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Using video blogs to promote presence, connection and currency in digital learning
- 1. Creating presence, currency and connection in digital learning with video blogs Jo Elliott and Chie Adachi Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B @Dr_JoElliott @chieadachi
- 2. “Online can be the privileged mode. Distance is a positive principle, not a deficit.” Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B - Bayne et al., 2016 Bayne et al (2016), Manifesto for Teaching Online
- 3. A balancing act • Feelings of isolation • Tension between institutional vs. individual conceptions of flexibility • Frustration with content and services not tailored for online environment • Higher attrition rates
- 4. “Design for online” Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B - Stone, 2019 Stone (2019), Student Success 10(2)
- 5. EEE726 5 Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B - Self-paced online materials - Fortnightly online seminars - Focus on: - Social learning - Connection - Reflective practice - Authentic assessment - Targeted at education and learning design professionals
- 6. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B “the course as a learning roadmap, [with] the moderator as a guide, offering suggestions and supporting students as they construct the knowledge they are seeking to meet their intrinsic needs.” - Fisher and Baird, 2005
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- 9. How do we balance sustainability of learning resources in a rapidly- changing environment? Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B
- 10. Weekly video blogs - Short, informal, unscripted - Updates and weekly outlines - Tips and suggestions - Answers to common questions - Feedback and reflection - Sharing resources and events 10 Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B
- 11. Students have responded positively • Students watch the video updates, often more than once – Some drop-off later in trimester • Students report enjoying the videos and feeling more connected – ‘Closer to the course… part of the group’ • Students refer to content from videos in discussions and seminars 11 Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B
- 12. Educator reflections Some unexpected benefits - Prompted reflection on learning outcomes and key themes - Opportunity to share articles or resources in context - A new Monday morning ritual Some challenges - A new skill, learning as we go 12 Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B
- 13. “A group of people sitting together in a room is not a community… To create a community, people need to be present to one another, week after week.” Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B - Lang, 2020 Lang (2020), Distracted: Why students can’t focus and what you can do about it