Hi,
In a recent survey a small number of student reported that owing to
poorly presented/structured resources they were experiencing
difficulties in locating and navigating within a module. Some also
stated that they "wish staff would be consistent in their use of
Blackboard". To help assess the extent of these claims we need to
look at all modules for 415 academic staff as well as the growing number
of part time tutors and academic support staff. That is task enough but
what about a solution if a problem is identified.
One of the solutions I am thinking about is to encourage Schools to
adopt a standard (but not prescriptive) template approach to resource
structure and presentation. Although such an approach offers
consistency not only to students but also to staff who are increasingly
adding more and more resources to their Bb modules it is burdened by the
need to allocate additional (but as yet undetermined) staff resources to
the investigation element and to the potential restructuring exercise.
I would be grateful if anyone who has faced this "re-visioning"
problem could make comment on the template approach and/or offer advice
on how to tackle this task.
regards,
Arthur Loughran
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Dr. Arthur J. Loughran
Senior Lecturer
Centre for Learning and Teaching
University of Paisley
Paisley PA1 2BE
tele: +44-(0)141-848-3558
fax: +44-(0)141-848-3822
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