efficient course design with nestor 2012

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› ES&I/ Koos Winnips / Stefan Riezebos / Eline Noorbergen

Efficient Course design with Nestor

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Topics

› 1 – Your courses in Nestor, examples, rubrics› 2 – New developments…› 3 – Changes in your course, updates? › 4 – break› 5 – Practical› 6 – Present results

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Goals

1. To be able to recognize standards in the use of Nestor

2. To be able to translate ideas in the area of course design to practical use of Nestor

3. To have insight in future developments in the use of Nestor

4. Other goals? …

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Blackboard exemplary course rubrics1. Goals and objectives2. Content Presentation: chunks, build-up of menu, visuals3. Engagement: active learning/higher order thinking4. Technology use: efficiënt, student centered5. Communication strategy: synchronous/a-synchronous6. Community-building: teamwork, assignments, communication7. Interactie-logistiek: guidelines about level of participation8. Expectations: clear?9. Assessment design: reliable, valid, focused on ”higher order thinking”10. Self-assessment: possible?11. Tutorials: extra materials, well linked, multiple channels?12. Support software, plugins?: well included, clear?13. Instructor role: clear, how to be contacted?14. Course/institutional policies: visible, consistent (plagiarism, ocasys

links)15. Accessibility: all technically accessible?16. Accessibility: disabilities?17. Feedback: possibilities for feedback during and after

Example #ntwrpn

› Goals & Objectives: assignments, downloading assignments

› Interaction logistics: checking portfolio assignments by students

› Technology use: twitter – hashtag

Example: Philosophies of social science› Content presentation: banner› Learner engagement: wiki assignment

Example: eBKO

› Target group: experienced lecturers› Goal: self-reliant work on BTQ (BKO)› Question: Is this the right environment to

reach this goal? › Rubric: technology use (student centered)

Other Blackboard functionality

Course design, constructive aligment

› Why would you need Nestor?› Do you need Nestor?› What problem would it solve for you?› Does it solve any problem for you? › Goals -> Examination -> Methods

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Developments: Open Content› “Free” (as in “free speech”, not as in “free

beer”)• Khan Academy:

http://www.khanacademy.org/• Open Courseware: http://ocw.mit.edu• Youtube.com/edu • iTunesU• http://www.academicearth.com/• http://www.coursera.org/

› www.zoepportal.nl› Creative commons license

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Developments: Weblectures

Wieling & Hofman (2010)

Powervideo – screencast-o-matic.com

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16513631/RDEcourseexamples_final.pdf

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Developments: reactionlecture

› More info:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16513631/reactiecollege_intensivering_van_het_onderwijs_in_grote_colleges_NL.pdf

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Question: course design

› What ideas have you got to change your course?Report back (in 3 mins):• What is my goal? • Tryout• Evaluate: will this work?

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More…

Nestorcoordinators: http://www.rug.nl/uocg/onderwijsportal/nestor/nestorcoordinatoren Nestorsupport tel: 8282 / nestorsupport@rug.nl

› Or: Individual support programme (IOT)› http://www.rug.nl/cit/esi/professionalisering/on

twerpOnderwijs/index

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Thank you!Koos.winnips@rug.nl

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