Barriers and facilitators to student

engagement using TutorARDr. Yvonne O’ Connor

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Session

03/12/19

TutorAR: OverviewUCC Teaching and Learning Research Enhancement Fund (2018)

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Student Engagement

Source: https://pyxl.com/articles/4-tips-student-engagement/

TutorAR

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TutorARDevelopment of TutorAR

• Input – Process – Output

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Case Study: Analyse a Loan (Source: An Introduction to Programming, Using Visual Basic 2012, D. Schneider, Pearson)

TutorAR: Development continued

Augmented Reality in Lab Sessions

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Mixed Methods Approach

• Ethical Approval obtained from the Social Research Ethics Committee, University College Cork

– Phase 1: Controlled Experiment

• Case Study

• Complete a survey online

• Total= 73 (8 partially completed)

– Phase 2: Focus Group

• 1 hour

• BIS1 students who participated in Phase 1

• n = 12

TutorAR: Data CollectionAugmented Reality in Lab Sessions

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“TutorAR is way more engaging and like effective for me personally and learning the information than taking down code, transcribing it and cracking your neck as well.” - FG;M1

“I thought it was really good, easy to use and you could go at your own pace. You didn’t have to be keeping up with the tutors and when they read through the code, you have to understand everything as they say it.” - FG;M2

“I would like to see it being incorporated into the new material. It's easier to use that's just plain and simple, that's my experience anyway I would definitely say it should be. “ FG;M4

Student Learning Experiences

TutorAR: Sample FindingsAugmented Reality in Lab Sessions

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TutorAR: Lessons LearntWhat worked well…

Research Methodology

Mixed Method Research.Greater Richness

Team Players

Brought interesting insights to the project

Great for their professional

development (students)

Working with Zapworks

Easy to use platformOversight on progress

Zap-alytics

TopicNovel

InnovativeSparked Interest

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TutorAR: Lessons LearntRoom for Improvement

Timing of Data Collection

Project was due the following week.End of Semester

Competing Priorities

Platform Costs

No such thing as a free lunch.

Costs: €220 per year for Education License

& €2 per student

Large Scale Testing

Input – Process – Output1 person at a time could

interact with this exercise

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Thank you for your attention

Acknowledgement: Special thank you to

the UCC Teaching and Learning Research

Enhancement Fund (2018).