Bella vilakazi 2 uj

Academic development and support for online teaching in the Faculty of Management

Bella Vilakazi & Magda Hewitt4 May 2010 Future Campus Conference

Professional Development

• Scheduled Edulink workshops

• Customised workshops

• Ongoing support

• Good teaching practices & principles

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CONTENT

COLLABORATION

MANAGEMENT

INFORMATION

ASSESSMENTMedia LibraryLearning

Module

Web Links

SelectiveRelease

Files

SCORMModules

GroupManager

Tracking&My Progress

Grade Book

My Grades

Assessments

Assignments

QuizSelf-testsSurvey

Peer Review

Grading Forms

Announcements

Goals

Calendar

SearchSyllabus

Roster

Who’s Online

Chat &Whiteboard Discussions

Mail

Integrate Edulink tools with teaching and learning activities

A new Lecturer & 1ST Year Large class

• Relied on Academic Support• Seminars on teaching practices • What works for other lecturers• Tutoring system• Edulink case studies to stimulate thought • Edulink Pre- and post-tests

• Lecture preparation• Guide & structure student learning• Authentic learning• Active learning

• Student incentives

Findings on academic support • Academic support valuable • Edulink pre- and post-tests;

• structured and guided student learning• encouraged dialogue during lectures• ensured effective work for lecturer and students • feedback

• Learning was taking place• Got to know students better

• different learning styles and preferences• Achieved learning outcome• Edulink supported teaching practice

After all this effort…

• Student poor performance 1st semester test

• Students complained• Too much work• Demanded structured work

• Department’s responsibility

• What do students want?

• How do they want to be taught?

• Where is responsibility in the own learning?

• Where do we draw the line?

Challenges @ UJ

• Students want to be spoon fed• How do we get the students to take responsibility of

their own learning?• Does experiential learning really work?• Available tools, resources and support

Failure rate is still high • Lack of motivation• Poor attendance impacts on

• performance • success

• No prior teaching experience or training

• Assumption that you know how to teach

• Expectation to make students succeed

Challenges for new lecturers

Thank you