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StudyNet: What’s new for 05/06
Paul HudsonLearning Technology Development Unit
Learning and Information Services
University of Hertfordshire
What I’ll be covering….
• Where are we now?
• Why we’re doing it?
• New features
• Where next?
• How you can get involved
• Questions & Answers
I know what you’re thinking…….
StudyNet 2001
• Learning and Teaching Committee initiative building on results of past LTC funded projects
• Exploring ways to use computer systems to provide a virtual space where learning, assessment and interaction can take place in a structured and managed way fully integrated into and linking all university processes and systems
• Hopefully you’ve all logged on.. So you know what we implemented!
StudyNet 2005
• The recent QAA Institutional Audit report commends “the design, development and utilisation of the University’s managed learning environment, StudyNet, which offers outstanding potential for the University’s planned move towards a pedagogy of blended learning”
But why are we doing this?
• We’re not in the distance learning game
• Our students expect face to face contact
• Many staff don’t have the time/experience to re-evaluate their teaching to implement quality distance on-line resources.
So why are we doing this?
Our students expect us to….
in other words….
Do we have a choice?
The on-line society
• Keeping in contact with friends and family
• Banking
• Bills
• Buying goods
• Finding Information
• Music, films, etc
Student expectations….
• Flexible education
• Expectation that services will be on-line (from day 1)
• Greater access to networked technology
• Different expectation of education
The on-line society
Student expectations….
• Flexible education
• Expectation that services will be on-line (from day 1)
• Greater access to networked technology
• Different expectation of education
and students seem to like it
A personal example
• BSc Industrial Design,Brunel UniverstyEgham, Surrey
• Course designed around access to:– lecturers (project advice)– fellow students (groupwork) – facilities (materials labs, electronics labs, workshops,
design studio)
• All students lived on campus for all 4 years
Using us as a test….
• Most students lived 10 miles from campus
• Very few students had cars
• No buses – it’s stockbroker belt!
• University 2 miles from station on top of a 1:5 hill
Change in circumstances….
• Course not changed
• Groupwork and labs groups continued to be based around lecturer’s choices
• Tutorials continued to run late into evening
• Course tutors admitted that the course suffered.
How ‘StudyNet’ would have helped
• Statistics – Access to lecturer who was based on Uxbridge campus
• Engineering Mechanics – Quizzes and discussion forums
• Technical Design – Groupwork
• Design – Groupwork
• Electronics & Materials – Lecture materials
• Mechatronics – Lecture materials on-line.
Where does that leaves us….
• ‘Blended Learning’ – balancing the student’s expectations with pedagogic requirements
• Mix F2F with online.
• Use the bits which work for you
• For me, the best approach is to use online to allow you to maximise contact with your students
• This was always the concept behind StudyNet, we just didn’t give it a fancy name!
Developments in 2004/5
• Faculty and school websites
• Threaded News and Information
• New editor functionality
• StudyNet view for mobile phones
• PDP pilot 1
• Module Problem reporter
Developments 2004/5
• Lots of small changes across the portals and modules– assignments, – group work – FAQs – Quizzes
• What’s new – linked from the StudyNet Help page
What’s new? - Modules
• Student readership
What’s new? - Modules
• Student readership
• ‘Level’ based resources
What’s new? - Modules
• Student readership
• ‘Level’ based resources
• Admin Forms
What’s new? - Modules
• Student readership
• ‘Level’ based resources
• Admin Forms
• Polls
What’s new? - Modules
• Student readership
• ‘Level’ based resources
• Admin Forms
• Polls
• Changes to groupwork(polls, ‘pages’, improved blogs)
What’s new? - Modules
• Student readership
• ‘Level’ based resources
• Admin Forms
• Polls
• Changes to groupwork, (polls, ‘pages’, improved blogs)
• Podcasts
What’s New? - CSS
• Cascading Stylesheets used for layout of modules
• Benefits:– Increased disability support– Support for multiple rendering devices
• Disadvantages:– Patchy implementation of CSS standards– Netscape 4 users not supported
What’s New? - General
• Session based authentication
• Athens authentication through StudyNet
• ‘General Purpose’ Template
• Plagiarism detection (via JISC’s ‘Turnitin’)
• The Hub
• Group work
• Blogs
• Research publications database
• CELT’s PDP
What’s New? - General
‘General Purpose’ Template
What’s New? - General
• Session based authentication
• Athens authentication through StudyNet
• ‘General Purpose’ Template
• Plagiarism detection (via JISC’s ‘Turnitin’)
• The Hub
• Group work
• Blogs
• Research publications database
• CELT’s PDP
What’s New? - General
The Hub
What’s New? - General
• Session based authentication
• Athens authentication through StudyNet
• ‘General Purpose’ Template
• Plagiarism detection (via JISC’s ‘Turnitin’)
• The Hub
• Group work
• Blogs
• Research publications database
• CELT’s PDP
What’s New?: General
Blogs
What’s New? - General
• Session based authentication
• Athens authentication through StudyNet
• ‘General Purpose’ Template
• Plagiarism detection (via JISC’s ‘Turnitin’)
• The Hub
• Group work
• Blogs
• Research publications database
• CELT’s PDP - MAPS
Development for 06/07
• Extension to UH overseas franchised programmes
• Employability
• StudyNet as the University’s intranet for staff and students
Possible developments for 2006/7
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Student support and guidance
• External staff access
• SCORM and learning objects
• Search engine
Other developments
• Single sign on
• Video servers
• Wireless provision in classrooms
• BLU funding for computers
• Cheap audio / video equipment
How you can get involved
• Feedback via our forums
• Contacting ltdu@herts.ac.uk
• Steering Group. (through your faculty champion)
Any Questions?