Delivering Fully Online Classes to Post Grad Business students

Andrew ChambersEducational Development Manager

Master of Business & Technology programUniversity of New South Wales

Twitter tag: #imootA4

Overview of Presentation

1. Brief overview of the Master of Business & Technology Program

2. Live Demo - The online learning environment in Moodle3. Theories and design for discursive learning4. Issues in delivery – Results of teachers feeedback5. Openness in support resources

Live Demo of “Online Learning Guide”6. Open for questions

What is the MBT?

An offering by the Australian Graduate School of Management a general management coursework masters degree with a

focus on the value proposition of “technology” in organisations today.

A flexible program offering:– Online study– Face to Face Study (after hours)– Flexibility in course selection– With pathways to entry for those without a prior degree

• Certificate > Diploma > Masters

Structure of the MBTCapstone courses

Strategic Management of Business & TechnologyManagement of Innovation & Technical Change

Leadership in a Complex Environment

Integrated Business and Technology coursesBusiness Law & Technology Managing for Organisational

Sustainability E-Business: Strategy & Management Enterprise Risk ManagementBusiness Management for a Sustainable Environment Managing Organisational ResourcesInformation Systems Management Developing New Products and ServicesManaging Agile Organisations Supply Chain Management

Business Management for OHS Risk

Business coursesAccounting: A User PerspectiveBusiness EconomicsFundamentals of Corporate FinanceQuantitative Methods for Business Decision Making Principles of MarketingFundamentals of People Management

Technology coursesSustainable Energy ManagementManagement of Manufacturing Systems Project ManagementIT in Business

Introductory course Introduction to Management (compulsory for Grad. Cert.)

Student Body:─ Experienced

IT/Financial/Banking/Insurance professionals,

─ Average exp. 9 years─ Average age 38 years─ 75% male, 25% female─ 59% prior tertiary degree

Relevancy of the MBT

− Application of concepts to workplace − Case Based and Problem Based learning

− Leveraging off student experience

− Work-based activities and assessments

− Immediate relevance and benefit

Benefits of distance learning to our students

─ Asynchronous: Own pace and time to contribute to the class

─ Depth of discussion and dialogue in small classes─ Enhancement of relationships and connections─ Revision of content and activities within the online

classroom─ Ability to sit exam at place of work

Class facilitators/course coordinators

─ Academics and industry practitioners─ Academic integrity of content and

assessments─ Facilitate interaction and learning─ Challenge and provide feedback

Applying your learning

MBT Program

Reflection to make meaningof all experience

FacilitatorInteractionClassroom/

network

ReadingsStudy GuideTextbooksJournals

Assessment/feedback

Your experience

The MBT learning model

Resources available to distance students

─ Extensive study guide supplied as PDF via CloudStor

─ 24/7 online Virtual Learning Environment

─ Course coordinator / Class facilitator ─ Readings─ Student support team─ UNSW Library resources ─ Educational Development Unit(s)─ Online Study Skills Tutorial

Interactive class• Online or face-to-face

• Class facilitator and approx. 25-28 participants

• Interaction and application

MBT Program

WebTeach: The Old VLE System Learning Activities

DiscussionBrainstormDebateInformal ArgumentPosed questionVotingQuizzes

Case StudyTask

“Similar” to LAMS

Very simple structure

Brainstorm

Debate

Informal Argument

Live Demonstration

http://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au

Feedback on Moodle Forums: Facilitator/Student Nesting not clear Read vs unread not clear (esp. new posts) Closing forums more difficult Printing and “collecting” more difficult? Dialogue as email – only 1 attachment??? Use of groups more difficult No meta commenting or hilighting function available Daily email not in ideal format and may limit posts... Attachments to posts hard to see

Resolution: Waiting for Forum NG: http://docs.moodle.org/25/en/ForumNG

Theories and Models supporting our Model Activity Based Learning

Dialogue – Peter Senge

Accountable Talk – Professor Lauren Resnick

Leadership Development Models e.g. Horizontal vs Vertical

Debate/Discussion/Dialogue:

– http://apintalisayon.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/d19-debate-versus-discussion-versus-dialogue/

Openness in Support ResourcesAdopted Creative Commons Licenses for all support resources Staff manual:

http://issuu.com/andrewchambers/docs/teaching_with_moodle_feb_2013_v1.1

Student Manual: http://issuu.com/andrewchambers/docs/moodle_participant_manual_13s1

Online Learning Guide/Study Skills TutorialLive Demonstration:

– http://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=2709

The Future Online Delivery and Courses:

‘e’ or ‘I’ content delivery. In Moodle?

Much more use of video– Desktop > Moodle via Kaltura

More use of ‘online exams’ – special project – Research Report available...– No exams, open with computer exams, take home exams– Poster presentation at AHE conference in UK in June

The End... Contact Details:

mailto:a.chambers@unsw.edu.au

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