard
• Wednesday 14th December 2005
• 10.00 12.00 pm
• Boardroom, Colchester Avenue Campus

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• These data suggest Bb modules at UWIC have the
  following characteristics
• They are part of a blended approach (Bb is used
  to support face-to-face delivery)
• They support high levels of content delivery
  (particularly WORD documents)
• They make low use of multimedia (video and / or
  sound)
• They make low use of assessment and discussion
  boards
• They make low use of online submission
• The use of Blackboard at UWIC therefore confirms
  to the transmission mode of e-learning

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3 Models of e-learning at UWIC

• Transmission
• Transaction
• Transformation

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Examples of good practice

• Discussion Boards
• Formative Assessment
• Summative Assessment
• Multimedia

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SWOT Analysis of e-learning

• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats

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Strengths

• Access
• Distance learning (PT), placements, franchise
  students/staff
• Good student response
• Rich media, dynamic content
• Cost savings (photocopying), admin
• Enhancing student experience
• Interactive, keeping track
• Communication email, announcements (routine
  messages)

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Weaknesses

• Access (PC, skills, (not appropriate to subject,
  willingness, expectation)
• Student experience reduced (contact?)
• UWIC email
• Summative assessment (level 1)
• UWIC passwords
• Staff resisting (not appropriate to subject)
  -attitude
• Time and skills of staff / students
• Support (technical) franchise and the rest
• Enrolment - franchise

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Opportunities

• Formative assessment
• Tracking UWIC wide approach??
• PDP
• Interactivity
• Student evaluations (piloted EDU)
• Foundation degrees, employers as tutors, work
  based learning
• Encourage IT skills (employability)

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Threats/ issues

• Clunkiness of interface
• Changing technology mobile, wireless (but also
  opportunity)
• Attendance issues role of face2face lecture
  needs rethink
• Student learning patterns PT, working, local
• Facilities (Col Ave, How Gardens).
• Student Satisfaction Survey national
  comparisons.
• Internet access on halls of residence
• Staff facilities PCs, space
• IT server capacity
• Staff dev, and time for dev of materials on top
  of RDAPS
• Disaffected non-IT students Widening Access