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EnRoLE 2008 Workshop SeriesEvaluating Role Plays

26 November 2008

Dr Maree Gosper

Learning and Teaching Centre

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Role Plays

Educational role plays in Australian universities designed to increase understanding of real life human interaction and dynamics.

• participants assume a role in someone else's shoes or in someone else's situation

• to do authentic tasks in an authentic context • involving substantial in-role human interaction such as

collaboration, negotiation, debate • interaction between roles is substantially in an online

environment • learning outcomes are assessable and generate

opportunities for student reflection

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Will they use it?

The 4 E’s - Collis and Moonen (2001)

• Ease of use

• Effectiveness

• Efficiency

• Environmental readiness

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Sustainable software

The Curriculum The ICTs

The Organisational Environment

The CICTO Framework JS Flagship Project(M Gosper, K Woo, H Muir, C Dudley, K Nakazawa. AJET 23, 2.

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Sustainable software

Teaching aimsLearning Outcomes Role play process

Teaching supports Learning Supports

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Aims

Outcomes

What were the aims of the role play?

What knowledge and skills are to be developed?

How will you know if you have achieved them?

How will you assess the achievement?

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Role play process

• Was it efficient and easy to use – i.e. did it make teaching and learning easier to accomplish; time, resources • Was it effective in achieving outcomes ?• Was it motivating / engaging?• What value did it add to the student experience • Is there a better way of doing this to achieve the same outcomes?

Participant Facilitator

Orientation

Establishing roles

Playing – interactions, collaborations, communications

Finalisation

Debrief

Assessment

Feedback

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The environment:Teaching supports

Learning supports

Learning and Teaching support - in setting up, administering and maintaining the Role Play

Learning Teaching

Acquisition and administration of software

Training in use of software/systems

Development of resources

Reuse of the role play

Compliance

Assessment policies

Information management

Accessibility /disability