Op 9 juli 2020 heb ik vanuit de Open Universiteit een online workshop verzorgd voor een groep docenten van de premaster strategic management van Tilburg University, over do’s and don’ts bij volledig online leren.

1. Online learning: do’s and
don’ts
Wilfred Rubens

2. June 23,1964
December 1, 1995
October 23, 2003
March 1, 2011 - March 1, 2015
January 1, 2020
Who am I?

3. Program
1. Introduction BlackBoard Collaborate
2. Use learning technology not always effective: why?
3. What should we avoid?
4. What should we do?
Assignments, quiz, etc
Questions (chat and microphone)

4. 1. Brief guided tour
Blackboard Collaborate

5. Please
1.Put away smartphone
2.Close applications
3.Mute sound (when you’re not talking)
4.Raise hand

6. 2. Why is the use of learning
technology not always
effective (educating)?
Use the chat

7. What does
research say?

8. Not effective because...

10. Foto: © viperagp, Depositphotos

11. Use of learning
technology is
effective if….

12. • Careful attention to pedagogy and learning design
(how)
• Learning technology does not improve bad education
• Context
• If carefully implemented (e.g. professionalization)

13. How do you think about the
following thesis?

14. It is effective to facilitate
learning activities that meet
different learning styles
1. Yes (agree)
2. No (don’t agree)

15. Learning styles…

16. Preference not the same as
effectiveness

17. 3. What to avoid?

18. Pedagogical
approaches based
on learning styles

19. Live streaming…

20. Except when you present like
Barack Obama….
Live streaming…

21. Recorded lecture as regular content

23. Transactional distance
F2F-students - online students: 1-0

24. Long video (6 minutes
preferable)
Hugh amount of text
(e-reading)

25. Applications

27. Fortunately we know a lot about what
works….

28. 15 principles effective pedagogy
David Merrill (2002), First
Principles of Instruction

29. How to apply online
David Merrill (2002), First
Principles of Instruction

30. 4. What to do?

31. Both relevant for….

32. Asynchronous Synchronous

33. a) Active processing content

34. Elaborate
(who, why, what, how):
assignments in VLE (e.g.
finding similarities)
students develop questions
(e.g Peerwise)

35. Self explaining,
student teach
Students produce
vlogs, screencasts,
podcasts
Students provide
webinar

36. Mapping
Visual representation of
content (e.g. mindmap)

37. Collaborative
learning
Group assignments,
peer feedback,
interaction

38. Preconditions
Prior knowledge
Suitable assignments
Mutual dependency
Common goals

39. Variety
Multimedia
(several channels)

40. Variety
Combine
Asynchronous and
synchronous
online learning

41. Variety
Different activities

42. Variety
Lots of slides

43. Variety
Multimedia
(several channels)
Combine
Asynchronous and
synchronous
online learning
Different activities
Lots of slides

44. b) Activating prior knowledge

45. How can you activate prior knowledge of
students in online learning?
Discuss in break out groups
Plenary: ideas in chat

46. Student response system

47. Brainwriting

48. Advance organizer

49. c) Clear, structured,
challenging instructions
Bron: Koksopleiding SVO

50. How to activate an online video or text?
•Use the chat

51. How to activate an online video or text?
•Questions in advance
(guidance)
•Questions during
•Questions afterwards
•Assignment

52. Quiz (to finnish or as transition)
Exit-ticket (e.g. online form)
Free recall eg. via Padlet/
Mentimeter (what do you stil know
about…)
Practice with flashcards (e.g.
Quizlet)
d) Assessment for learning, for practicing
Retrieval practice
Feedback

53. Time for a quiz
Go to menti.com, code 35 62 92

54. Let’s proceed

55. Quality
Form
Applications
e)

56. Form
Listening vs reading
Computer-generated feedback more effective
(immediate?)
Computer-generated less specific

57. Applications

58. f) Reflection

59. g) Prepare students for
online learning (and pitfalls)
• Quiet space
• Regularity, plan
• No distraction
• Formulate achievable goals
• Meet each other online

61. Postcard
• Go to your favourite online postcard
shop
• Summarise what you've been
through (lessons learned, highs,
lows)
• How was the weather? (positive,
less positive)
• Mail to wilfred.rubens@ou.nl