Pre course survey results

CHECET 2013

Disciplines

• Health (6)• Education (4)• Inf Technology (2)• Student learning (2)• Science (2)• Gender studies (1)

Biggest teaching challenges

• Lack of time (4)• Students engagement (4)• Lack of infrastructure (3)• Keeping up to date (3)• Resistance in students and colleagues (2)• Big classes, funding, distributed students,

reaching all students (1)

Biggest learning challenges

• Academic literacy, study skills, underpreparedness, language (11)

• Juggling demands of family/work/academic (5)

• Access to resources / technology (5)• Engagement / motivation (1)

Access to technology

Confident users: MS Word, PowerPoint, social networking , skype, SMS

Mixed: LMS, Twitter, social media, IM, mobile technologies

Not confident: webbased documents, wikis, blogging, social bookmarking, virtual worlds, cmaps, lecture capturing/podcasting, screencasting, digital storytelling, clickers, eportfolios, OERs

Previous use of technology

• LMS 11• Mobile phone 3• Google docs 2• Web2.0/social networking 2• Youtube videos 1• Clickers 1• Podcasting 1

I have used Blackboard in my teaching. I convene a module where we use blended teaching. On Blackboard we use self assessments, discussions, assignments, quizzes, etc. Challenge has been to get students to participate in discussions online.

I started a FB page for my English for Journalism students in 2008. I liked that it was interactive but did not like that I could not upload documents.

ExpectationsHaving a better understanding of what tools are available, having a better understanding of how to use the tools. eg I'm on twitter but would never dream of tweeting anything because I don't know how. I'm handicapped by anxiety and insecurities!

To learn to use a few tools which I can effectively incorporate in my teaching practices.

Learning about the possibilities for use of technology to enhance my staff development work. Exposure to hands-on use of certain technologies and exposure to what people are doing with it. Hands-on experience of using technology in my own work.

Support!

Less is more…

Hands on & sharing of experiences / show and tell

Interest

• Concept and mindmapping (9)• Google Docs (8)• LMS, podcasting (7)• Blogs (6)• ePortfolios, mobile apps (5)• OER, mobile technology, DST (4)• PLE, presentation software, wikis,

bookmarking, virtual worlds (3)