School of Social Sciences Development day
Prof Alejandro Armellini 9 September 2013
Structure
• Part 1: Northampton’s strategic commitment to
learning and teaching
• Part 2: Northampton 2020
• Part 3: Discussion
Strategic commitment to scaling up:
• Online and blended provision
• CPD and accreditation: formal staff development
opportunities for all
• Openness (Open Northampton)
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The L&T Plan
• Intellectual capital
• Student experience
• Enhancement and innovation in L&T
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Th
e L
&T
Pla
n
Needs
How can I develop a course that meets students’ needs?
I want to be a better teacher
I need to develop my skills for online and distance learning – Help!
I need to improve student retention. How can I help my students?
Why waste time on writing feedback? Students don’t read it!
My teaching is in a rut – What new ideas could make it more exciting?
I need to get professional recognition as a HE Teacher – what do I do?
I would like to gain academic credit for this training – is this possible?
Practical
Courses (‘New
Teacher’)
< Level
7
EdD
modules
Level 8
Associate
Fellow
Senior
Fellow
20 Credits EdD
Peer Review
Mentoring
Scholarship
Level 7 Level 8
Practical
Interventions:
Excellence
and
innovation in
L&T
(new and
existing staff)
< Level 7
Fellow
PGCTHE
60 credits
Level 7
Qualifications
Evidence
Principles
• Low cost, high value
• Sustainable: design once, deliver many times
• Forward-looking: alignment, assessment for
learning, rapid feedback
• Aligned with social enterprise and
entrepreneurship
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NILE design targets
Level Focus Key features
Foundation Delivery
Absolute minimum expected
Course information, handbook and guides
Learning materials
Intermediate
Essential in all blended
courses
Participation
In addition to ‘Delivery’:
Online participation designed into the course.
Tasks provide meaningful formative scaffold.
Online participation encouraged and moderated, but not essential to
achieve learning outcomes.
Advanced
Essential in all online
courses
Collaboration
In addition to ‘Delivery’:
Regular learner input designed into course & essential throughout.
Online tasks provide meaningful scaffold to formative and
summative assessment.
Collaborative knowledge construction central to a productive
learning environment.
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A five-minute task!
With a neighbour, think of a course or instance within a course (as a participant or tutor), where online learning…
a. really worked
b. was a disaster
Think of the reasons in each case.
MI-064-0295 by Dave Muckey
successful business woman on a laptop by Search Engine People Blog
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Delivery
Good
Bad
Bad Good
Design
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Delivery
Good
Bad
Bad Good
Design
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Delivery
Good
RECOVERY
Bad
Bad Good
Design
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Delivery
Good
RECOVERY
Bad
WHAT A WASTE!
Bad Good
Design
Effective course design…
• Is team-based
• Focuses on the different types of interaction
• Is not obsessed with content
• Offers low cost but high value
• Requires digital literacy skills
• Must be innovative, participative and fun
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Designing together: CAIeRO
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanvg/
Creating Aligned, Interactive
educational Resource
Opportunities (CAIeRO)
Seize the Day
Invest two days of your time
and get your course online
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/curtisperry/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/linksmanjd/
CAIeRO addresses…
• ‘My use of e-learning is bad.’ • ‘Help me redesign this.’ • ‘The discussion forums are never used.’ • ‘What is a wiki?’ • ‘Can I run synchronous sessions? How?’ • ‘What is Web 2.0 and how can my learners benefit
from it?’ • ‘Existing resources? What resources? Are they
readily available? For free? Really?’
Focus: designing for flexible, student-centred learning
CAIeRO deliverables
• Blueprint for the course
• Storyboard
• Running e-tivities (peer-reviewed and reality-checked)
• Model for further development
• Action plan
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CAIeRO (Carpe Diem) and e-tivities: reading
• Gilly Salmon’s blog: http://www.gillysalmon.com/blog.html
• Armellini, A. & Nie, M. (2013). Open educational practices for curriculum enhancement. Open Learning 28(1) 7-20.
• Rogerson-Revell, P., Nie, M. & Armellini, A. (2012) An evaluation of the use of voice boards, e-book readers and virtual worlds in a postgraduate distance learning Applied Linguistics and TESOL programme. Open Learning, 27(2), 103-119.
• Nie, M., Armellini, A., Witthaus, G. & Barklamb, K. (2011). How do e-book readers enhance learning opportunities for distance work-based learners? ALT-J, Research in Learning Technology, 19(1), 19-38.
• Nie, M., Armellini, A., Randall, R., Harrington, S. & Barklamb, K. (2010). The role of podcasting in effective curriculum renewal. ALT-J, Research in Learning Technology 18(2), 105-118.
• Armellini, A., & Aiyegbayo, O. (2010). Learning design and assessment with e-tivities. British Journal of Educational Technology 41(6), 922-935.
• Armellini, A., & Jones, S. (2008). Carpe Diem: Seizing each day to foster change in e-learning design. Reflecting Education, 4(1), 17-29. Available from http://tinyurl.com/58q2lj
• Salmon, G., Jones, S., & Armellini, A. (2008). Building institutional capability in e-learning design. ALT-J, Research in Learning Technology, 16(2), 95-109.
• Salmon, G. (2013). E-tivities: The key to active online learning (2nd ed.). London and New York: Routledge.
• Salmon, G. (2011). E-moderating: The key to teaching and learning online (3rd ed.). New York: Routledge.
Associate Prof Development Scheme
Purpose: to provide a supported development
pathway for academic staff to gain a full professorial
role and title
Open Northampton Aim
To put Northampton on the global OER-OEP map
within 24 months.
(Dr Ming Nie’s session)
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Northampton 2020: the learning and
teaching landscape
Composition and demographics of the student
population
10500
1500
500
2000
1000
500
Face-to-face students
Dual-mode students
Online students
Students taught by flying
faculty
Work & practice-based
students
Other
2013
2020
6000
6000
6000
500
1000 500
Face-to-face students
Dual-mode students
Online students
Students taught by flying
faculty
Work & practice-based
students
Other
Shift to…
• Appropriate ‘blends’
• Openness
• Flexibility
• Mobility
Knowledge and learning as open, mobile,
connected and scalable
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What will change with Waterside?
• Less physical space
+ global competition for diverse and
demanding students
+ innovation
= critical need to change the way we go about
our business
Prof A Armellini,
9 Sept 2013
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