FIG Working Week 2011 Bridging the Gap between Cultures Marrakech, Morocco, 18‐22 May 2011 1 Constructive Alignment of an introductory university Geographic Information Systems course Constructive Alignment of an introductory university Geographic Information Systems course Siddique Motala University of Cape Town South Africa Introduction Introduction Framework for course development: Constructive Alignment Course: GIS 1, a 2 nd year course in a 4 year BSc Geomatics degree
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FIG Working Week 2011
Bridging the Gap between Cultures
Marrakech, Morocco, 18‐22 May 2011 1
Constructive Alignment of an introductory university Geographic
Information Systems course
Constructive Alignment of an introductory university Geographic
Information Systems course
Siddique MotalaUniversity of Cape Town
South Africa
Introduction Introduction
Framework for course development:
Constructive Alignment
Course: GIS 1, a 2nd year course in a 4
year BSc Geomatics degree
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Bridging the Gap between Cultures
Marrakech, Morocco, 18‐22 May 2011 2
What is Constructive Alignment?What is Constructive Alignment?
Framework for
“deriving curriculum objectives in terms of
performances that represent a suitably
high cognitive level, in deciding
teaching/learning activities judged to
elicit those performances, and to assess
and summatively report student
performance” (Biggs, 1996)
Guides the total learning experience
Theoretical FrameworkTheoretical Framework
Constructivism
“learning is an active process of constructing
rather than acquiring knowledge”;
“instruction is a process of supporting that
construction rather than communicating
knowledge” (Duffy & Cunningham, 1996)
Student-centred learning to aid deep
learning
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Constructive AlignmentConstructive Alignment
Teaching / Learning Activities
Curriculum Objectives
Assessment Tasks
Levels of UnderstandingLevels of Understanding
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Bridging the Gap between Cultures
Marrakech, Morocco, 18‐22 May 2011 4
Constructive AlignmentConstructive Alignment
Teaching / Learning Activities
Curriculum Objectives
Assessment Tasks
Constructive AlignmentConstructive Alignment
Teaching / Learning Activities
Curriculum Objectives
Assessment Tasks
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Marrakech, Morocco, 18‐22 May 2011 5
Constructive AlignmentConstructive Alignment
Teaching / Learning Activities
Curriculum Objectives
Assessment Tasks
Map CreationMap Creation
Curriculum Objectives
Analyse map
requirements, choose
appropriate data
Create map
Teaching/Learning
Activities
Group discussion
Demo (colour wheel,
examples of good & bad
maps)
Online tutorial
Assessment
Tasks
Practical
Exam
Practical
Teaching /
Learning
Activities
Curriculum Objectives
Assess. Tasks
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Map ProjectionsMap Projections
Curriculum Objectives
Describe: properties of
sphere, process of map
projection, distortion
Solve spherical
trigonometry problems
Relate distortion theory to
specific maps, choose
appropriate projection
Relate to GIS
Teaching/Learning
Activities
Lecture
Development exercise
with globe
Tutorial
Group discussion
Lecture
Demonstration
Tutorial
Teaching /
Learning
Activities
Curriculum Objectives
Assess. Tasks
Assessment
Tasks
Exam
Exam
Exam
Practical
Practical
Exam
Constructive AlignmentConstructive Alignment
Teaching / Learning Activities
Curriculum Objectives
Assessment Tasks
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Marrakech, Morocco, 18‐22 May 2011 7
The “GIS Moment”The “GIS Moment”Teaching
/
Learning
Activities
Curriculum Objectives
Assess. Tasks
GroupworkGroupworkTeaching
/
Learning
Activities
Curriculum Objectives
Assess. Tasks
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Bridging the Gap between Cultures
Marrakech, Morocco, 18‐22 May 2011 8
Map ProjectionMap ProjectionTeaching
/
Learning
Activities
Curriculum Objectives
Assess. Tasks
Lift Club TaskLift Club TaskTeaching
/
Learning
Activities
Curriculum Objectives
Assess. Tasks
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Marrakech, Morocco, 18‐22 May 2011 9
Lift Club TaskLift Club Task
EvaluationEvaluation
After constructive alignment,
improvements in:
• Practicals / tutorial assignments;
• Group work
• Lectures
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Bridging the Gap between Cultures
Marrakech, Morocco, 18‐22 May 2011 10
EvaluationEvaluation
Before Constructive Alignment:
“There is a lot of theory to learn which is actually not needed”
After Constructive Alignment:
“The discussions that we had in class was good, how to solve real problems using GIS was great”
“It was good when you showed us, when you physically did something on the GIS, so we can see how it’s applied”