Entries from June 2006
I’m impressed with the problem based learning approach that is being used here in the Faculty of Dentistry, and feel privileged to be working Leandra Best, who works closely with faculty, tutors, and students in implementing this approach. One of the projects we are currently working on is moving some pieces of PBL tutor training online, and doing so in a way that will be engaging and inspiring for prospective tutors.
Of course, we’ve done the obligatory google searching to see what other institutions might be doing online, but we haven’t really turned up anything. So, this post is an appeal for input–if your institution is doing some part of PBL training online, we’d appreciate it if you could please make use of the comment box and send us a link or tell us a bit about it.
Categories: Teaching and Learning
It seems that despite almost 10 years of research and practice with educators using online discussion in their classes, there is still lots to talk about regarding issues and challenges of this type of interaction.
Recently at OLT we brought together some instructors from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems who are using online discussion in their courses. Here is an audio file of the discussion if you want to listen in.
We found a few potentially interesting resources to share on the subject and put them into a wiki.
Feel free to share your own ideas, suggestions and strategies for engaging students and facilitating effective discussions online.
Categories: Uncategorized
The nice thing about participating in workshops is that it forces you to update your resources and general knowledge about what is out there. Jan, kele, and I prepared a 2 hour version of our original 6 hour workshop on Digital Tools for Feedback and Assessment at the ETUG gathering last week, and in the process did some well-needed updating to the wikis that link the resources we talk about in the presentation. We moved them off the old careo server, so all the URLs have changed, and we added a few extra pages as well.
Unlike the workshop we do for the UBC audience, this one pushed us to locate tools that were available to everybody, and not just the UBC community. Most of the tools we talked facilitate peer feedback and group work, but some participants were looking for tools that provide computer generated feedback. Therefore I’ve included 2 new wiki pages for Concept Tutor and Quiz Image, two of my favorites from the Engage group at the University of Wisconsin.
The starting page is this one: Digital Tools
Voice tools
Track Changes
Concept Tutor
Quiz Image
As always, this was a great opportunity to learn from the participants and hopefully we’ll see some of their contributions to the wiki at some point, since it would be nice to know a bit more about how others are dabbling with tools and feedback in their own institutions.
Categories: Assessment and Evaluation
