The point you have made about the engagement and involvement of students
is IMHO key here. We at Oaklands are using those students to teach the
staff in utilizing the technology (whatever it is not just the VLE) with
great effect. Where we have (as we have dubbed them) eMentors there is
evidence that 75% of the classes increased their success and a 6%
overall improvement in success was recorded where they were present. In
addition feedback from staff and students indicates that 93% of those
surveyed thought that the usefulness of eMentors was Good, Very Good or
Excellent. The main usage of eMentors was with Computer Laptops usage =
27% Smartboards = 10% and Oaklearn (the VLE) = 8%
Regards
RICHARD EVERETT
Director of eLearning
Oaklands College
St Albans Smallford Campus
Hatfield Road
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL4 0JA
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The question being asked is in some ways, a reasonable one. However the
number of students actively using any system is dependent on the quality
of the material loaded for their use, whether the material is didactic
or exploratory in nature, whether there is an adequate area where
working documents can be loaded and many other variables.
However the key to usage is undoubtedly the clear adoption by an
organisation of a policy of engagement with students via the system and
the adequate training of staff to optimise the pedagogical advantages of
such systems. In addition there are key institutional issues about the
suitability of the assessment procedures used within a MLE environment.
At 10:32 01/05/2008, you wrote:
Would it worth asking what % of students are actively using the VLE??
Difficult to answer I know but it should give an indication of how much
the VLE is really embedded into the institution.
When I tried asking this question a year ago the "best" result was 30%
for 2 colleges. I guess e-learning enthusiasts would aim for 75% + ?
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Rob Englebright <
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For information we have just finished our annual unofficial FE VLE
survey on the ILT Champions List.
If you want to contribute to the ongoing use of the wiki please feel
free to check your college or FE listing, and make amends where
necessary.
Checked entries should be Emboldened.
http://champs2008vle.wikispaces.com/
here are the results:
Moodle 93 including 4 using moodle in combination with Sharepoint (and
in one instance Moodle, Sharepoint and Pebblepad)
Blackboard 43 including 2 using in combination with Sharepoint, and with
the caveat that one is planning to move to moodle
Sharepoint 4, as a stand alone, plus those using Sharepoint as part of
Microsoft learning gateway 2
IT Campus 3
In-house 3
WebCT 3
Fronter 2
Learnwise 2
Tecknical now Serco 1
North Tyneside VLE 1
weblearn 1
Total 156 entries
Moodle 59% Blackboard 28%
Rob
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evidence reflections feedback etc. - which presents a selected audience
with evidence of a person's learning and/or ability "
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