The short and the long of it:Sustaining workbooks from three weeks to three years

Sydney eLearning

Ruth Weeks, Mark Henderson, Jo Lockwood

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Sydney eLearning

Enterprise Systems

• University wide

• Centralised introduction and support

Support

• Design

• Implementation

Maintenance

• Quality assurance

• Best practice

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What makes workbooks work?

Embedding

• Purpose of task

• Value for effort

Ownership

• Champion of the cause

• Sustained interest in purpose

Orientation

• Training of stakeholders

• Ongoing support for development

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3 week Workbook Homepage

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3 week Workbook Resources

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3 week Workbook Journal Entry

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VETS Extramural placement ePortfolio

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Property management report

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Recording of Skills

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Placement Daily Diary

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Discussion

• Embedding

• Purpose

• Place

• Ownership

• Responsible

• Ongoing

• Orientation

• Support

• Direction

What sustains your use of Workbooks?

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Sustaining Workbooks

Case 1

• Replaces existing practices with a more efficient and effective tool

• New elements (e.g. reflection) need to be integrated with and supported by the whole curriculum

• Needs high-level ownership when used over a whole degree program

• Needs orientation and student guide for students and training for staff

Case 2

• Replaces existing practices with a more efficient and effective tool

• New elements (e.g. reflection) need to be integrated with and supported by the whole curriculum

• Needs high-level ownership when used over a whole degree program

• Needs orientation and student guide for students and training for staff

Other factors?

• What is strategic to sustaining workbooks in your teaching environment?

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3 month Workbook Sample Entry