1. Delivering Fully Online Classes to
Post Grad Business students
Andrew Chambers
Educational Development Manager
Master of Business & Technology program
University of New South Wales
Twitter tag: #imootA4

2. Overview of Presentation
1. Brief overview of the Master of Business & Technology Program
2. Live Demo - The online learning environment in Moodle
3. Theories and design for discursive learning
4. Issues in delivery – Results of teachers feeedback
5. Openness in support resources
Live Demo of “Online Learning Guide”
6. Open for questions

3. 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

4. Structure of the MBT
Capstone courses
Strategic Management of Business & Technology
Management of Innovation & Technical Change
Leadership in a Complex Environment
Integrated Business and Technology courses
Business Law & Technology Managing for Organisational Sustainability
E-Business: Strategy & Management Enterprise Risk Management
Business Management for a Sustainable Environment Managing Organisational Resources
Information Systems Management Developing New Products and Services
Managing Agile Organisations Supply Chain Management
Business Management for OHS Risk
Business courses
Accounting: A User Perspective
Business Economics
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
Quantitative Methods for Business Decision Making
Principles of Marketing
Fundamentals of People Management
Technology courses
Sustainable Energy Management
Management of Manufacturing Systems
Project Management
IT in Business
Introductory course
Introduction to Management (compulsory for Grad. Cert.)

5. Student Body:
─ Experienced
IT/Financial/Banking/Insurance
professionals,
─ Average exp. 9 years
─ Average age 38 years
─ 75% male, 25% female
─ 59% prior tertiary degree

6. 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

7. 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

8. Class facilitators/course coordinators
─ Academics and industry practitioners
─ Academic integrity of content and assessments
─ Facilitate interaction and learning
─ Challenge and provide feedback

9. Applying your learning
MBT Program
Reflection
to make meaning
of all experience
Facilitator
Interaction
Classroom/
network
Readings
Study Guide
Textbooks
Journals
Assessment/
feedback
Your experience
The MBT learning model

10. 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

11. Interactive class
• Online or face-to-face
• Class facilitator and approx. 25-28 participants
• Interaction and application
MBT Program

12. WebTeach: The Old VLE System
 Learning Activities
Discussion
Brainstorm
Debate
Informal Argument
Posed question
Voting
Quizzes
Case Study
Task
 “Similar” to LAMS
 Very simple structure

13. Brainstorm

14. Debate

15. Informal Argument

16. Live Demonstration
http://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au

17. 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

18. 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/

19. Openness in Support Resources
Adopted Creative Commons Licenses for all support resources
 Staff manual:
http://issuu.com/andrewchambers/docs/teaching_with_moodle_f
eb_2013_v1.1
 Student Manual:
http://issuu.com/andrewchambers/docs/moodle_participant_ma
nual_13s1
 Online Learning Guide/Study Skills Tutorial
Live Demonstration:
– http://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/course/view.
php?id=2709

20. 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

21. The End...
 Contact Details:
mailto:a.chambers@unsw.edu.au
Twitter: ATSC
LinkedIn: au.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-chambers/18/77/378