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The presentation covers the development of a personal development planning resource using Google Apps for Education
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Managing Personal Development Planning using Google Apps for
EducationRobin Trangmar
Head of Education & Training, Coleg Llandrillo
Dr. Claire Lloyd Lecturer in Education & Training, Coleg Llandrillo
Overview iPDP (Individual Personal Development Plan)
being developed on the Teacher Education courses at Coleg Llandrillo. The iPDP uses Google Sites, Drive and Groups to
support trainee teachers and track and manage assessment artefacts during their course
Portfolio Issues Just so much paper Compiled at the end of the year Didn’t really contribute to any development Retained by the student, so if they didn’t have it
no-one could see what they were doing Lost hand-outs, resources, course forms, marked
assessment work Staff found it hard to track student progress Students found it easy to hide
‘I’ve left it at home’ … Not attending tutorials … and thus not producing
work
Previous efforts … PebblePad
Ran a trial in 2007 Cost implications
Mahara + Moodle Too steep a learning curve Portability issues Institutional hosting issues
Moodle GLLM still running Moodle 1.9 … No linkage with Mahara Moodle unpopular with students Moodle not really a Web 2.0 platform Anything created in Moodle would be
Messy Not portable
What we wanted (1) To have a resource that was at the heart of the
trainee teacher’s progress Something that was transparent and available to
the trainee teacher, the workplace mentor, and any of the teacher educators
Something that was updatable by all parties and in one common ‘space’
What we wanted (2) Storage: somewhere for
staff to store course documents, research papers etc for student access
students to store assessed work students to have a personal storage space that
staff can access One single place for
Course resources and teaching materials Student work
Students to have greater engagement with cloud-based resources so they were aware of possibilities for their own students
Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin.It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it.
(A.A. Milne 1926; 15)Source: Milne, A.A., 1926 The World of Pooh. London; Methuen. Image: Pete Rollins http://peterrollins.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pooh_stairs.jpeg
The inspiration Cheryl Reynolds – Senior Lecturer at
Huddersfield University on the PGCE programmes Developed and tested an iPDP using a
Google Site from which her students created a replica
She shared this with us We took the model, mapped it to our
own course requirements, and added a few tweaks
Google Apps for Education (GAfE) Following the 2012 merger, GLLM moved the
email system to Google Apps for Education (GAfE)
This presented within the GLLM domain Gmail Calendars Sites Drive Groups … and recently Google Plus and Google Hangouts
Creating the iPDP We created one Google Site and set it up as a
Template, which was then shared with students They created a copy We managed the Site permissions so that tutors
have editing rights We provided a half-day’s training and helped the
students to create and customise their iPDP
The iPDP isn’t … An ePortfolio
“… a purposeful collection of information and digital artefacts that demonstrates development or evidences learning outcomes, skills or competencies. The process of producing an ePortfolio (writing, typing, recording etc.) usually requires the synthesis of ideas, reflection on achievements, self-awareness and forward planning; with the potential for educational, developmental or other benefits.”
(Cotterill 2007) … but it could be
Main Points Each part of the course has its own area, description
of assessment tasks, access to relevant forms, a place for uploading personal completed work
Simple, one / two-click access Journals Observations, evaluations Assignments Research document support
Courseware Links to Google Site for each module of study
Discussion area - Google Group (weak point) Assignment upload - Google Group (weak point)
Main AreasAssessment Area
Personal Workspace
Course Admin AreaHandbooks, Video help files, Document
Templates
Taught Modules
Personal storage space Students can add own research, notes, drafts etc Tutors can add additional reading to support
learning
Use of Drive No template documents are stored in the iPDP
Site All templates are located in folders in the Google
Drive shared folder The shared folder is inserted (‘linked’) into the
iPDP Site page, and any updates to files in the Google Drive shared folder occur automagically
Back End
Course Modules
iTutor Central dashboard Site for staff to access
resources
Progress Quick uptake - ‘intuitive’ User friendly The ability to reverse disasters is very useful … Students prefer it to Moodle (!) Several students have developed Sites for their
own students Some students are doing their
tutorials via Google Hangoutsreducing the need to travel
Limitations Gmail filters to redirect student emails Submitting assessment work via a Group Can’t track activity / engagement with resources
on the module Sites A few students find the page editing process
challenging Initial inability for students to export the iPDP
after the course ends (GAfE domain limitations) Found a work-around through using a standard
Gmail account
Short and Long Term Evaluation
Initial anecdotal feedback from students Developing the original template as tutors
experience problems Investigating why the current cohort of students
are using the iPDP effectively Use of TPACK (Technological, Pedagogical and
Content Knowledge) survey to benchmark skills End of year review Sharing findings with Cheryl Reynolds
Contact details Robin Trangmar
[email protected] @yrathro Presentation on SlideShare at
References Cotterill, SJ (2007). What is an ePortfolio?
ePortfolios 2007, Maastricht http://www.eportfolios.ac.uk/definition accessed 12 December 2013
Koehler, M. J., & Mishra, P. (2005). What happens when teachers design educational technology? The development of technological pedagogical content knowledge. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 32(2), 131-152
Milne, A. A., 1926. The World of Pooh. London; Methuen.