Active Learning in ComputerBasedInstruction

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Active Learning inComputer-Based-Instruction

• Edward Anderson
• Texas Tech University
• ASEE- 2007 Workshop

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Agenda

• Why active learning
• Computer-base-instruction examples
• Organizing your own lectures in audio over
  slide format working session
• Roman Taraban - assessment and what we have
  learned.

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Why Active Learning?

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Why active learning?

• Lecture Good CBI

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Why active learning?

• Poor CBI

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Why active learning?

• Breaks

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Why active learning?

• Immediacy Practice

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Why active learning?

• Immediacy Coaching

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Why active learning?

• Immediacy Coaching Results

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Why active learning?
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Examples

• Introduction to Thermodynamics
• Engineering Statics
• Material Science Laboratory
• Nos Vemos Project

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Your Turn Project

• Flash Software
• Ubiquitous
• Flexible
• Vendor-Independent
• Band Width Friendly
• Time Line Layer Metaphor
• Readily Learned
• Todays presentations become part of tomorrows
  course modules

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Your Turn Project

• Nos Vemos Engine is a good Starting Point
• Allows presentation of videos, audios, graphics
  and streaming text
• Engine written for content creator, not for
  programmer
• Navigation, streaming, and synchronization are
  automatic

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Your Turn Project

• Storyboard is the heart of the project
• Two Screen Formats
• Large Screen with Audio, Graphic, Streaming
  Text
• Small/Medium Screen with Audio, Graphic,
  Streaming Text

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Your Turn Project (Large Screen Format)

• See LARGE SCREEN WORKSHEET.DOC File

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Your Turn Project (Small/Medium Screen Format)

• See SM-MED SCREEN WORKSHEET.DOC File

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Your Turn Project

• Take some time to begin building your own
  storyboard
• Large and Sm/Med forms are in your packet
• I have additional forms if you need them

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Your Turn Project

• QUESTIONS OBSERVATIONS

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Your Turn Project - Production

• Audio Production
• Any audio recording and editing software that
  produces MP3 file is acceptable
• I prefer AUDACITY which is freeware.
• Available at http//audacity.sourceforge.net/ or
  search on audacity freeware
• Dont forget to install the separate MP3 DLL
  module.

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Your Turn Project - Production

• Graphics Production
• Any graphic editor that produces JPEG files will
  work
• I prefer Macromedia FIREWORKS
• Export Powerpoint slides as JPEGS and resize
  them with a graphic editor.
• There must be many other ways of producing JPEG
  graphics.

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Your Turn Project - Production

• Video Production
• Record Digital Video
• Edit with software such as Adobe PRIEMER
• Import video into Flash
• Publish from FLASH as a Flash movie (.SWF format)

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Your Turn Project - Production

• FLASH Production
• Use FLASH to prepare you Flash movie
• Publish the movie as a shockwave file (.swf)
• Time consuming
• Suggest that these be developed as student
  projects

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Your Turn Project File Organization

• Files can be all be placed in a single folder or
  a system of folders like shown here.
• HTML flash Movie files required for Web
• Flash player required for CD or Hard drive

• Module Map is always required

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Your Turn Project File Organization

• Place MP3 files in audio folder
• Place JPG files in Graphics folder
• Place SWF movies in Movies folder
• Load all files on a web server or local media

• One folder like this one for each learning module

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Your Turn Project -Sequencing

• ModuleMap.XML is the slide sequencing file
• This is an XML file using XML markup
• Edit only with a XML editor, like Macromedia
  Dreamweaver or a no-frills text processor like
  Notepad
• All markup tags must have an opening and closing
  tag and must be properly nested.
• Your storyboard is used to generate this file

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Your Turn Project -Sequencing

• SAMPLE MODULEMAP.XML FILE
• Anderson"
• Audios/a001.mp3
• Graphics/Scr001.jpg
• Buenos dias mi amigos!
• Audios/a002.mp3
• Graphics/Scr002.jpg
• Graphics/Scr002A.jpg
• First off

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Your Turn Project -Sequencing

• Write a ModuleMap.xml file for your storyboard

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Your Turn Project -Sequencing

• Questions Observations