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- 1. Text Flickr: Eric CC-BY 2.0 Engaging students online Nathaniel Louwrens @nlouwrens teachupsidedown.narelo.com
- 2. Research questions 1. What types of activities do students prefer in online courses and what are the reasons behind their preferences? 2. What do teachers perceive engages students in online courses and why? 3. What encourages students to engage in online activities?
- 3. Setting the scene Distance students Year 7-10 All fully online Around NZ and some international 3 classes, 4 teachers, 10 students
- 4. Methodology Qualitative methods Interviews Questionnaires Discussion forums posts Wikimedia: Andy F CC-BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Teachers & student engagement “… a kid who is engaged, they complete the tasks for the week.” “Seeing them take part in discussions …. Actually seeing some work in the dropbox”. “Regular contact and daily interaction”
- 6. Student engagement More than just doing “stuff” Flickr: john.schultz CC-BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Flickr: Tristran Schmurr CC-BY 2.0 Flickr: Allan Ajifo CC-BY 2.0 Flickr: Ally Aubry CC-BY 2.0
- 9. Preferred activities “… there is no particular activity that will automatically help students to be more engaged in online classes.” Dixson (2010) Dixson, M. D. (2010). Creating effective student engagement in online courses: What do students find engaging? Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10, 13.
- 10. Reasons for preferred activities 1. Allows me to be creative 2. Makes me think 3. Quick to do / work on my own / discuss with others Flickr: Drachman CC-BY-SA 2.0
- 11. Teacher perceptions Outside of the LMS Ownership / Control / Choice Feedback Teacher engagement
- 13. Flickr: Paraflyer CC-BY 2.0
- 14. What does engage students? Activities outside of the LMS Safe and supportive environment Wikimedia: CM Lynch CC-BY-SA 3.0
- 15. What does engage students? Feedback Quick / task-focused Interest, relevance and enjoyment Flickr: Karl Horton CC-BY-SA 2.0
- 16. What does engage students? Teacher presence and engagement Activity requirements
- 17. Wikimedia: Liz CC-BY 2.0 Wikimedia: Liz CC-BY 2.0
- 18. Conclusions & implications Student engagement needs to be planned Behavioural / Cognitive / Emotional The nature of an activity is important Not too hard or too easy Give students opportunity to be creative!
- 19. Conclusions & implications Carefully consider the use of LMS/PLE Feedback continues to be important Keep building a learning community Keep building relationships
- 20. Exploration of online activities that engage New Zealand middle school students bit.ly/nat-thesis Nathaniel Louwrens @nlouwrens teachupsidedown.narelo.com
Notes de l'éditeur
- “I like group activities better than individual ones because, as I said before, if you get stuck you can just ask questions and get help.” (S5IntQ1a) “I really like, enjoy working with other people but it can sometimes, if the other person isn’t good at communicating, it can be quite stressful.” (S3IntQ1a) “…the main thing about learning online is the time difference. Especially when you’re working in groups the time difference can be um, quite, um, annoying.” (S3IntQ4)
- “Some things you know… I don’t buy into… It’s something that’s been developed [by someone else] and I put it out there” (T1IntQ6a). “what made it not work was, I guess, my enthusiasm. I didn’t drive it with some reminders” (T1IntQ6a). “When I’m having a slow time, they [the students] have a slow time” (T4IntQ8).
- Fostering engagement… Communication Building relationships and community Support Encouraging interaction Choice Feedback etc
- Communication Building relationships and community Support Encouraging interaction Choice Feedback etc
- Link activities outside of the LMS to EOTC ?? - Students like getting out of the confined spaces to learn.
- These sound like what engages students in a f2f situation! They are! My thinking here - they are the same students! They will be engaged in these ways no matter the medium of delivery. They are interested in the same things and like doing the same things.