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TAKING PEER ASSISTED LEARNING OUT OF THE
CLASSROOMMakis Malliris
Dean of Students OfficeUniversity of the West Of England
Raphael NagelPAL Leader
Presentation Outline
Current Research Case Study for STEM SW PAL Leader skills for Online Peer Support Findings from Online-PAL pilot in 2009-10 at
UWE
Aims of the STEM-SW Project
Research into the particular benefits of PAL for students
studying HE STEM programmes with an emphasis on the benefits for students from Widening Participation backgrounds
into the benefits for mentors for example, in confidence building, acquisition of graduate attributes and enhanced employability
Investigate different models of PAL including the development of an On-line approach
How PAL operates at UWE PAL leaders are trained PAL leaders are supported both centrally
and by a member of the module teaching team
Embedded: PAL sessions are timetabled Academic focus: supports learning
through small group discussions where content is drawn from existing course materials (lecture notes, workbooks, textbooks etc..)
Academic recognition
Literature review Journals
Interactive media in Education Computer assisted learning Innovations in Education and Teaching
International Asynchronous Learning Network Educational Computing Research Educational Technology Systems Distance Education ( American) Adult Learning ( Australian) Instructional Science Artificial Intelligence in Education
Why worry about the intricacies of peer
interaction? Who is learning? Conceptualisation of the role of
peers How can we know what occurs in
groups? What has been learnt? What changes as a result of the
interaction?
Aims of the case study To evaluate whether PAL can be delivered
effectively in an online format. To evaluate the suitability of the chosen
software for online PAL delivery. To evaluate the impact that online PAL delivery
has on the work load of the PAL leaders. To investigate whether online delivery affects
the group dynamic during a PAL session. To investigate how online delivery of PAL might
affect how knowledge is transferred amongst the group.
To determine the scalability of online PAL for future roll out.
Microsoft Lync
The Online Approach at UWE
Identify the skills needed for effective peer learning through online forums
Compare these with skills needed for effective face-to-face peer learning
Explore the onward implications for assessment of these skills
Online-skills for PAL Leaders
1. Socio-affective Initiate, participate, share , acknowledge
2. Organisational Plan, draw on course, draw on experience
3. Interactive process management Role clarification, request, give feedback,
reinforce
4. Cognitive interactive Generate ideas, guide
5. Reflective evaluative Reflect, assess, summarise, meta-cognition