Pilot Phase Results

Research to date College A

Course 1 Digital Library

Course 2 Online learning activities

College B Course 3

Concept Mapping

Course 1

Digital Library 16 questionnaires (47% of the 34 students) 15 used the DL 5+ times 7 (44%) found it very useful Most helpful aspects

Bibliography/refs (69%) Maps (56%) Photos/data (25%)

10 (63%) suggested changes

Course 2

Online learning activities 27 evaluation forms (82% of the 33 students)

Charted the responses to Q’s such as“The online material was easy to understand”

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Coded responses on a Likert scale Coded responses on a Likert scale (1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree)(1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree)

Strongest +ve responses (mean 4.3) to Strongest +ve responses (mean 4.3) to questions about structure, ease of questions about structure, ease of navigation, the use of relevant, real-navigation, the use of relevant, real-world resourcesworld resources Strongest –ve response (mean 2.8) to Strongest –ve response (mean 2.8) to Q8 Q8

““I thought this was better than having a course I thought this was better than having a course based on lectures & conventional computer based on lectures & conventional computer practicals”practicals”

Course 2

Online learning activities

Course 2

Online learning activities 15 responses on best aspects 9 on worst aspects 22 students also took part in a focus

group Tendency to “dip in & out” Reading list used more than linked

articles/journals This confirmed my observation of

students completing one activity

Course 3

Concept Mapping 167 students 90% completed the Flash-based cMap worth 15% of student’s final grade average score greater than other

exams in the course in one-to-one interviews student

opinions varied greatly

Course 3

Concept Mapping Based on observation and

interviews basic functionality is “reasonably

sound“ semantics & student expectation

management are top priorities for improvement