Beverly Leeds

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Beverly Leeds

• E-Evolve an FDTL5 project

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Outline

• Introduction to E-Evolve Project
• The E-Evolve Model
• Demand for online materials for placements
• E-Evolve Materials
• Accessing materials
• Using Materials

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Who is E-Evolve?

• A consortium partnership between five
  institutions

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What is E-Evolve?

• An Enhancing Employability Project that aims
  to improve graduate-level employability for
  business and management graduates
• by
• developing a model and learning resources
• supporting enquiry based learning
• using a virtual learning environment

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E-Evolve ModelFocuses on Capability

• Stephenson (1998) argues that capable people have
  confidence in their ability to
• take effective and appropriate action
• explain what they are seeking to achieve
• live and work effectively with others
• continue to learn from their experience...
• Capable students know about their subject
  discipline but also
• have the confidence to apply their knowledge
• have skills within varied and changing situations
  
• continue to develop their specialist knowledge
  and skill...

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E-Evolve model of learning- process
Doel et al, 2002
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Capability and the E-Evolve Curriculum Map

• Employers, their agencies, academics and others
  have provided e-evolve with themes for a
  curriculum map.

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What skills do students need to develop?

• Pre-placement?
• On Placement?
• Post-placement?

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Curriculum Map - Themes
Consultancy

Project Management
Professional
Development
Business Communication
Skills
Commercial Awareness

Ethical
Social
Awareness
My Portfolio

Problem
Creativity
Case Stories
Solving
Leadership

Management
Other Key Skills
Career Management
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The Need for Support

• Code of Practice on Placement Learning
• Institutions should ensure that students are
  provided with appropriate guidance and support in
  preparation for, during, and after their
  placements. (QAA,2001)

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Work Related Learning
adapted from Hills et al (2003)
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BMAF Research

• Placement Support Survey
• Business and management placement tutors
• Support provision
• Online survey
• Sent to BMAF key contacts
• Student Support Survey
• Business and management students
• Online Support provision and use
• Paper based
• Placement Tutor Interviews
• Nature of online support
• Telephone based

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Key Findings from Tutor Survey

• Most support on placement getting CV writing,
  Covering letters, Interviews and Application
  forms
• Key skills and IT guidance only offered in a
  third of institutions, mainly class based
  sessions
• Less than half of the institutions offered no
  Health and Safety guidance in a class based
  session and 7 offered no guidance at all!
• Over half of the institutions offered no guidance
  on Time Management
• Majority of institutions did not offer Other
  Workplace skills such as conflict management,
  stress management, networking etc

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Initial Findings from Student Survey

• Responses from only two institutions
• Mainly IT related courses
• All but 1 had attended a preparation module and
  most felt prepared for the placement
• Just under 60 had health and safety training
• 40 unhappy with the support they received from
  their institution
• Satisfaction with Employers very high
• 62 offered some form of employment

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E-Evolve Materials

• Themes
• Project Management and Consultancy
• Creativity and Problem Solving
• Professional Development including
  entrepreneurial skills
• Leadership and Management
• Business Communication
• Ethical, Cultural and Social Awareness
• Commercial Awareness
• Career Management
• Other Key Skills
• Topics within each theme
• Packaged as learning activities
• Unpackaged as raw resources

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E-Evolve Deliverables

• Packaged Learning Activities on topics within key
  themes
• Case Stories about real organisations
• Re-Useable Raw Materials that can be repackaged
• All are Learning Objects

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E-Evolve Learning Objects
Powerpoint
etc
Cartoon
Video
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Learning Activity Learning Objects (LALOs)

• Based on themes in the curriculum map
• Informed by research into employability
• Learning design by academics
• Learning Outcomes
• Sequence of tasks that use re-useable material
  learning objects
• Independent of VLE
• Stand alone
• Packaged in a word-like format Course Genie
• Can be easily repackaged or amended
• Shared through e-evolve website

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Re-Usable Material Learning Objects (RUMLOs)

• Different Types
• Knowledge providing
• Assessment
• Case Stories
• Accessible

• Single resource
• Pedagogically independent
• Variety of formats
• Audio
• Video
• Text
• Animation
• Cartoon
• Enhanced Powerpoint used for mini lectures
  (Macromedia Breeze plug-in)

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e-evolve materialsthe student view

• elearn.uclan.ac.uk

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VLE / E-Evolve Interaction
StudyNet Herts
Curriculum Map
Learning Activity Learning Objects
WebCT UCLan
WOLF Wolverhampton
Metadata
Case Stories
WebCT London Met
Re-Usable Material Learning Objects
Blackboard Derby
Other VLEs
www.employability.org.uk
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Accessing Materials

• Website www.employability.org.uk
• Based on informed curriculum map
• Contains learning activities, case stories and
  raw materials

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Re-Using Materials
Working Creatively Learning Activity (LALO)
TASKS
Six hats worksheet
Creative techniques lecture
Introduction to Creativity lecture
Re-useable Material Learning Objects (RUMLOs)
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Re-purposing Learning Objects

• Directive
• Enquiry Based
• Exploratory
• Diagnostic

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Re-Using Learning Objects
A Introduction to Negotiation (Enhanced ppt)
B Conflict Styles (Enhanced ppt)
C Conflict Mgt. Survey (URL link)
D Negotiation Self-Test (Enhanced ppt)
E What is Conflict (Enhanced ppt)
F Conflict Quiz (Enhanced ppt)
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Re-Using Learning Objects
D Negotiation Self-Test (Enhanced ppt)
Introduction to Negotiation
A Introduction to Negotiation (Enhanced ppt)
B Conflict Styles (Enhanced ppt)
C Conflict Mgt. Survey (URL link)
E What is Conflict Mgt (Enhanced ppt)
F Conflict Quiz (Enhanced ppt)
Managing Conflict
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Case Stories

• Issues and problems
• Based on real organisations
• Mainly SMEs
• Reusable
• Accessible
• Supported by audio, video, text, pictures,
  graphics, animation etc

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How can you be involved?

• Supply materials
• Develop materials
• Suggest topics for development
• Ask us to develop specific materials
• Use and evaluate materials
• Identify organisations for case stories

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Further Information

• Email EvolveProject_at_uclan.ac.uk
• Project website
• http//www.uclan.ac.uk/evolve
• Materials website
• http//www.employability.org.uk