Accessible eLearning

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Accessible e-Learning

Where is the level playing field? NETIS
Teaching Trial Chris Sadler ICT Design for All
Teaching Workshop Middlesex University June 26th
2008

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Global Campus pedagogic model
Teaching Tasks
World Knowledge
Learning Tasks
Topic

Objectives
Tasks
Activities
Content
Feedback
Reflection
Assessment
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4 kinds of learning task
Content task reading provided material. Apply
task doing something like writing code, drawing
a diagram, making notes, searching the Internet,
preparing for or taking part in a
discussion. Reflect task generalising,
consolidating, reviewing, revising, taking a
quiz. Extend task mostly extra reading material.

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Distance-learning types

• The Traditional Learner focused their effort on
  reading the materials given in the Content
  component and covered more than half of the
  materials suggested in the Extend component
• The Achiever focused their effort on performing
  the quizzes provided at the end of each unit and
  on the review questions in the Reflect component
• The Interactive Learner focused their effort on
  interacting with peers and tutors and formed the
  highest number of friendships
• The Struggler studied less frequently than all
  other students, and spent on average the least
  amount of time studying each component.

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Local Resource-based learning types

• The Ideal Learner covered the majority of all
  task types, and actively participated in group
  discussions during seminars
• The Reflector covered almost all of the Content
  and Reflect components and read considerable
  proportion of the recommended book chapters
• The Social Learner actively participated in
  group discussions, read most of the Content
  sections and performed many of the Apply
  exercises.
• The Shallow Learner covered almost all of the
  Introduction and the Content materials but did
  very few of the quizzes and the Apply activities,
  and rarely participated in group discussions.

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Teaching Trial

• All partners to conduct a teaching trial
  utilising the project
• coursebook Information Society.
• Coursework assignment for Discovering Interaction
  Design module (first year)
• Aim Actively engage with the Network side of
  Social Networks
• Tasks
• Complete attitudes questionnaire
• Some contextual study online and offline
• Post own social software sites on discussion
  board
• Construct network and find partner
• Do some work with partner

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Attitudes to thinking and learning

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Individual differences

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Scale-free network

hubs

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Social networking connections

hubs

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Conclusions

• Design includes curriculum design
• Students have differing learning preferences
• Social learning is more prevalent than one
  might think
• Maybe the hubs can help

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Types of tasks