5. hiram.bollaert@ap.be @hiramglows
Cultured Course in Moodle
2010: FIRST 1st line tutor
Monoculture: digital quizzes
(±165 model questions,
±5000 questions)
& students buy a book
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Students are challenged!!!
BUT…
they don’t read the book
they guess
6. hiram.bollaert@ap.be @hiramglows
Cultured Course in Moodle
2013: SECOND 1st line tutor
Multiculture: digital quizzes +
glossary + book modules
(& students can use all available content)
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BUT…
they still guess!
Hyperlinks? Books? WWW?
Cryptic glossary!
7. hiram.bollaert@ap.be @hiramglows
Cultured Course in Moodle
?: FUTURE 1st line tutor
Permaculture: Digital quizzes +
extensive embedded feedback
(& students can use all available content)
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Let them guess!
8. hiram.bollaert@ap.be @hiramglows
Evolution
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First semester dropout
More involved students? Excel?
All resources?...
semester 2
after Excel
multiculture,
learning conversations,
all resources
(non human),
Excel
name change?
semester 1
monoculture,
teaching,
book,
calculator
semester 1
teaching,
book,
calculator
paper exam
9. hiram.bollaert@ap.be @hiramglows
Results
Quality Exam!
No evaluation work
Objective
Internal consistency 84%
Objective evaluation
More job satisfaction through learning conversations
More 21th Century skills!
Do they understand statistics better? I doubt it…
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10. hiram.bollaert@ap.be @hiramglows
Tools
• Excel & VBA
-> Moodle XML
-> Moodle
• Future:
– R (open-source statistical package)
– STACK (open-source system for computer-aided
assessment in Mathematics)
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11. hiram.bollaert@ap.be @hiramglows
Remember to
Comment & Collaborate
• Which slide do you remember?
Show 1 to 9 fingers
( my guess: 2 or 7 )
• How good is my practice?
All your comments are welcome
• Shall we create a common course?
Time consuming
Bigger pool of knowledge & inspiration
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Thank you
Hinweis der Redaktion
After having taught statistics ex cathedra for so many years I realized this passive and gentle introduction into the mathematical realms of statistics was an effective lullaby. No matter how intriguing I read out of “the great book of statistics”, how energetic my dance before the blackboard, how abstract my artwork on the blackboard, I only seemed to impress a few students while the rest appeared asleep or checking the functionality of their writing gear.
Time for change! Students needed to be challenged with problems to solve. They needed to be able to practice at their own speed, when and where they liked, receiving instant feedback, independent or in group. Try, experiment, explore, cheer, fail, chat, discuss, … should be the verbs describing my classes. I’m no longer lecturing but driving (coaching?) my students through series of exercises, guiding them along ways to find the answer. They are swimming in the pool while I stand dry on the boardwalk, coaching them.