1. Students as Producers
of original learning content
Simon Bates
Academic Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
Professor of Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Senior Advisor Teaching and Learning
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Firas Moosvi, Joss Ives, Georg Rieger
Department of Physics and Astronomy
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FL Open House - Students as Producers

2. PHYS101:
Energy and Waves
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Bates / Charbonneau / Ives / Kotlicki
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3 sections of 250+ students per section
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Non-majors course, 3c of physics req for many

3. Motivation

4. PHYS101:
Energy and Waves

5. PHYS101:
Energy and Waves

6. PHYS101:
Energy and Waves

7. PHYS101:
Energy and Waves

8. PHYS101:
Energy and Waves

9. Logistics
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Cohort split into 4 groups
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Each week one group tasked with creating LOs
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Each submission counts for 2.5% of final grade
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Repeat cycle twice per Semester
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Students can submit >2 LOs & receive grade for best 2
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Short survey on submission
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Students encourage to apply CC licenses

10. Logistics
1 2 3
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Scaffolded via activities in tutorial sessions
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‘Example’ LO s (made by RA)
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Advice given on how to go about creating one

11. Logistics

12. Results: engagement
0 100 200 300
LO 1
LO 2
LO 3
LO 4
LO 5
LO 6
LO 7
LO 8
Number of students
Assigned
Optional

13. Results: types of Los
PPT
DOC
Prezi
Ted-Ed
PDF
Image
Other

14. Results: time on task
0 100 200 300 400
Less than 0.5h
0.5 to 1 h
1 to 2h
2 to 3h
3 to 4h
4 to 5h
More than 5h
Number of students

15. Results: self reported change in
understanding
0 200 400 600 800
None
Little
Moderate
Good
Excellent
Number of students
0200400600800
Number of students

16. Results: examples
3. Successes

17. PHYS101:
Energy and Waves
3. Successes

18. Coming next
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Incorporate LOs into next year’s course
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Repeat, other courses
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Publish best LOs