Student Engagement: The Next Step

Pauline Farrell

Blended eLearning Solutions

Student lifecycle

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GPS Student Induction Individual Learning Plans

Learning

Career Personal

Program overview

• Induction/Orientation Program

• Delivered across five

campuses

• 4 and ½ hours training F2F

• Blended Learning approach

completed in 4 weeks

• Introduce staff and students to

our systems

• Built as a result of student

satisfaction results

GPS Student Induction

Learning Plan

RPL Results

Learning analytics

>99% of all logins to our

student portal come

from an apple/android

device.

Our student prefer to learn: 1. Kinaesthetically – by doing

2. Musically – by listening

3. Visually – by seeing

So how will this change delivery at BHI?

Learning Styles + Systems

Bodily/

Kinaesthetic Visual Musical Social

Mobility in Education

Social Media

Integration

Mahara

Moodle

iTunesU

Echo 360

Building the

system capability

to support the

pedagogy

Student Dashboards

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Student Dashboards

Student and Teacher Dashboard

Project

• A consistent framework for

teachers and senior educators

to access in regard to course

creation.

• A quality benchmark in course

development.

• An online presence for all

courses.

Teacher Dashboard Course

wellness framework screen.

The creation of the Teacher Dashboards provides:

Teacher Dashboards

Teacher Dashboard

Course development

framework screen.

What does the student see?

Student Dashboard screen.

Students can view all

relevant teacher

completed aspects of

the Teacher

Dashboard.

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During course

Work diaries Mobile App iBooks

“Good m-learning should consider that it is the

learner who is mobile rather than the device

and this key principle should inform all other m-

learning principles”. 2012 M-learning Teacher and Trainer Guide, E-standards for Training August 2012, V3.0

Stage 1: Apprenticeship Block

• Co-teaching strategy embedded skills and knowledge within teaching

centres

• Increased employability skills for all learners including digital literacy

• Greater transparency between industry, employers and learning

• Ability to track and report learner engagement

Stage 2: Mobile assessments with mobas

• Mobile devices to capture photos, and text and upload assessments

to Moodle

• Support multimodal delivery including classroom, workshop, and

workplace

• Accessible in remote locations

Building capability for workplace

based assessment

Automotive

Carpentry

Carpentry

Refrigeration

Assessment anywhere with

Mobas

Driving pedagogical change to

radically improve the percentage

of workplace based assessment

Work diary JSA

Procedure/

Process

Observation

checklist

PD: Working with assessment Mobile assessment

Project website:

http://participationandskills.wikispaces.com/vic162

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Analysis

Learner analytics – at risk students

Self-service reporting

Institute wide analysis

Bringing Teachers along

for the ride… So they ultimately lead the way

Pauline Farrell

Blended eLearning Solutions

Teacher lifecycle

Induction

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Online induction program

(in progress) Individual Learning Plans

and SAC

Image: http://www.jorymon.com/images/2010/april/ipad_kid.jpg

Cross (2007) argues that only 10% to 15% of learning is

formal, while 85% of our learning takes place outside of

formal settings

Teacher lifecycle

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Induction

Online induction

program (Intro to

systems, policies)

Introduction to Teacher

Dashboards

Teacher Induction Program

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Mapping PD to

TAE Cert IV

Badging Teaching and

Learning college

Teacher Education and Professional

Development portfolio

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• Master of Education (Monash University)

• Graduate Certificate in HE (Deakin University)

• Certificate IV TAE (BHI)

• Diploma VET (BHI)

• Grad Certificate in Digital Education

• Grad Diploma of Management (Learning)

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• Vocational Competence mapping

• Skills Assessment Centre

• Badging project

• Strategic Professional Development Project

• Teacher Induction Program

• Support: eLearning Help desk & drop-in centre

• Change management projects

Strategic

Project

PD Goals

Badging

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Extend &

Implement

Mobas iBooks Collaborative Learning

Spaces

Projects in partnership

Workplace Based

assessment and delivery

• Transforming delivery

strategies

• Building assessment

packs x 346

• Leading change from

behind

• Training in workplace

delivery and

assessment

Online/Blended

• Creating courses

online

• Leading dashboard

completion

• Learning to Teach

Online

• Creating learner at risk

reports

• Updating current

courses

Outcomes • Co-teaching strategy to model innovative teaching strategies

• Increased employability skills for all learners including digital literacy

• Greater transparency between industry, employers and learning

• Ability to track and report learner engagement for audit

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Class

Workplace

Mahara

Moodle

Forum Plan Goals Resume/CV Blog Assignment Presentation Attended

Week Mode

Unit design

Fashion - Workplace internship

Degree program

model

Instruction led

model

Flipped classroom for

VCE and VCAL

Teacher Education

Video collaboration

Bachelor of Information Systems

VCAL and VCE

Certificate III in Electrical

Dip VET

The future

• Expanding BYOT Strategy across the

Institute

• New classrooms that integrate mobility as

a baseline

• Greater personalisation and customisation

• Ongoing teacher education and team

teaching to transform delivery approaches

• Increased analysis of learner needs and

expectations to build learner capability and

engagement