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Effectiveness of Online Technologies for Lab-Based WorkJ. J. Forsyth & N.J. Ellis, Staffordshire University
Videos increase motivation, learning & understanding (Farre et al. J Clin Pharmac 2004;44:30-6).
Increased dependence on the visual (Metros Theory into Practice 2008;47:102)
Shift needed from basic e-learning (PowerPoint, websites, text) to newer technologies (Duffy Proc Conference E-learning 2007).
Effectiveness of Online Technologies for Lab-Based Work
• Online students required real-life, laboratory-based experience.
• Added synchronous technologies to asynchronous.
• Aim: to evaluate the role and effectiveness of these online technologies in a solely online module.
The Learning and Teaching Process
Plan and design a bespoke battery of tests to determine the athletes’ physiological profile (part of summative assessment on the module)
Live Broadcast
Interactive, videoconferenceEdited clips post-event
Athlete and scientific reports(part of summative assessment)
Skype/Messenger
with ath-letes
Live lab broadcast
Discussion board with athletes
Email with athletes
Athlete vodcasts
Edited clips of lab tests post-event
Video clips of lab tests
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Online questionnaires (n=12)
Email and discussion board used more/more favourable, due to time
constraints and lack of familiarity with the technologies.
Telephone interviews (n=7), transcribed and analysed thematically (Braun & Clarke Qual Res Psychol 2006:3;77-101)
Analysis & Results
Visual
Different Understanding
...you get tired & sick of the same way of using Blackboard...[new technologies] really motivated you as you had something different to use
..a big thumbs up to the video clips
Analysis & Results
...I wouldn’t have
known that if I hadn’t
have been able to
see it.
“Live”
Other options needed
Personal touch
Real
Tutor needed
I maybe didn’t actually get to use it as much as I would have liked...
You’ve been on this
journey with this athlete...
She was always there
Analysis & Results
Work commitments
Conclusions Students said they were more engaged in the module,
and they understood things better, as the technologies were different and realistic, & made their learning more alive and relevant (as with Farre et al. 2004; also Mills & Mills. In Henri et al. 2000. New millennium, new horizons, pp. 202-205)
‘Old’ technologies (email, video clips) are still needed, due to unfamiliarity and time constraints with live broadcasting
Tutor needs to be proactive
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