Paper Presented at The Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning - July 13-17, 2008
Title:
Instructional design models incorporating Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) for wider access of learners to
educational opportunities at the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL)
Authors:
H.T.R. Jayasooriya, Dept. of Zoology, Open University of Sri Lanka,
G. Bandarage, Dept. of Chemistry, Open University of Sri Lanka, S.
Lister OUSL –CE project, B.G. Jayathilleke,
ET Division, Open University of Sri Lanka
In Brief:
This article walks through the process the Open University of Sri Lanka used to develop and pilot online courses within the Distance Education Modernization Project. It explains how some changes were needed in the original Instructional Design and Development model to see better overall gains and effective usage of resources. From the paper:
"The experience gained from piloting courses was beneficial in altering the instructional design
model and process. The second model incorporates a few pivotal changes: (1) The assignment of a person from
the Educational Technology Division to take on the role of quality assurance and project
management for any courses being transferred to the online environment and (2) The
introduction of three course-types, supplemental, blended and online plus."
In 2003, Mark and I did the unthinkable.....
we sent out a Christmas 'e-card'. Some people weren't surprised...they
expected such a greeting from a couple of nerds. But we only did it
because we were late in sending out traditional festive greetings.
Production Notes:
This ecard was a joint effort with my husband,
Mark. After being dismayed by the dirth of options at familiar ecard
sites, we thought a fun card, rich with sounds and animation was needed.
The caveat was that it had to be produced quickly.
It was fun working with Mark - he took his job
of reviewing, critiquing and downloading sounds and images very seriously!
The punch line is also from Mark, it comes from a traditional card
he received a few years ago. I was responsible for the animations
and syncing the sounds - it was a great project.
I believe we ended up with the fun, dynamic card
we wanted...I giggle each time I view it!
This video was created with Tina and Molly in
our final summer working towards our Masters of Educational Technology
with Michigan State University. We wanted to provide a twist on the
thought that ""Teachers are the Key to Education".
(If there is no image below, you must download
the latest quicktime video player from here
to view the video.)
Production Notes:
What if we were to flip-flop the idea of "Teachers
opening the door to education"...what if we were to say that
students are the doors and we, as teachers must find ways to 'open'
those doors? It is, in fact, our students who have the "key"
to their education.
The doors throughout the video represent all
the different students and the 'faces' they put forth. Some students
come to you with 'directions' ("push to open") and they
are the ones who easily ask for help or you can easily tell how to
'reach' them. While other students are closed or locked up (notice
the doors in the video without door knobs). In all cases, teachers
have to find ways to get the students to 'open up' to the learning
around them. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't - that's
why we didn't want to show the door actually opening.
If we had more time...I think we would probably
re-edit the ending to add the marker squeaking to make the video come
full circle (Tina's great idea!), we'd also add a ringing phone sound
effect in the bedroom and we would re-do the slow motion effect at
the beginning which doesn't work properly. Lastly, the black
at the beginning catches people off-guard but we thought the odd sound
would carry people through that part -some people think the video
isn't working though - ugh. (2megs, 2min.25sec.)
This learning object, created in Flash, was one
of several I produced in 2004 for the Ontario Management Development
Program's Communication Online Course.
Production Notes:
OMDP has been a successful program in classrooms
throughout Ontario for workers who are interested in improving their
management skills. In 2002, the OMDP decided to port their courses
to the Internet -I have been contracted by several colleges to produce
online learning objects for the OMDP Web CT delivery. The OMDP online
courses have proven to be very popular with students many of whom
are first-time online learners.
This exercise requires that the students work
through an animated 'comic-book' (with sound) which provides examples
of communication barriers in a workplace. They then answer questions
on a form sent to the instructor from the webpage.
Nipissing University "ITEACH" workshops - Winter 2008
Description
In January, 2008 I taught two workshops for Nipissing University Bachelor of Education - Pre-Service Teachers (and anyone else interested!). This was the third year I participated in the Saturday sessions and the second time I presented from 'afar':
One Computer Classroom Quick Tips
Many classrooms in Ontario now have at least one computer in the classroom. This workshop will focus on how to successfully leverage that computer for both the students and teacher. We will look at using the one computer for effective student-centred powerpoints - you will learn and put into practice several techniques to make sure PowerPoint slideshows use student-centred teaching strategies. Typically, powerpoints become just another venue for “talk ‘n chalk”… not after this workshop!! We will also delve into creating useful spreadsheets - Spreadsheets can not only be a powerful teachers’ tool for tracking assessments, they can also provide an easy way to create student worksheets and interactive exercises. We will use the “watch, try, apply” technique in this hands-on workshop where you take a “behind the scenes” look at producing several teaching and learning tools with spreadsheets. Lastly, we will look at ways to empower the students with independant learning activities using the classroom's one computer.
Casting in your Classroom
During the online webinar, “Casting in your Classroom” you will learn two techniques that teachers can use as a teaching tool or students, as a learning tool. We will use open source and Web 2.0 software to ensure affordability and by the end of the session, you will have produced one authentic project.
Production Notes:
These workshops were presented in a blended format with me in Amman, Jordan and a technician in the workshop room at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. We used a combination of Moodle, DimDim and Skype. It worked exceptionally well with just a few hiccups only for those students who had not installed the necessary software prior to the workshop.
This website is the 'front door' to Dubai Men's
College (DMC), Applied Media Studies or CommTech program. As the Multimedia
and Visual Communication instructor for 4.5 years at DMC I was also
responsible for maintaining the program's website.
Production Notes:
The purpose of the site is three-fold: provide
program information to prospective students / teachers / parents;
allow a means for students to show their work; be a portal to students
and instructors for online course work.
One of my favorite sections was the photo gallery.
The first year visual communication students loved to see their photos
highlighted on the web. Eventually the students were provided access
to their own web space on the CommTech webspace and then the website
became an important jumping block to the student's portfolios.
Select the image below to view a mix of my favorite
photos, photos that have been used professionally in some capacity
or photos that received special recognition.
Production Notes:
I purchased my first SLR camera in high school
after taking a photography class at night school. During that time,
I also operated a darkroom out of a space in my basement. Although
I always enjoyed taking photos and even produced a multi-projector
slide show in university, I didn't get back to a more serious approach
to photography until I went to the Emirates, some 20 years later.
At Dubai Men's College, my supervisor asked me to teach a first year
Visual Communication course and that was it... the camera got dusted
off and my creative eye got the exercise it craved.
This powerpoint presentation was used in a Visual
Communication course where we discussed the social implications of
photo manipulations with students who were planning to be graphic
designers, journalists and video producers.
Production Notes:
This was a fun lesson because the students were
just beginning to realize the power they possessed with Photoshop
and a photo or two.
The slide show presented a historical view of
photo manipulations because I wanted to get across that over-zealous
editing of photos has occured for a variety of reasons over time and
not all are the result of "photoshop" touch ups. We looked
at some options for today's photo journalist to distinguish an edited
photo and whether or not photo manipulation is in fact a problem.
Lastly we looked at techniques to produce good photo manipulations.
This website was produced by the Communication
Technology Year 3 students to summarize and showcase their trip to
Canada in October, 2003. The students used this website as one way
to thank the many sponsors who helped them with their trip.
Production Notes:
This website was a joint effort of the ten Year
3 students where the journalism students wrote the text and did most
of the voice-overs, the graphic design students were responsible for
the layout, graphics and flash products and the video production students
completed the video and audio for streaming on the internet.
The website is a good example of leveraging multimedia
to present information. One gets a true sense of the trip because
audio, video, images and text are used purposefully throughout the
site.
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