Documentation:DLEengagementstrategy
AGENDA | Strategy for Digital Learning Environment Co-ops
Background, Training Rationale, Purpose & Process [10 mins - Emily]
Background: The license for Blackboard Learn (aka Connect) expires in 2019. The current Learning Technology [LT] roadmap requires a decision by the end of 2016. The purpose of Strategy for Digital Learning Environment Co-ops initiative is to analyze faculty and student needs, as well as to identify strategic, operational and technical drivers of the digital learning environment selection process. It is important that UBC uses the right process for this evaluation; we believe the right process is having faculty members and students talk to their peers.
Purpose: The purpose of this 1.5 hour orientation session is intended to introduce participants to the Strategy for Digital Learning Environment initiative and instil basic competence and best practices in the many areas of knowledge that are needed to conduct a Needs Assessment with students, specifically within the context of the LMS transition.
Process: This workshop is the third in a series of integrated workshops for DLE Co-op Students. The first workshop, called General Orientation, includes such topics as enhancing professional skills, privacy issues, UBC's learning technology ecosystem and learning technology stations. The second workshop (Media Production) is a three-hour hands-on session intended to instil basic competencies and best practices in the many areas of knowledge that are needed to produce good video work.
Workshop Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Discuss their own role and responsibilities as a Digital Learning Environment co-op student
- Identify tools within UBC's learning technology ecosystem
- Demonstrate awareness of the previous LMS transition
- Identify creative strategies to conduct a needs assessment
Welcome/Introductions (10 mins)
Who are We? - The AAT
- Sunah Cho, Allyson Rayner, Jarrad Wiens, Josefina Rosado, Emily Renoe
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Activity 1 Description: In this Who are You? icebreaker activity, participants will interview each other, asking a variety of questions. Participants will then "introduce" their colleagues, sharing their new-found knowledge with the whole group. Instructions: Pair up with a colleague, introduce yourselves, and ask some or all of the following questions:
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Your Role as a DLE Student [5 mins - Jarrad]
Roles and Responsibilities
"'The primary duty of this position is to consult with peers to determine functionality students wish to use to learn. In addition, they will engage students on the type of data / feedback they believe that they need in order to improve their learning.'"
You are responsible for:
- Interviewing a representative sample of students to determine what kind of functionality, tools and/or services they wish to use for learning.
- Engaging students in discussion about what data and/or feedback they would find helpful for their learning; what data and/or feedback would hinder their learning
- Collating the input for reference in the selection process
- Participating actively in the project team
- Other duties as assigned
A Question of Ethics (Jarrad - 5 mins])
The potential ethical issues raised by different research methods not only differ from one type of research method to the next (e.g., surveys versus in-depth interviews versus street interviews), but also the way in which a research method is used.
What are some ethical and security concerns you will need to consider in your role?
Strategist Role
Strategy for Digital Learning Environment Project Plan [15 mins - Derek/Tammy]
Overview of UBC ecosystem
- Review Learning Technology Ecosystem
- Overview of the project [LMS Transition strategy]
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Activity 2 (Emily) Description: In this Two-Minute Paper activity, participants will reflect on their training this week. Instructions: Using padlet, reflect on this week's orientation addressing the following questions:
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Conducting a Needs Assessment (70 mins - Allyson/Sunah]
Special Guest
- Daniel Munro, Associate Vice President, Academic and University Affairs, AMS Student Society of UBC
http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/9/9f/StudentEngagementCampaignTips.pdf - slides from presentation
Finding Out What Students Want/Need in Learning Technology
Guiding Questions
- What data/information do students want access to regarding their own learning (e.g. feedback from instructors, grades, progress in courses, progress in their degree)?
- What range of operations do students need in a digital learning system to encompass in order for them to "learn" efficiently/effectively?
- How might each of those operations help the students to "learn"?
- 1. Focus Groups
- 2. Survey
- 3. Synthesis
- 4. How will the Data be Used?
- Inform students about the process, data collection, and how their feedback will be used & how it will be represented
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Activity 3 Description: Creative Ways to Gather Student Voices Surveys, end-of-session questionnaires, interviews and focus groups have become popular ways to collect data. Various forms of creative expression can be used to collect evaluative data to document changes in knowledge, attitudes, skills, feelings and behaviours. In this activity, participants will reflect on the previous content and presentation by Daniel Munro, and brainstorm about creative new ways to gather student data within the context of an informal needs assessment. Instructions: Working in pairs, what are some ways in which you can collect data from students that may be more novel, more appropriate and yield better information. Using the flip charts to collect your ideas:
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Resources
Please review the Resources page for additional help
Workshop Evaluation and Debrief [5 mins - Josefina/Sunah/Jarrad/Allyson]
- DLE Workshop Survey: https://survey.ubc.ca/surveys/lright/learning-tech-rovers-survey/
Next Steps
- A suggested timeline to follow in the next few months
- Following up with the Strategist
- other?