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Constructive alignment within distance learning programmes
February 19, 2020 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Presenter: Dr. Pam Rogerson Revell, University of Leicester
Bio: I am an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Leicester, where I have been Director of the distance MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL for many years. One of my main areas of interest is in developing and researching online and distance learning pedagogies. I have been involved in many funded projects in this area, including 3 EU-funded international e-learning projects and 2 JISC-funded national projects. I created an OER (Open Educational Resource) ‘ The Phonology and Phonetics Review‘ to help students develop their skills in this area and in 2018 I led the development of a MOOC ‘An introduction to Applied Linguistics and TESOL’ which is a collaboration between the University of Leicester and Futurelearn. The MOOC is currently in its fourth run and has had over 20,000 participants.
Session Overview: As Director of our distance MA, I am very keen to use technologies to support teaching and learning. Although technologies potentially offer a vast range of opportunities to enhance distance learning and support, for instance by facilitating interactive and collaborative learning environments, they need to be ‘constructively-aligned’ (Biggs, 2003), i.e. carefully integrated into programme design and assessment. My talk will report on an action research study (Rogerson-Revell, 2015) investigating the use of online learning activities or ‘e-tivities’ (Salmon, 2002) to enhance the learning and assessment experience of students on our distance Masters programme.
Panopto Webcast link: https://st-andrews.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=9ff65a5a-c87d-4be5-8da4-ab5d00e5a322
Mentimeter for online audience: https://www.menti.com/v5pcwxe6b8