There was some interesting discussion on this week’s webinar as to how long a lecture video should be when used in the context of a flipped classroom. One of our tutors argued that research showed videos shouldn’t be longer than … Continue reading 720 – 3 – The Myth Of The Six Minute Video
For Assignment 3 of my PGcHE I need to design a ‘Flipped Classroom’ and put into practice some of the theory and learning that I’ve covered in the last two blog posts. As I am not in full-time teaching I … Continue reading 720 – 3 – Designing a Flipped Classroom
In a flipped classroom, lectures are no longer done onsite, but recorded, and put online where students can watch them in their own time, at their own pace, and as many times as needed. “Homework” is transformed into classwork, where … Continue reading 720 – 2 – Flipping The Classroom
From this week’s peer discussion, it is clear that online learning can bring huge benefits to students. Those who need to balance study around other life commitments can access education and institutions that they would otherwise not be able to. … Continue reading 720 – 1 – Online Learning
The learning outcomes for this week were: I have certainly hit LO1 and have a lot of ideas about how to improve the consistent use of the CRJ on the Photography MA. I’ve been through a cycle of excitement, self-doubt, and then a renewed sense of confidence that this is something worth investigating and that I can come up with something that builds upon what already exists yet make changes that are significant enough to be a worthwhile design exercise. The renewed sense of self-confidence has come mainly through engaging in LO2. Just putting my half-sketched idea out there for … Continue reading 710 – Week 9 Reflection – Assessment Design
There’s no getting away from it but assessment, in any of its many forms, is an integral part of learning. But what this week’s learning has made clear is that not all assessment is equal and not all assessment is for the same purpose. Bloxham and Boyd split assessment into three key purposes: assessment is can be of learning, for learning or as learning. Assessment of learning is the more typical type of assessment that we remember from school or college. Exams, multiple choice questions, end of year essays all seek to test students on how effectively they have responded … Continue reading 710 – Week 8 – Assessing Assessment
This is a personal reflection on a student webinar using Gibbs Reflective Cycle (Gibbs, G. 1988). Description The learning session was a group discussion wherein I, as an alumnus of a Masters Degree, facilitated a discussion between a group of … Continue reading 710 – MA Student Webinar Reflection
This week I delivered my first deliberately structured lecture using the session planning activities from last week. I delivered the same session twice and my key learning was that even with detailed planning and rehearsal two instances of the same … Continue reading 710 – Micro-Teach
What have you learned this week about learning design and session planning? This week has revolved around the writing of a lesson plan, a simple enough document and one that I assume would not get filled in with quite as … Continue reading 710 – Learning Design