ONLINE ESSAY WRITING TUTORIAL

From paper to platformCharlotte Keys and Sophie Acomat

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Tutorial: Aims and Content

Development / Production Process

Technological Development

Sneak Peek

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Design a tutorial which highlights theusefulness of RHUL e-resources in meetingacademic challenges, especially researching,planning and writing essays and dissertations.

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

REDEFINED AIMS

PERCEIVED LIMITATIONS

OF THE AIMS

PROJECT AIMS

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Non Interactive

Models

Semi-interactive Interactive

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Content: task-based, integrated approach

◦ 7 stages of the essay writing process

◦ One essay question: Evaluate the economic and social impacts of international tourism on developing countries.

◦ Online tools and essay writing techniques

◦ A set of integrated tasks

Design:

7 self-contained stages connected by the same essay question: Introductory video Practice tutorial List of online resources

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Stage organisation

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

E-learning team

Technical support

Learning design approach:Authoring tools ◦ Articulate ◦ Camtasia

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Conceptualising the project Research openly available models / resources / tools Content design Technological development Testing Enhancements / Adjustments Launch Long-term trial: feedback / review / enhancements

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Key components: ◦ Content: paper based◦Authoring tools: Articulate and TechSmith

Minor components: Wikimedia, Flickr, Creative Commons, iStock

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Research

Experience: ◦ Pedagogical ◦ Technological

Timeframe

Equilibrium between content, technology and learner

External commitments

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Timeframe: ◦ Low range development of E-learning content: 1 : 127

Chapman Alliance, Estimating Cost and Time in Instructional Design. Available at http://sas.byu.edu/

◦ Personal timeframe: 19 mn : 200

Research: Merlot, academic reference resources

Training: self-training using tutorials, forums

Scheme of Work: ◦ Excel sheet of all slides

◦ Paper-based outline of each slide with inter-connections and hyperlinks

Process: not linear

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Essay Writing Mini-series:

http://academicwriting.articulate-online.com/5857003334

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Chapman, B (2010) A Chapman Alliance, Research Study. Available at www.chapmanalliance.com(Accessed: 05 May 2013)

Estimating Cost and Time in Instructional Design. Available at http://sas.byu.edu/(Accessed: 04 May 2013)

Online Essay Writing Tutorial

QUESTIONS?

sophie.acomat@rhul.ac.uk

charlotte.keys@rhul.ac.uk

Online Essay Writing Tutorial