Moving the Masters in Academic Practice Online

EDM116 – Technology Enabled Academic Practice

Double credit module.Masters level. Started in term 2. Shifted 3 full teaching days online

New structure:

  • 10-11am live teaching – recorded
  • 11-12pm activities to work on
  • 12-12.30 lunchtime surgery
  • 1-3pm activities to work on
  • 3-4pm live teaching and wrap – recorded

Find out more: https://blogs.city.ac.uk/learningatcity/2020/04/24/teaching-online-learning-in-a-time-of-crisis/#.Xs5LDZ5KhrI

EDM121 – Developing Leadership and Your Reflective Practice

Masters level, small group. Originally five full days of face-to-face teaching. Started in term 2.

Learning was moved online after day 2:

  • parts of the assessment were adapted: students were asked to submit a narrated Powerpoint instead of presenting in class. They were also assigned a group and would peer assess each member’s submission. The rest of the assessment, reflective blog posts, remained unchanged.
  • The days were broken into chunks of content and activities organised around themes. Every two to three weeks a new section would be open on Moodle to start the new topic. Each topic would be organised around the following:
    • independent learning activities on Moodle
    • synchronous session to introduce the topic, often with a guest speaker ; to review progress on activities and discuss further; as a Q&A with regard to the content or activities
    • suggested deadlines for topical blog posts
    • opportunities for formative assessment with deadlines at various points of the module (presentation and blog posts)

EDM106 – Curriculum Design and Evaluation

Masters level, small groups. Usually taught over the term with full days of face-to-face teaching.

The whole module was moved online in term 2. The days were broken into chunks of content that were released every week

  • video introduction to the module
  • 1 hour webinars around specific topics once a week
  • online content (lecturers’ presentation, other sources) followed by discussion forums around the topics

Example of discussion forums around topics

  • individual submission of narrated Powerpoint for the summative assessment. Students were also assigned to groups and peer reviwed each member’s submission
  • opportunities for formative assessment: draft submissions and Moodle group forum activity to discuss the assesssment criteria

EDM109 – Researching Higher Education

Masters level, small group, term 2. The full module was moved online. Teaching over five weeks:

  • week 1 : introductory week
  • weeks 2 and 3: topic 1, divided into two subtopics, one each week
  • weeks 4 and 5: topic 2, divided into two subtopics, one each week

Organisation of activities:

  • video introduction to the module
  • presentations and other contents with guided activities on Moodle (using forums and lessons mostly), along with forums to ask questions about the content or activities, followed by
  • weekly 1 hour webinars, usually with guest speakers, to discuss the topics and progress on the activities
  • all the activities are building up to the summative assessment, which is the submission of a research proposal.
  • reflective journal with prompts to write entries at different stages of the module.
  • opportunities to submit formative activities, eg sumit a visual representation of the research plan

 

Developing First Aid Skills Online

HS1925 Practice 1: Foundations in Nursing Care

Developing first aid skills

What the academics did: Usually a practical element of the course. The academics used the Moodle lesson activity and Moodle quiz to create interactive resources for students. In total 6 activities and 9 resources were created. Students were told the whole section would take around 4 hours (6 hours maximum) to complete and they were given 3 weeks to complete it. They were expected to complete the activities in order. Reports on Moodle were used to identify if students had completed the activities and a Q&A forum was used to get feedback from students on the activities.


1. Narrated PowerPoint (Present)

Welcome presentation (4.35mins long)
Goes through the organsiation and content of activities.
Tells students that the whole section will take around 4 hrs (maximum 6 hours)

Course welcome presentation Course welcome presentation


2. Lesson activity (Apply and review)
6 minute video followed by quiz questions

Lesson activity in Moodle Lesson activity in Moodle


3.
Presentation and links to reading followed by Quiz activity (Present, apply, review)

Students are provided with links to the legislation and are then required to take a quiz to apply and review their knowledge on the key bits of legislation.

Reading on HS1925 Links to reading followed by quiz questions

4. Instructional video (Present and apply)

Short (6.45min) home made video to demonstrate practical skills for students to try out at home.

Instructional video Instructional video


5. Scenarios –
using the lesson activity (which allows branching) (Apply and Review)
Students are given a 2.33min introduction with instructions. They required to select three First Aid scenarios (out of a total of 9)
They note down their answers and get instant feedback on their analysis of the condition and suggested treatment.

Scenario activity in Moodle lessonlesson Scenario activity in Moodle lesson

 

6. Build a first aid kit exercise (Present, apply, review)
Students are required to use the online resources to find out what equipment a workplace first aid kit should contain. They then apply this knowledge to build their own kit online using the Moodle feedback activity. Students receive instant feedback on whether their choices were correct or incorrect.

7. Video resources (Present)
Students are provided with several YouTube video resources created by the Red Cross.

Video resources YouTube video resources