elerning pltforms nd consulttion service t CU Presented by Judy Lo 31 August 2007
Agend The elerning guidelines How elerning cn lower your work burden nd enhnce lerning? The elerning pltforms The elerning consulttion service Coursewre nd multimedi development service Trining nd support Q&A
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Building elerning course = Mking dish A elerning dish course Ingredients Functions Course content Homework collection Discussion forum Review exercises You Group work spce Glossries Group work spce
Building elerning course = Mking dish elerning course Functions Course content Homework collection Discussion forum Review exercises Group work spce Glossries Group work spce
Usge of elerning pltforms 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 400 268 573 331 791 474 1,022 543 1225 627 1582 876 1744 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 869 212 Number of courses using WebCT Number of courses using Moodle Number of forums in CU Forum
The elerning Guidelines Eduction nd Mnpower Bureu (EMB) hs nnounced their next strtegies on elerning to focus on the further integrtion of IT into lerning nd teching process nd commit reserch in implementing Informtion Litercy for students. In order to show techers cler direction of the elerning development t the University, 2 levels of guidelines were estblished.
Level 1 Aim: To ensure tht students hve ccess to cler nd timely course informtion by enhncing informtion distribution nd communiction chnnels Trget: All courses (required)
Level 1 All courses should provide the following informtion in course outlines for students to red on Web: Course title nd description Content, highlighting fundmentl concepts Lerning outcomes Lerning ctivities Assessment Scheme Feedbck for evlution The bove informtion is suggested in the Integrted Frmework for Curriculum Development nd Review in the Guide for Course Plnning in the University s teching nd lerning policy document. Other informtion which is eminently sensible to include is: Course schedule Techers or TA s contct detils A fcility for posting course nnouncements
Level 2 Aim: To encourge further integrtion of IT in eduction by enhncing effective course mngement nd collbortive lerning Trgets: All courses (recommended)
Level 2 Effective Course Mngement Delivering of teching nd lerning mterils Collecting homework using n online ssignment dropbox Setting up utomticlly mrked review exercises Collbortive Lerning Setting up forums to enhnce techer student nd student student interctions Providing virtul working spces for group work (file shring, discussion forum, etc.) Providing virtul environment for exchnges with other institutions, in Hong Kong or interntionlly Encourging peer review mong students
How elerning cn lower your work burden nd enhnce lerning? It provides you with: A plce to post course outline or syllbus s suggested t Level 1 of elerning Guidelines. A plce to mke nnouncement with emil subscription function. A plce to deliver course mterils so tht techers don t need to print hndout nd cn updte the mterils nytime on Web t their convenience. A plce to collect homework to sve techers time in mnging homework. No longer need to receive homework by emil.
How elerning cn lower your work burden nd enhnce lerning? It provides you with: A growing Q&A forum which cn be serchble to sve techers time in nswering the sme question repetitively. Auto-mrking online exercises nd quizzes which sves techers time in extrcting sttistics nd returning students the results. Virtul working spces for your students to hve group work (file shring, discussion forum, etc.) An overview of students progress, prticiption nd performnce.
elerning pltform mintined by ITSC http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/elerning A mster index to the complete list of online courses ihome Server for publishing course homepge nd video-on-demnd Web-bsed teching links MyCUHK one-stop loction for ccessing ll online courses on different pltforms CU Forum Moodle WebCT Connect Bsic elerning pltform for shring files, photos, discussion nd homework collection Comprehensive elerning pltform which llows files shring, discussion, online quiz, etc. It lso supports some ltest technology like podcst, blog nd wiki, etc. Advnced elerning pltform which llows techer to design sophisticted web courses with unique grphicl lyout Multi-purpose system for rel-time online teching. It llows video, udio, screen nd text exchnge.
ihome ihome is web hosting server which is used for stff nd students of the University to: Publish their personl homepges Publish "web-redy" video/ udio clips to fcilitte the teching nd lerning needs It supports hosting of video-on-demnd http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/elerning/ihome_bout.htm http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/elerning/ihome_exmple.htm Notes: Should I use it? Use it if I know how to build Web Pges (HTML). Use it to host video / udio clips. BUT, it does NOT support individul user uthentiction. support online interctions with students.
CU Forum bsic elerning tool CU Forum is n elerning pltform developed by ITSC since yer 2000. (http://cuforum.cuhk.edu.hk) We keep developing it by integrting techers suggestions. Notes: Should I use it? If I look for pltform which provides very bsic function nd esy opertion for shring files, links, photos mong community. If I wnt to extend to discuss with students outside clssroom nd wnt to receive emil notifiction when there re new discussions. If I wnt to distribute nd collect homework electroniclly.
Moodle comprehensive elerning tool Moodle is n open source pltform which is flexible to customize to fit techers needs. (http://moodle.cuhk.edu.hk) Lunched t CU lst yer nd the whole School of Lw re using it. Notes: Should I use it? If I wnt to list out teching mterils nd clss ctivities in topic or weekly formt. If I wnt to extend to discuss with students outside clssroom nd wnt to receive emil notifiction when there re new discussions. If I wnt to hve online exercises (MC, SQ, LQ) with uto-mrking. If I wnt to use some ltest technology such s podcst, blog, wiki, uto-linked glossry, etc.
WebCT Comprehensive elerning tool WebCT is populr elerning tool tht most of the Universities in HK re using it. (http://webct.cuhk.edu.hk) WebCT hs been upgrded to CE6 this yer Notes: Should I use it? If I wnt to design course website with unique grphicl lyout. If I wnt to hve online exercises (MC, SQ, LQ) with uto-mrking. If I wnt to relese different mterils to different groups of student.
Rel-time online teching Notes: Should I use it? If I think two-wys rel-time video nd udio exchnge is criticl to the course. I cn brodcst my computer screen to other students s well.
Comprison tble Appliction nd enquiries: WebCT / Moodle http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/elerning Others: elerning@cuhk.edu.hk / Helpdesk WebCT Moodle CUForum ihome iclss User uthentiction Delivering teching nd lerning mterils By writing HTML Collecting homework with online ssignment drop box Setting up utomticlly mrked lerning exercises Setting up forum to enhnce discussions Emil subscription of discussion messges Providing virtul working spces for group work Creting photo lbum Publishing individul student grde Only for homework Trcking of students usge Designing course website with unique grphicl lyout Using wiki, blog, podcsting Video-on-demnd hosting Rel-time cht room Rel-time lecture with video nd voice
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elerning Consulttion Service The service is funded from the TDG project nd is joint-project of ITSC nd CLEAR Course design consulttion service Providing consulttion services to techers on course design from both pedgogicl nd technicl points of view. Wlk-in elerning clinic (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/elerning) Opening of the Wlk-in elerning Clinic on every Fridy from 10:00 m to 12:00 pm. Plese mke ppointment by filling in the service request form. This clinic will provide free fce-to-fce ssistnce to techers on elerning mtters.
elerning Consulttion Service Customize support nd trining Working with deprtments/ progrmmes on developing profile of their current use of elerning technologies, nd customizing support nd trining which might be needed for enhncement. Course review nd evlution service Conducting evlutions with students nd techers bout their elerning experiences.
Coursewre Development Service
Coursewre Development Service One of the success fctors in WBT involves techniques to integrte course mterils nd multimedi technology effectively. To ssist techers in chieving this, ITSC prticiptes in strtegic coursewre projects to provide coursewre design nd development service. We use multimedi technologies such s online lecture delivering, video shooting nd editing, virtul lbortory, nimtion, gmes, nd interctive exercises to design different nture of coursewre. Depending on the nture nd complexity of the coursewre, this service my need to chrge.
Coursewre Development Service One of the success fctors in WBT involves techniques to integrte course mterils nd multimedi technology effectively. To ssist techers in chieving this, ITSC prticiptes in strtegic coursewre projects to provide coursewre design nd development service. We use multimedi technologies such s online lecture delivering, video shooting nd editing, virtul lbortory, nimtion, gmes, nd interctive exercises to design different nture of coursewre. Depending on the nture nd complexity of the coursewre, this service my need to chrge.
More informtion e-lerning homepge http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/elerning http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/elerning/contctus.htm e-lerning seminrs series http://trining.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk (Instructor-bsed) 4 th Sep: Lerning Moodle (Elementry) 7 th Sep: WebCT CE6 Workshop nd more
WBT Links This pge is University-wide index pge listing ll vilble courses in CUHK nd the links to their online course mterils. Techers cn publicize the their homepge nd courses URL links here so tht their students cn quickly locte the course mterils through this centrl pge.
MyCUHK - Teching / Lerning One-Stop Access to ALL your course websites on different pltforms http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuhk CU Root Cert: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/c/usge.html#root
Frequently Asked Tips nd Tricks Where to find more cliprt nd photos for my PPT? Click insert, cliprt nd serch How to prevent students to modify my PPT? Convert the file to pdf by using Acrobt Professionl Where cn I find more informtion bout copyright / cdemic honesty? Copyright Clering Office of Librry http://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/common/reder/news/shownews.jsp?nid =4041&Pid=42&Version=0&Cid=533&Chrset=iso-8859-1 Honesty in Acdemic Work: A Guide for Students nd Techers http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/cdemichonesty/ More informtion cn be found under Techer Resources t www.cuhk.edu.hk/elerning
WebCT CE6 Issues http://webct.cuhk.edu.hk No current login Timezone issue Techers ctivity orgnized by ROLEs (Build / Tech Tb) Course Tools / Menu (All settings locked?) CU customized tools (blnk new vs migrted) Grdebook (CE3.8 vs CE6 Import by Spredsheet) Role of TA / Support Stff
Q&A Thnk You Presented by Judy Lo 31 August 2007