Lia,
Thanks for your feedback.  I am sure they do like diversity but my
concern is that the diversity in some cases results in unintentional
confusion.  

regards,
Arthur

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Arthur

I think there is also an argument there that other students would enjoy
the
diversity and different approaches in the presentation and nature of
the
resources in different module sites.

I have come across this argument, but funnily enough it came from staff
not
students.

Anyway, I haven't got an answer to your question, but at some point in
the
summer I started preparing a 'good practice guide' with the intention
of giving
lecturers some ideas on improving their sites. I started looking at
different
module sites which we had permission to use in staff workshops, and
found a lot
of them had resources that were generic and could be re-used in
different
modules. You may find that some lecturers have got materials that fall
into
this category and they are willing to share with others - such as
guides on
literature research, using the internet to find resources, etc. Library
staff
usually have lots of materials too.

Lia
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Lia Papachristou
Online Learning Support Officer
University of Westminster



Quoting Arthur Loughran <[log in to unmask]>:

> 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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