Elearning: Teaching learning and evaluating the knowledge'

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E-learning Teaching learning and evaluating the
knowledge.

• Jorge Jiménez
• Dept. of Mathematics
• University of Oviedo (SPAIN)

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INTRODUCTION

• Showing different methods
• Not teaching them
• The course in Gijón (University of Oviedo) can be
  about more interesting methods

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Where is the University of Oviedo?
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G9 GROUP
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G9 GROUP

• Free choice courses
• Laws and taxes in the new economy
• Technological basis of the e-company
• Society of the information and the e-company
• Interactive marketing and electronic commerce

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INDEX

• Teaching
• Learning
• Evaluating the knowledge

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TEACHING

• Theory
• Exercises
• Homework
• Autoevaluation test
• Tutorial, chat and forum

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TEACHING-Theory

• Classroom notes published in the web page in PDF
  format
• This was the first step of nearly all people.

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TEACHING-Theory

• The video-bin projection files on the web page.
• This is the second step.

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TEACHING-Theory

• The video-bin projection files with sound on the
  web page
• PowerPoint with sound
• Beamer with sound
• Others

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TEACHING-Theory

• Another method is to make a video movie with the
  lesson
• Put video movies into the video bin projection
  files
• Real time lesson by multivideoconference

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TEACHING-Exercises

• Classroom notes published in the web page in PDF
  format
• This was the first step of nearly all people.

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TEACHING-Exercises

• The video-bin projection files with sound on the
  web page
• PowerPoint with sound
• Beamer with sound
• Others

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TEACHING-Exercises

• Another method is to make a video movie with the
  solution
• Put video movies into the video bin projection
  files
• Real time lesson by multivideoconference

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TEACHING-Homework

• On the web page they usually have weekly or
  fortnightly homework
• They have to send a PDF file by e-mail or
  directly on the web page.
• Sometimes they have to show the homework to all
  the students by multivideoconference.

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TEACHING-Autoevaluation

• On the web page they usually have weekly
  autoevaluation test
• It is like a little exams about the material of
  the week
• They solve the exercises and send the results
  directly from the web page
• They obtain the mark immediately

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TEACHING-Tutorials

• In the forum of the course
• In the chat of the course, so several students
  can take part in the discussion at the same time
• Multivideoconference, the same as chat but with
  sound and pictures

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LEARNING

• Theory
• Exercises
• Homework
• Autoevaluation test
• Tutorial, chat and forum

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LEARNING

• Same aspects than teaching
• Point of view of the student
• Weekly schedule for the course
• Look for the weekly material

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LEARNING

• Make the weekly or fortnightly homework
• Make the weekly autoevaluation test
• Make consults to the teacher

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EVALUATING

• AUTOEVALUATION TEST
• WEEKLY HOMEWORK
• FINAL EXAM

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EVALUATING
AUTOEVALUATION TEST

• Simple web page test
• Random web page test
• PDF test with a code

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EVALUATING
PDF TEST

• Do test at the same time
• Videoconference with the teacher
• Introduce some personal details
• Introduce the test code
• Begin to solve the test
• Send the solution

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EVALUATING
PDF TEST FINISH

• Receive the mark of the test
• Receive the actual mark of the course (absolute
  and relative mark)
• Receive his position in the rank of the course

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Web page
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Web page
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EVALUATING
Homework

• Its the same than regular courses
• They present the PDF file in the web page or by
  e-mail
• Evaluation of the PDF file must be done by the
  teacher.

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EVALUATING
Final exam

• Usual final exam (only 1-day in the whole year)
• Similar exam to autoevaluation test done in a
  classroom of the university
• Similar exam to autoevaluation test from home

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EVALUATING
Exam from home

• Register previously the IP Number
• Fill some personal details
• Videoconference during the exam
• Record the exam locally (in progress)

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EVALUATING
Procedure of the Exam

• Student initiate session
• Student goes to exam web page an introduce some
  personal details
• Computer check the IP Number
• Computer check the personal details
• Student start the videoconference

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EVALUATING
Procedure of the Exam

• Teacher checks all students are ready and all is
  correct
• The teacher lets the exam begin
• The student download the PDF file and introduce
  the code
• The student send the results by web

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EVALUATING
Procedure of the Exam

• Depending on the exam, the student receive the
  mark instantly
• They receive the mark of the course and position
  in the rank

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SOFTWARE

• WebCT
• Moodle
• Variant of Moodle improved by the University of
  Oviedo