Increase student motivation (and reduce cheating) using Mahara

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Increase  student  mo2va2on  (and  reduce  chea2ng)  using  Mahara  

Mahara  Hui  15  

Allison  Miller  [email protected]  

10  April  2015  

Slides  available  at  

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E-learning = flexibility

E-assessment = cheating

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“best means we have to reduce cheating is to increase

motivation and learning” (Lang 2013 via Morris, 2014, An Australian guide to the risk management of VET online e-assessment)

Ways to increase motivation (= reduce cheating)

(Morris, 2014)

activities which help you interact with students

variety of assessments which are real and applied

peer activities for students to interact and learn from each other

self-assessment activities to understand why they are learning something

Get to know your students by finding out more about them

bit.ly/AM-Resume bit.ly/AM-Profile

Use real and applied assessment tasks

bit.ly/AM-AssessAct

Real  and  applied  (learning-­‐centred)  approaches  

Individual  Learning  Plans  

Ac9on/Project  based  learning    

Problem  seeking  &  solving  learning  (Design  thinking)  

Work-­‐based/Situated/Authen9c  learning  

Service  learning  

Peer/Collec9ve  (Tribe/Gang)  learning  

Professional  Learning  Communi9es  /PLNs  (Circles)  

Informal/Just-­‐in-­‐Time/Social/Self-­‐organised  learning  

Scenario-­‐based  learning  

Others?  

Include peer activities

Support self-assessment

bit.ly/AM-Journal

It’s win-win - Assessment + Apply for Job etc

bit.ly/C-Lemoine

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It’s  a  win-­‐win  -­‐  Learners  learn  how  to  learn  (&  not  just  get  feed  the  content)  

Find this document at: bit.ly/MaharaEgs

Lots of examples and resources

EporMolio  ac9vity  in  Australia  

Australian Mahara User Group

Do we need one?

17 April

Adelaide

moodlemaharameetup.org

2015 Moodle-Mahara Meet-up Thinking outside the Box

16 April

University of South Australia, Adelaide

moodlemaharameetup.org

2015 Eportfolio Forum & Workshops Standing out from the crowd

30 September-1 October 2015

Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus, Perth, Western Australia

eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/forums/2015-eportfolio-forum-home-page/

Previous Eportfolio Forums and Workshops

Great resources available

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