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UCDOER

InductionHandbook

UCDTeachingandLearning

August2012

www.ucdoer.ie


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TheUCDOERDesign

TheUCDOpenEducationalResources(OER)areprovidedbyUCDTeachingandLearningto

facilitateflexible,openandpersonalisedaccesstoaseriesofeducationalmaterials.Thenatureof

accesshasdeterminedthechosenplatform,theyareheldwithinanindependentwebsite(hosted

onHEANet),sothatnoauthenticationisrequiredtoenableaccessfromanywhereandbyanyone.

Thoseindividualswhowishto,mayavailofacollectionoftoolsembeddedinthesite

(personalisedlogs,discussionpages,exercisedataset,etc)byregisteringforanaccount.

ThedesignofUCDOERenablesthelearnertoaccessandengagewithcontentasdeterminedby

theirneeds,whetherforprofessionaldevelopment,evaluatingpracticeoraspartofanegotiated

assessment.

AspartoftheProfessionalCertificateinUniversityTeachingandLearning,UCDOERhostsa

numberofmoduleseachisenagedinasprimarily

self-directedandviaprofessionalpractice,and

eachhasamandatoryminimumoffourcoreface

tofacesessions(seeModuleHandbook).These

sessionswillprovideapivotalroleinsupporting

thelearners;toengagewiththeUCDOERasa

supportiveframeworkforacademicdevelopment

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negotiatedassessment,andtoreviewandevaluatetheresultingportfolioofwork.

EachthemedsectionoravailablemodulecontentwithinUCDOERoffersaseriesofexercisesand

activitiesembeddedamidstcoretheoryandpractice.Itistheintentionthattheseprovidethe

impetusforacademicengagementanddevelopment.Thenatureoftheseactivitiespredicates

thattheindividualwillapplytheseinacyclicalorre-iterativemannerwithintheirpractice,

developingovertimeareflective,evaluativeandtransformativeapproachtoteachingand

learning.Inthismanneraportfolioofworkiscreatedthatmayform,inpart,thebasisuponwhich

theirnegotiatedassessmentisformulated.

ThestructureoftheUCDOERenablesindividualregistereduserstocapturetheirinputthrough

themanyexercises,activitiesandcollaborativediscussions.Theseareheldwithintheirown

personalcollection,providingacompletehistoryofalltheiractions(contributions,amendments,

edits,discussions,referencesetc)viaaseriesofindividualisedwikipages.InthiswaytheUCDOER

actsasapersonale-portfolioofone'sacademicandreflectivepractice.


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TheUCDOERModule/SectionStructure

ThestructureoftheresourceswithintheUCDOERfollowasimilarpattern,eachsectionormodule

isbrokendownthus:

Overview:thismayprovideavariationofthefollowing

AnexplanationoftheUCDOER TheAssessmentCriteria AnestimatedReadThroughTime

Descriptor:thismayprovideavariationofthefollowing

Aimsofthemoduleorsection LearningOutcomes AnestimatedReadThroughTime

Map:thisprovidesacolourcodedvisualofthesectionanditsconstituentparts(seebelow)

Materials:thismayprovideavariationofthefollowing

Summaryofallthesectionsfollowinganddirectlinkstoeachsubsection DirectaccesstotheLiteraturelisting


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TheUCDOERModules

TherearecurrentlythreemodulesavailableaspartoftheDiplomainUniversityTeaching&

LearningwhosematerialsarehousedwithintheUCDOER:

BecomingaBetter

UniversityTeacher

ModuleUTL40180

Theaimofthismoduleistoenablethoseinanacademicrole

toreflect,reviewandanalysetheirteaching,learningand

assessmentstrategieswithintheclassroomandbeyond.

Participantswilldeconstructtheircurrentpractice,appraise

appropriatemethodologiesandexploretheoreticalconcepts

withaviewtodevelopingfutureeducationalinterventions.

Atitscorethismoduleprovidestraininginteaching,assessing,

sessionplanningandteacherevaluationskills,itenablesthe

participanttodesignandcreatetheirteachingpracticeusing

aneducationallyholisticapproach.

Assessmentfor

Teachingand

Learning

ModuleUTL40140

Thismoduleencouragesteacherstofocusonwhatlearners,

ratherthanteachers,dointheclassroomandwillhelp

promoteeffectivelearning.Participantswillexploremethods

andapproachesthathavebeenshowntoencouragehigher

orderthinkingskillsandadeepapproachtolearning(Nichols

2002;Chalmer&Fuller1996;Landeretal1995).

Withinascaffoldedenvironment(DallAlba2005;VanDerStuyf

2002)participantswillactascriticalfriendshelpingeachother

toexplorewaysofapplyingthesemethodsintheirclasses

(Curry2008;Bambino2002;Appleby1998).Therewillbea

particularfocusonthecentralroleofassessmentininfluencing

howstudentsapproachtheirstudies(Schouller2000;Atkinset

al1993)andonhowassessmentcanbestructuredto

encourageandenablestudentstobecomecriticalpersons(Roberts2006;Boud1995;Knight1995).

Participantswillcriticallyengagewithliteraturerelatingto

teachingandlearningandtheirownsubject-specificdiscipleto

implementimprovementstotheircurrentteachingand

assessmentpractices.


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CreatinganAccountwithintheUCDOER

ToavailofthereflectiveandcollaborativetoolsontheUCDOERwebsiteitisfirstnecessaryto

createanaccount.Thestepsrequiredarelistedbelow.Ifyouhaveanydifficultlywithanyaspect

[email protected]

IntheMenu'schannellocate'YourAccount'andchoose'LogIn'

AwindowappearsinvitingyoutoLoginorCreateaUserAccount

Select'RequestOne'

ReadtheTermsofService

Enteranappropriate'Username'

Enterareturn'e-mailaddress'

Pleaseenteryour'RealName'

Youareencouragedtoentersomeformof'PersonalBiography'

Checktheboxindicatingyouhavereadthe'TermsofService'

Selectthe'Requestaccount'.

Youwillpresentlyreceiveaconfirmationemailandlinkdirectingyouto

authenticateyouraccount.

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NavigatingtheUCDOER

ThehomepageofUCOERprovidestheenduserwithaccesstoalltheirimmediateneeds.Thetop

ofthepageandrighthandpanelremainconstantthroughoutthesite,soaccesstocoreservices

andtoolsareeverpresent.Thecentralpaneliswherethecorematerialsarepresented,onthe

frontpagethisprovidesalinktothetenembeddedsections.

Letusnowmakeabriefexplorationofeachelementandsection

Thetopofthepageprovidesfourtabsandthesearchtool;

Home:willalwayspullyoubacktothefrontpage

About:enablesaccesstodetailsoftheUCDOERdesign,structureandrationale

Help:enablesaccesstothemostcommonqueryhowtoacquireanaccount

Contact:Providesacentralemailforallqueries

Search:theentireplatformisbasedonmediawikiinthiswayeveryentry,everyresourceis

automaticallyindexed,andthusmaybefoundwithrelavtiveease.

*Hint:youmayadjustthesearchsettingsfromthesearchresultspageandunderMyPreferences

tofurtherrefineyoursearches.


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Thefirstgroupofservicesontheright

panelcompriseaglossaryandaseriesof

notices.Thefirstenablesuserstoseewho

elseiscurrrentlyloggedon(shouldthey

wishtobeginasynchronousdiscussionor

collaborateonanexercise).Thenextthree

providedetailsregardingneworamended

contentandthosepages/resourcesmost

used.

TheYourAccountSectionprovidestheuser

withdirectaccesstothepersonalised

elementsoftheUCDOERtoolset.

WhenyouareNOTloggedin,theaccount

panelwillonlyhaveonedetailvisible:Login.

Onceyouclickonthisandproceedwiththe

loginprocessanewsetoftoolsarerevealed.

Yourusernameisnowvisibleandyouhave

accesstothefollowing;

MySavedForms:isarecordofallyourinteractionswiththenumerousexercisesyouhave

undertaken.Youmayaccessthemostrecentversionasitappearsonscreenwithintheexercise

itself,olderversionsappearascompiledtextlists.

*Hint:whencomparinganolderiterationwiththecurrententry,openthetextlistinaseparate

(browser)window.Inthiswaythetextsmaybeeasilyfollowedandread.


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MyTalk:thisisauserspersonalandprivatelog(orreflectivejournal).Itmaybeaccessedatany

pointandfromanywhere.Usingthe+additioneditlocatedundertheViewssection,youmay

enternewindexedentries.Onceascreenpageworthhasbeencompletedanauto-generated

indexwillappearatthetopofyourpage,allowingyoutonavigatetoeachofyourentriesas

required.Onceanentryhasbeenmadeyoumayeditandamendfromthesidemenu.ALWAYS

remembertoclicksavepagelocatedatthebottomofyourscreen.

MyPreferences:allowstheusertoedittheirprofileandthecertainfeatureswithintheUCDOER

thatmayenhancetheirpersonalexperience.

MyWatchlist:allowsuserstomarkapagetheyareinterestedinanddeterminewheneditsor

contributionshavebeenmade.Thisisparticularlyrelevantforcollaborativeworkordiscussion

pages.

*Hint:tomarkapagewatchednavigatetotherelevantpage,andclicktheWatchoptionlocated

undertheViewstab.ItwillchangefromWatchtoWatchingthentoUnWatch.

MyContributions:allowsausertoseeataglancetheirinteractionsonline,wetherintheir

personaljournalpages,exercises,collaborativepagesorcontributionstotheopenresourcesi.e.

theglossaryandreferencessections.

*Hint:usersareencouragedtoshareliteraryresourcesbyaddingthemtotherelevantsections


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locatedundertheResourcesandLiterarture.Thesameprotocolappliesforaddingcontributions

asperyourMyTalkpage.Eachpre-definedsectione.g.ReferencedArticles/Assessingand

TeachingforLearninghasaneditfunctionopenandavailableintherightmenu,simplyclickto

openandlocatetherelevantplaceforyourentry,thenclicksavepage

Logout:sayswhatitdoesonthetin!Remembertologoutafteruse,especiallyifaccessingyour

UCDOERfromanothercomputerotherthanyourown.

TheBookmarkandSharesectionallowsa

usertopublish,shareanddisseminate

resources.

Uploadafile:allowsausertoupload

graphicalfilestotheirownspace.Thisis

intendedasavisualaidonlye.g.when

constructingonesporfoliotoinclude

eitheranimagemaporvisualplan,ora

briefstatementorscreengrabofa

relevantquote.

Share:thistoolbarintroducesanumberof

futherWeb2.0toolsthatyoumayalready

useandhencemightliketolinkintoor

simplyasameansofintroducingsaidtoolstoseetheirpotentialvaluetoyouasateacheror

reflectivepractitioner.


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TheViewssectionenablestheusertoseewhatrightsandaccesstheyhavetoaparticularpage.

Thiswillchangeastheusernavigatesthesitetorevealdifferentrightsforcertainpagese.g.users

willbeabletomakecontributions+oncertainpagesopentothem.

Userpage:thisiswhereusersareencourgedtoprovidetheirprofile,biographyandintitial

teachingphilosophy.

Discussion:thisallowsausertoopenorcontributetoadiscussiononacertainpageorsection.

Thediscussionpagesarevisibletoallregisteredusersandareusedtopromoteengagmentand

collaboration.

Edit:thisfunctionenablestheusertocontributeoramendanopenpagee.g.anongoing

discussion,ajournalentryoranexistingglossaryterm.

+:thisenablestheusertocreateanewindexedsectiononanopenpage,suchasadiscussionor

journal.

History:capturesalltherevisionsandamendmentsmadetoagivepage.Usefultoreflectonhow


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youmayhaveundertakenapastexerciseorlookbackatwhenandwhocontributedtoa

discussion.

Move:enablestheusertoredirectcontenttoanewpage.Usefulwhenadiscussionbecomes

overlycomplexorfragments.Orwhenyouwishtoreorgansieyourburdgeoningjournalinto

differentsections/pages.

Watch/Watching/Unwatch:usedtowatchapageseeMyWatchlistabove.

*NBonallopen(editable)pagesyouneedtobeawareoftheoptionslocatedatthebottomofthe

page,inparticulartheSavePageoption.Anyeditsorcontributionsmustbeaccompaniedby

clickingthisoptiondiscussions,journal(mytalk)entries,exercises,literataryreferencesWILL

NOTbekeptunlessyouchoosetoSAVEthePAGE


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EngagingwiththeUCDOER

Therearethreecorefunctionsavailabletotheuser,accesstoonespersonalexercisedataset,a

journalandadicussion/commentarytool.

Exercises

ThroughouttheUCDOERtherearemanyexercisesthatyouareencouragedtodo(andreturnto)

toaidyourpractice,reflectionandconstructionoftheassignmentportfolio.

Anyexercisemaybeattempted,atanytime,howevertosavethedatayouenteryoumustfirst

login,onlythenwilltheUCDOERcaptureyourentriesandallowyoutoreturntothem,to

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MyTalk

Enablesaccesstoapersonallog,youareencouragedtoreflectandcommentonyourwork,the

assignment,theresourcesandexercises.

Discussion

ThisenablesuserstocommentanddiscussindividualpageswithintheUCDOER.Itactsasa

collaborativeengagementtooltoprovideanopenforumfordiscussionanddebate.

ItisideallyusedinconjunctionwithdirectedactivitiesandtheWatchfacility.


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PartarkinginaUCDOERbasedModule

TheUCDOERmodulesarelargelybasedonself-directedlearning.Theyprovidethefreedomto

allowparticipantstoidentifyandpursueareasthattheywouldliketofurtherexploreand

develop.Thematerialsonlineprovideaformativeandconstructiveaidtoengagementand

reflectionuponpractice.

Face-to-FaceSessions

Inadditiontoaccessingtheonlinematerialsandexercises,attendanceisrequiredataminimum

offourgroupbasedface-to-facesessionspermodule.Itisalsorecommendedthatparticipants

availofthepre-arrangedindividualtutorials.Finallytherearealsoanumberofopensessions

whereparticipantsmayavailofaccesstothefacilitator,programmedirectorandpeers.

AllthesessionsforAssessingforTeachingandLearningandBecomingaBetterUniversityteacherwillbeheldintheupstairsseminarroomofWoodviewHouse(F30/31),orinadesignated

computerlaboratory.

ThefollowinggraphicoutlinesthemodelofparticipationandengagementwiththeUCDOER

modules:


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SessioncontentandIntermittentWork

The following provides a brief structural overview of the core content of each session and the

workrequiredbetweeneach[*pleasenoteeachmodulemayhavedifferingcoreconstituentsto

itssessions]

*Pleaserefertotheindependentmodulehandbooksforfurtherdetails.

Overviewofmodulecontentandinformationonnegotiatedlearning

assignment

Session

#1

Design,validate,andfinalisenegotiatedassessmentplaninlinewith

thes ecifiedlearnin outcomesforthemodule

Session

#2

Resolveanyissuespertainingtothecompletionoftheassignment/

andorstudentpresentation

Session

#3

(Mapplannedassignmenttoresourcesandpractice)

(Proposenegotiateassignmentandconfirmplan)

(Exploreresources)

Assignmenthand-in

From

week10

(Collateandproduceassignment)

IntroductiontotheUCDOERandhowtobestavailofitsresources

Induction

Session

(RegisterforaUCDOERAccount)

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