#ALTC 2015 Conference Presentation

1. Collaborative Tools to Enhance
Engagement in a Blended
Learning M.Sc.
Lisa Donaldson
Dublin City University
@dubdonaldson
@cosyst

2. Collaborative
Tools
Blended
Learning
M.Sc
Enhance
Engagement

3. Blended M.Sc. Project
Created in Animoto

4. How much do
you remember?
Created in Participoll

5. Irish Aid, through the Irish Higher Education
Authority, funded the project
A. True
B. False
0A B
Vote via
alt.participoll.com

6. The M.Sc is being delivered in Mozambique.
A. True
B. False
0A B

7. What is the main tool that is being used for
course content creation?
A. Captivate
B. Articulate
C. Padlet
D. Twitter
E. Moovly
0A B C D E

8. Most of the content was delivered
through interpretive Irish dance
A. True
B. False
0A B

9. DCU, RCSI, College of Medicine, Malawi and
Concern Worldwide (Ireland and Malawi) are
the partners on the project
A. True
B. False
0A B

10. Polleverywhere
Kahoot
Nearpod
Pollmo
Suggestions?

11. Challenges
Time
Technology & skillsets
Logistics of development &
delivery across institutions &
countries

12. Engagement can lead to better
student outcomes and more satisfied
students and teachers

13. http://padlet.com/lisa_donaldson/engagement

14. PedagogicalApproach For technology to add
value to the learning
experience as well as
support new modes of
learning and teaching
To overcome limited
internet skills,
infrastructure &
connectivity, and enable
collaborative learning
with Web 2.0 tools

15. Technology

16. Technology
Web 2.0 learning technologies to support
collaborative learning and enhance engagement.

17. Created with Moovly
How did our students fare with the tools?

18. How did our students fare overall?

19. Technology
1 5
I have actively participated in online
discussions and activities

20. “When we are stranded, COSYST
team were there for us,, so I like
that kind of checking … from the
COSYST team, it helped us so
much”
“Critical is just to be able to
share some of the things
… with the group. … it's
easier in a group than
yourself.”
“The only challenge that we
have here in Malawi is …
strength of internet”
“Time … to explore more into that kind of
technology, because in COSYST, it was
just like they were just introducing, but for
you to understand all the technology, it
needs you to have time, and understand
that knowledge there
“Sometimes I was applying the
technologies that I've learned on
my daily work activities, say on
… Twitter and social things, and
several other things as well.”
“Check if everyone is online,
just to check if everyone knows
what to do, on a particular time,
just set a reminder like every
week”

21. MeasuringEngagement
Survey of Student
Engagement –
NSSE
(Classe, Ausse, ISSE)
1. Good Practice Encourages
Contacts Between Students and
Faculty
2. Good Practice Develops
Reciprocity and Cooperation
Among Students
3. Good Practice Uses Active
Learning Techniques
4. Good Practice Gives Prompt
Feedback
5. Good Practice Emphasizes
Time on Task
6. Good Practice Communicates
High Expectations
7. Good Practice Respects
Diverse Talents and Ways of
Learning

22. MeasuringEngagement
Alternative Tools
Skills, emotional,
participation/interaction,
and performance.

23. Analysis
* Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4 Module 6 Module 5
Number of
Twitter
Exercises
9 11 1 2 0
Number of
Padlet Exercises
11 8 4 8 6 2
Number of
Discussion
Forums
12 16 5 5 4 0
Number of
Wiki/Wordpress
Exercises
1 5 0 0 1 0
Number of
Google Docs
Exercises
0 2 0 1 1 0
Other: eg Live
chat/glossary
0 0 1 1 1 0
Total
Collaborative
Opportunities
33 40 10 16 14 2
Familiarity
Strong Instructor Presence
Real World Assessments
Credit for participation
More Constructivist Approach
Synchronous Session
Full
Engagement

24. Promoting Engagement

25. Young & Bruce. Classroom community and student
engagement in online courses (2011)
Dixson. Creating student engagement in online courses: What
do students find engaging? (2010)
Mandernach. Three ways to improve student engagement in
the online classroom (2009)
Nandi et al. Evaluating the quality of interaction in
asynchronous discussion forums in fully online courses (2012)
Mason. Student engagement with and participation in and e-
Forum (2011)
Chickering & Erhmann. Implementing the 7 principles:
Technology as lever (1996)
Just a few references…

26. #altc
#engagement