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Open Education Resource: English Grammar and

Composition

Work done as part of AICTE approved FDP on Use of ICT in

Education for Online and Blended Learning

RC1140_Team835

PRIYA SBM

SASHIKALA G

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0

International License.

OER Submission is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0

International License. You are free to use, distribute and modify it, including for commercial

purposes, provided you acknowledge the source and share-alike. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Table of Contents

Open Education Resource: Flipping the classroom with MOODLE .....................................................3 About the OER ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Learning Objectives ............................................................................................................................... 3 Helpful Documentation for Tool Use .................................................................................................... 3 Section 2: Design Decisions ..................................................................................................................4 Nature of Decisions taken ...................................................................................................................... 4

Content Decision .................................................................................................................................... 4

Pedagogical Decision ............................................................................................................................. 4

Technology Decision ............................................................................................................................. 4

Section 3: OER Description ...................................................................................................................5 Active OER ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Lesson Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 5 How to use this OER.............................................................................................................................. 14 Best Practices with Lesson Activity ...................................................................................................... 14 Section 4: Evaluating Effectiveness of OER ......................................................................................... 15 Effectiveness at the student level ........................................................................................................... 15 Effectiveness at consumer level ............................................................................................................. 15 Section 5: Consolidated Log of Team Work ......................................................................................... 16 Section 6: Building a Community of MOODLE and Flipped Classroom Adopters ............................. 17 Possible Sources for Community Building ............................................................................................ 17 Plans for Community Building .............................................................................................................. 17

Works Cited ........................................................................................................................................... 18

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RC1140_Team835 S B M. PRIYA

G.SASHIKALA

Open Education Resource: English Grammar and

Composition About the OER The open education resource is a collection of Lesson activities for English Grammar and

Composition that are useful as out-of-class activity while flipping the classroom. There are three

lessons as part of this OER, and each deals with an aspect related to Concept Maps. Concept

mapping is a technique that is useful across domains and can be a useful tool for: Knowledge

Integration and Summary.

OER is downloadable from:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1xTUnDDpGW0eU5GMmJINGVXb1U Target Audience: First year Engineering Students (any domain) Tags: Flipped Classroom, LeD, LbD, MOODLE, Quiz, English, Grammar,

Composition, Concept Map, Engineering Students OER developed in Wordpress.com This resource is licensed under CC-BY-SA ver 4.0. You are free to use, distribute and

modify it, including for commercial purposes, provided you acknowledge the source and

share-alike. To see more details about the license visit

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Learning Objectives After using this OER, learner will be able to:

• Identify the characterizing features of a concept map • List down the benefits of Concept Mapping – As a learner and as a Teacher • Explain the theory behind concept mapping • Familiarize themselves with 2 tools for creating concept maps

Helpful Documentation for Tool Use [1] The Word press website for design and development of lesson activity (Free and Plan available)

[2] Moodle for Assignment and Test creation

[3] Screencast-O-Matic for LeD video and Flipped Classroom Activity Creation

[4] PPT and MS-Word for Flipped Classroom construction and Assignment Creation

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Section 2: Design Decisions

Nature of Decisions to be taken

The decisions concerned in the formation of this OER design were broadly classified into three

types:

1. Content Decisions 2. Pedagogic Decisions 3. Technology Decisions

Content Decisions The content decisions related to:

a. Earmarking segment to be enclosed – Flipped Classroom Activity, LeD Videos, LbD

Activities, Assessment (Quiz, Assignments) Pedagogical Decisions

The flipped classroom strategy has two segments. They are Out-of-class segment and In-

Class segment. The Out-of-Class segment insists the students to listen or go through the provided

materials from the instructors (in any form of Videos, .doc, .pdf, .ppt). After the clear

understanding, they have to reinforce the concepts in the given assignments (Moodle Quiz

(subjective and objective), LbD). In terms of concept marking, out-of-class segments are related to

1. Recall and Apply the learned contents in the Reflective Spot or/and LbD

2. Graded Activities – Like graded Quiz or assignments activities

3. Preparation for the In-class Higher cognitive level activities – Think Pair Share, Peer

Instruction, Team Pair Solo.

In the In-Class Segment, the higher order of thinking is initiated through the Active

Learning Strategies like Peer Instruction, Think Pair Share and Team Pair Solo.

Technology Decisions

The technological decisions made for the creation of Out-of-Class and In-class activities

are,

1. For ScreenCasting – ScreenCast-O-Matic. The Video length is limited to 10-15 min and

File type is .mp4

2. MOODLE Lesson and Quiz Activity - For Flipped ClassRoom

3. PPT - For Flipped Classroom Constructor

4. MS-Word - For Descriptive Assignment Submission.

5. WordPress – For Content Sharing, Link sharing with students.

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Section 3: OER Description

Active OER

The link for Active OER is https://blendedlearningoer.wordpress.com/

Lesson Settings

The lesson settings for the English Grammar and Compositions are made in Wordpress (link given

above). The following screenshots narrates how the websites pages needs to accessed for the

completion of the given lesson activity.

Screenshot 1: General Appearance of Website

The Course portfolio of the lesson is given in Screencast 2. The course portfolio page consists of

Course Plan, Learning Objective and the effective outcome.

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Screen Cast 2: Course Portfolio

The procedure for accessing the course is given in Course Procedure. (Screencast 3)

Screencast 3: Course Procedure

We have created two flipped classroom activity for the topics - Concord and Suffix. This is

given in the page Flipped Classroom Page (Screencast4, Screencast 5).

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Screencast4: Flipped Classroom

Screencast5: Flipped Classroom Activity in Moodle

After attending the flipped classroom, the students are insisted to attend the quiz in moodle

(Screencast6)

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Screencast6: Quiz for Flipped Classroom in Moodle

In Course Activity, we have added LeD Videos and LbD activity for 6 different topics (Concord,

Active Passive Voice, Direct and Indirect Form, Suffix, Tenses and Tense Form, Degree of

Comparisons). The screenshot is shown below.

The Screenshot 8 shows the LeD, LbD activity of Tenses and Tense Form

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Screenshot 8: Tenses and Tense Form

Once after the Course activities, Term I assessment is given in Moodle Menu. It has been decided

to add 20% of scored mark into Term I evaluation

Screenshot 9 Moodle – Quiz Activity

By clicking the Term 1 Assessment, it will lead to screen for quiz as shown in screenshot 10. The

screenshot 11 and screenshot 12 and screenshot 13 depict the screen for Quiz. The questions are

added into the Quiz from the Question Bank created in Moodle as shown in screenshot 14.

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Screenshot 10. Quiz for Term I Assessment

Screencast 11 : Quiz for I term Assessment in Moodle

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Screencast 12: Quiz for I term Assessment in Moodle

Screencast 13: Quiz for I term Assessment in Moodle

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Screenshot 14 Question Bank in Moodle

The Screenshot 15 shows the Course Repository. It containts PPT, .MP4 files and Moodle Link for

Quiz

Screenshot 15 Course Repository

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The screenshot 16 and screenshot 17 shows the About and Contact page of this website.

Screenshot 16 About

Screenshot 17 Contact

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How to use this OER : English Grammar and

Compositions

Step 1. Go to the website https://blendedlearningoer.wordpress.com/

Step 2. Download the OER lesson plan from the link

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1xTUnDDpGW0eU5GMmJINGVXb1U

Step 3. Go to the Course Portfolio and understand the Learning objective and

outcome of this course

Step 4. First go to the ‘Flipped Class Room’ Menu. It has two 2 flipped classroom

activities (Concord and Suffix).

4a. Click on Concord. It will make you to move to Moodle. Use the login

credential given in the same page to access the content. Once after finishing the

lesson, click on ‘Quiz1’ and do the quiz activity.

4b. Click on Suffix. It will open a flipped classroom constructor. Once after

finishing the lesson, click on ‘Quiz2’ and do the quiz activity. Use the login

credential given in the same page to access the content of Moodle.

Step 5. Go to Course Activity. Listen to the 6 LeD Videos and do the corresponding

6 LbD activities. They are

a) Concord

b) Direct and Indirect Form

c) Active Voice and Passive Voice

d) Suffix

e) Tenses and Tense Form

f) Degree of Comparisons Step 6. Go to the Moodle Menu. Click on Quiz and do the Quiz activity. Use the

login credential given in the same page to access the content of Moodle.

Note: The step 4 to Step 6 is displayed in Menu Course Procedure

Step 7. In ‘Course Repository’, the course files are displayed.

Best Practices with Lesson Activity

Here are some of the best practices from our experience on using this Lesson Activity in

classroom:

1. Provide this activity at least 1 week in advance. 2. Provide minor incentive (marks) for completion of the activity.

3. Ensure that the grades obtained by the students are above average. This is to confirm the effectiveness of this lesson plan.

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Section 4: Evaluating Effectiveness of OER

The effectiveness of OER can be assessed at two levels: 1. At the Learner level 2. At the Teacher level

Effectiveness at the learner level

Effectiveness at the student level involves metrics related to student access of the resource

and student learning.

The Grades obtained after Quiz activity evaluate the effectiveness of this program. The

LbD activity improves the concept assimilation. Also the feedback can be obtained from

the students about these activities.

Effectiveness at Teacher level

OER consumers are typically teachers who want their students to learn concept mapping.

Linking a survey on three main constructs – Ease of Use, Concept Coverage and

Concept Complexity, can help in identifying the effectiveness of this OER at teachers

level. This has to be done as a follow-up activity.

Implementing Survey

Thus every user who downloads this resource will be asked their email address and as a

follow up the survey will be send to their email address.

Survey Questions

Construct Question Scale

I found it easy to download

the Lesson Activity

I found the instructions to

setup the Lesson Activity

Ease of Use useful in setting the activity Strongly Disagree to

in my Course

Strongly Agree (5-point

I was able to successfully

Likert Scale)

create Lesson in my own

course

The Lesson covers the

Concept Coverage required concepts related to

concept maps that I need for my course

Concept Complexity

The content inside the lesson is too complex to understand

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Section 5: Consolidated Log of Team Work

The consolidated log of team work is as shown below:

Activity Team Member

Amount of

Time

Additional

Logs

if any

Discussion PRIYA SBM 6 Hours

SASHIKALA G 6 Hours

Tool Exploration PRIYA SBM 10 Hours

SASHIKALA G 10 Hours

OER Creation PRIYA SBM 24 Hours

SASHIKALA G 24 Hours

OER Documentation PRIYA SBM 20 Hours

SASHIKALA G 10 Hours

Individual Reflection PRIYA SBM 20 Hours

(Diary Logging) SASHIKALA G 20 Hours

OER Evaluation PRIYA SBM 10 Hours

SASHIKALA G 10 Hours

Team Leader PRIYA SBM

Team Member SASHIKALA G

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Section 6: Building a Community of

MOODLE and Flipped Classroom Adopters

Possible Sources for Community Building Some of the possible sources for building a community are:

Teachers who have interest in Active Learning Strategy

Teachers who are willing to use MOODLE, WORDPRESS, PADLET, and ICT tools

Teachers who can adapt to Flipped Classroom Strategies.

Plans for Community Building

All the resources can be accessed from this website https://blendedlearningoer.wordpress.com/

The interested user can register your contact details in the following link (Contact). The users

can be give their comments in the wordpress link given here (link).

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Works Cited

[1] Warriner, J. E., & Griffith, F. (1977). English Grammar and composition. New York:

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

[2] Sc Gupta, Comprehensive English Grammar & Composition (2011) , Arihant Publications,

ISBN: 9788186485910

[3] MOODLE. (2015, October) Moodle Docs. [Online].

https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/Lesson_activity

[4] Screencast-O-Matictool

http://oertools.weebly.com/uploads/3/2/3/0/3230788/sarah_switaj.pdf