The student experience of e-learning

Dr Greg BenfieldOxford Centre for Staff & Learning Development

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Learner experience

studies (c 2010)• 9 JISC

Learner experiences of e-learning projects over 4 years

• ELESIG special interest group reaches 1000 members

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Growing body of

complementary technology use studies

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Key messages

• Enormous diversity• Institutional context highly influential

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development The SLiDA Project

How are institutions creating and enabling opportunities that promote the development of effective learning in a digital age?

Teaching studio in use, University of Edinburgh

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development SLiDA Case Studies

https://wiki.brookes.ac.uk/display/slidacases/

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Key findings from SLiDA

WHAT are institutions doing to support the development of learners for a digital age?

1. Preparing students for their experience of learning with technology

2. Enabling learners to use their own devices and services

3. Reconfiguring campus spaces for social learning

4. Listening to learner voices

5. A strategic emphasis on course design for blended learning

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development 1. Preparing students

Digital and learning literacy induction session for all full time students

(E.g. Abingdon and Witney College )

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development 5. course design for

blended learningStrategic learning and teaching focus, embedding

digital literacies development in the curriculum through blended learning course design

(E.g. London Metropolitan University, Oxford Brookes University, University of Salford, University of Wolverhampton)

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Entitlements

E.g. 6 Blended Learning entitlements at University of Wolverhampton

‘Minimum digital learning resources’ requirements in other institutions

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Graduate attributes

E.g. Oxford Brookes Digital and information literacy:

• being confident, agile adopters of a range of technologies for personal, academic and professional use (Examples)

• using digital tools to reflect on and record learning and professional and personal development (Examples)

• engaging productively in relevant online communities (Examples)

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Assessment and feedback

Formative use of CAA stands out as a rare application of e-learning leading to measurable impact on student performance (Sharpe et al 2006)

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Extended, technology-

enhanced assignments

http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/education/arts/diaries/home.html!

http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/groups/en-all

http://core.mwbrookes.org.uk/

E.g. student journals using blogs

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development …. or e-portfolios

http://elgg.net/

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Wikis

Podcasts

Student research journals (Geoverse)

Collaborative student artifacts