CTLE 2019 Half-Day Faculty Development Workshop on Digital-Age Learning

CTLE 2019 Half-Day
Faculty Development Workshop on
Digital-Age Learning
Session C: UMX: Challenges and Opportunities (Part II)
11:15 – 12:15
Moderator: Katrine WONG

SPOC                                  MOOC
CISC1000 Information Technology       Creativity
Fundamentals and Practices
                                      Davood GOZLI
Miguel GOMES DA COSTA                 Michael LI
Junior
Teng LAM                              Katrine WONG
Kam Hou VAT
Derek Fai WONG

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Point of contact: CTLE
Advice and support can be provided by CTLE
      • E.g., can help liaise with service
        provider, XuetangX
Enquiries: Katrine WONG, kwong@um.edu.mo

CTLE 2019 Half-Day
Faculty Development Workshop on
Digital-Age Learning (Part II)
Session D: Lessons on Revamping Large Classes with Technology
12:15 – 13:15 16 January 2019 University of Macau

Lessons from Revamping a Large GE Course
Prof. Yisu Zhou (FED)

What's New with Student Response Systems, Google Forms, Poll
Everywhere, and Rain Classroom
Dr. Chris Fulton (CTLE)

Moodle Tools for Large Class Sizes: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Prof. Garry Wong (FHS)

What's New with
Student Response Systems:
Google Forms, Poll Everywhere,
and Rain Classroom
Dr. Chris Fulton (CTLE)

Outline
1. Popular student
   response systems at
   UM
2. New features
3. How these systems
   are used

Popular student response systems at UM
Top 6 response systems used by academic staff (2018, n=58)

New Feature in Poll Everywhere

                               Competitions* with multiple-choice
                               quizzes
                               Used to generate interest and discussion, and
                               anonymous formative assessment

                                  Questions about the syllabus
                                  Common misconceptions**
                                  Polls are now limited to 25-40 students

https://youtu.be/J7DHY6kxg5I      More information:
                                  * https://blog.polleverywhere.com/new-activity-competitions/
                                  ** Verkade et al. (2017). Misconceptions as a trigger for enhancing
                                  student learning in higher education: A handbook for educators.

How Google Forms are used…
 Survey students’ expectations (collect feedback);
 student profile questionnaire
 level of English
 best time for office hours
 when to use laptops/phones

 Mid-term feedback survey;
 What can the students do to improve the class?
 What can the instructor do to improve the class?

Activity:
Google Forms
Scan a QR code
Students answer one short
answer question
Teachers view responses in real
time
https://go.um.edu.mo/eev0v8hv

Demo: Google Forms

Short answer questions,
Exit ticket template

Multiple-choice questions,
Assessment template

Q&A

How Rain Classroom works (simplified)
1.   A teacher creates slides and
     questions in PowerPoint
2.   Links WeChat account to
     PowerPoint
3.   Uploads PPT to WeChat
4.   A teacher starts the enhanced
     PPT for students
5.   Students scan a QR code with
     WeChat to launch a Rain
     Classroom mini-program
6.   Students navigate the RC mini-
     program to see slides and answer
     questions
7.   Teachers see results on their
     phone in the RC mini-program, or
     in PowerPoint

New Feature in Rain Classroom

Happy to help
Contact me for individual assistance
• Choosing a SRS
• Setting up activities/technologies

chrisfulton@um.edu.mo

CTLE Half-Day Faculty
          Development Workshop

MOODLE TOOLS FOR LARGE CLASS SIZES: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
                      PROF. GARRY WONG, FHS
                         JANUARY 16, 2019

The Class: GEST1002 Quantitative
Reasoning for Social Sciences
    Class Description: GEST1002 Quantitative Reasoning for Social
     Sciences, Required General Education course for FSS, FED, FAH
     students
    Class Size: 2 Sections of 300 each = 600 students
    Teachers: 3 (Prof. Terence Poon, Prof. Vivien Wang, Prof. Wong)(FHS)
    Moodle Tools Used:
    Management - Announcements, Gradebook, Participants
    Activities - Attendance, Assignment, Quizzes
    Resources - Files

The Good
    Attendance, Participants,
Announcements, Resources, Quizzes

The Good
    Attendance, Participants,
Announcements, Resources, Quizzes

The Good
    Attendance, Participants,
Announcements, Resources, Quizzes

The Bad
Gradebook

The UGLY

The Summary

Thanks for your attention !

Teachers and Teaching Assistants GEST1002 Course 2018/2019-1