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Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Quality Enhancement
Future directions
Operations +
challengesSize and scope
Responding
Roles and communication
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Size and scope
Web statistics
1998 : 26,000,000 (26 million web pages)2000 : 1,000,000,000 (1 Billion web pages)2008 : 1,000,000,000,000 (1 Trillion web pages)
1,596,270,108 people are actively using the internet(Internet Usage and World Population Statistics are for March 31, 2009)
Source: http://thinktankmedia.com.au/blog/interesting-web20-stats-2009/
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Size and scope
Trends and influences
Google has done 2 billion searches a day, or about 700 billion a year
A new blog is created every second, totaling 80,000 new blogs every day
900,000 blog posts are created daily
More than 100 million users log on to Facebook at least once each dayThe fastest growing demographic is those 35 years old and older.
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Size and scope
Staff and Students
Social Networking sites (FaceBook, MySpace)Professional Networking sites (LinkedIn)Social Bookimarking Sites (Delicious)Social Citation Sites (LibraryThing)Sharing Files (Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare)Learning Communities (Wikis, Ning, Discussion boards)
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Size and scope
Blackboard at MQ
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Operations + challenges
Blackboard
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Challenges
• Response to session 1
• ED/AD <> A/deans/DIR <>Convenors – channel comms
• Channels – which query to which channel. Scenario, make sure we cover levels.
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Responding
Workshops•Blackboard workshops•Technology workshops
•Wikis•Eportfolios•Blogs•Second life•Twitter•etc
•Drop-in sessions
•Wimba Create •Introduction Social Bookmarking for Assessment •Using Virtual Learning Environments for Alternative Classroom Spaces •Social Media in Education (webinar) •Introduction to wikis and managing digital content •Easy webpage authoring using Microsoft Word and Wimba Create •Introduction to wikis and managing digital content •ePortfolios •Introduction to Google Applications in learning (Documents) •Introduction to Social Media in Education •Introduction to Blogging - part 2 •Easy webpage authoring using Microsoft Word and Wimba Create •Blogs and Wikis for Reflection and Collaboration Tasks •MQ unConference •Introduction to Education in a Virtual World (Second Life) •Virtual Live Classroom Webinar •Blogs and Wikis for Reflection and Collaboration Tasks •Using Video and Other Media to Engage Students •Introduction to Blogging •Using YouTube (and alternatives) to engage your students •Using Video and Other Media to Engage Students •Digital Research Techniques
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Responding
ResourcesLTC websitehttp://www.mq.edu.au/ltc/index.htm
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Responding
ResourcesArts faculty wikihttp://artswiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Responding
Projects and research
•Emerging Technologies grants (ETG)
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Responding
Projects and research
•Blackboard research/study
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Future directions
•Quality enhancement process •Projects
•Orientation unit•Facilitate online unit•AVTS helpdesk system
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Communication
Lines of communication
• Helpdesk (eg operational support for Blackboard and iLecture)• AVTS (eg speed dial in lecture theatres, equipment hire)• Educational Developers (eg advice on using technology)• Academic Developers (eg advice on assessment, broader
curriculum, learning and teaching issues)
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Communication
Educational Developers and Academic Developers
• Consultant and advisor (eg professional development, improving an online unit, project advice, existing resources and services, advice on learning technologies…)
• liaison with academics and Associate Dean/Director of L+T to determine dept/faculty needs
• Special projects• Other
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Roles and communcation
Scenario 1
• I can’t log in to my online unit, my students are not displaying as enrolled,
(log a ticket in the online Help desk form)
• ffyryu
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Roles and communication
Scenario 2
• Improving discussions in my online unit (ED)
Scenario 3
• Using Second Life (ED)
Quality Enhancement – Faculty of Human Sciences
Roles and communication
Scenario 4
• Just in time troubleshooting (faculty support)
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