blended learning in higher education: construction of a platform for students of information science
DESCRIPTION
The InfoCenter is a learning platform of the Dept. of Information Science at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. It consists of elements of face-to-face teaching, of multimedia mediation (text books, slides, classic texts, interactive videos, FAQ lists, video glossaries), e-Portfolios, Web 2.0 tools (wikis, weblogs, social networks, social bookmarking and folksonomies) and of the use of a learning management system (with learning units and tests). The platform was evaluated by its users (university students) by means of SERVQUAL. According to the evaluation, students are satisfied with the InfoCenter and are willing to use it for their exam preparation.TRANSCRIPT
Blended Learning in Higher Education:
Construction of a Platform for Students of Information Science
Lisa Beutelspacher, Agnes Mainka
Department of Information ScienceHeinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany
Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE-2012)
April 16-18, 2012, Dublin, Ireland
Content• Learning with Electronic Resources• The Learning Platform „InfoCenter“• Evaluation• Further Work
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Learning with electronic resources
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E-Learning• Advantages
o Using multimedia contento Time and place independenceo Self-paced learningo Easy update of content
• Disadvantageso Lack of social interactiono Some content not suitable for virtual presentation
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Blended Learning
Traditional Learning
E-LearningBlendedLearning
The InfoCenter
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InfoCenter - ContentMultimedia Mediation
• Lecture slides• E-Porfolio (Mahara)• Interactive video lectures• Video glossaries• Text books
Web 2.0 Tools
• Wiki• Weblog• Social bookmarking• Social networking
Learning Management System
• Learning units• Tests
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Multimedia MediationLecture Slides
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Multimedia MediationInteractive Video
Lectures
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Multimedia MediationE-Portfolio
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Multimedia MediationVideo Glossaries
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Web 2.0 ToolsWiki
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Web 2.0 ToolsWeblog
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Web 2.0 ToolsSocial
Bookmarking
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Web 2.0 ToolsSocial
Networking
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Learning Management System
Learning Units
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Tests
Learning Management System
Evaluation
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Evaluation• SERVQUAL
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Bad Rating Good Rating
Expectation Experience
How useful are Social Network platforms for
your studies
How useful is the Facebook Profile
„Information Science“ for you
studies
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Evaluation
High acceptance• Interactive Video Lectures• Tests
Lower acceptance• Wiki• Social Bookmarking• Mahara
Further work
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• Integrate more lectures and seminars
• Better combination of the different media
• Find out how to motivate students to use Social Media for learning
• Implement mobile learning
Further work
