Instructional Design & eAuthoring Module (Week 7)
The following is a reflection on the Tuesday morning class that took place on 6th December 2016 from 10:00 to 13:00 using Gibbs Reflective Cycle.
Description
THIS WEEK: Design, Learning Analytics and Evaluation
Design (Ciaran O’Leary)
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Herbert Simon, 1969, The Sciences of the Artificial
Design distinguishes the professions (schools of engineering, architecture, education)
Everyone designs
Product, Service, Assemblage
Expert Non-Expert
Failed Use, Non-Use
Faithful Use, Appropriation
“If you want to create a product that satisfies a broad audience of users, logic will tell you to make it as broad in its functionality as possible to accommodate the most people. Logic is wrong. You have far greater success by designing for a single person.”
Alan Cooper (2007)
“Self-referential design” – making the mistake of designing for yourself.
Learning Analytics (Pat Walsh)
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Year 2 Project
Research Methodology – Sequential Mixed Method Approach
Blackboard
Data Analysis Tools
The Retention Center (Early Warning System)
Rules based on
(a) Missed deadlines
(b) Grades
(c) Course Activity
(d) Course access
Current debate about VLEs/LMSs – Effective learning tools or data repositories – NGDLE/NGVLE must provide greater analytic and predictive tools. (Brown, Dehoney, & Millichap, 2015)
Evaluation (Damian Gordon)
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The Quantity versus Quality Issue
Evaluation Tools
MERLOT – www.merlot.org
LORI – Learning Object Review Instrument
Quality of Content
Feelings
Evaluation
Analysis
Conclusions
Personal Action Plans