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Supporting pre-University
ICS Teaching
Development of freely available
teaching materials for
BTEC and AS students
Nigel Linge, Kate Booth, Rik Whittaker, Louise Heatley
University of Salford, Salford, UK
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Background Rationale
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ICT/Computing seen as ‘dry’ and/or ‘difficult
to understand’
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Want to motivate to study at HE
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Need to enthuse/engage/connect
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Need to contextualise
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Need to maintain interest
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Aim & Objectives
Design, implement and evaluate packages
to support BTEC & AS ICT teaching
Work with local schools and colleges to
establish level and likely need
 Identify suitable topics
& contexts
 Produce SCORM
compliant
packages for VLEs
 Evaluate effectiveness
of materials
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Putting it into Practice 1
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Choose something that is familiar – mobile phones
and the Internet
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Choose a popular application
- text messaging and social
networking
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Keep referring back to
application to maintain link to
the familiar world
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Exploit the opportunities of the
media – animation, audio, video
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Storyboarding the package
Identify logical and manageable chunks of
information
 Ensure information in each chunk is connected
back to the original context
Mobile Phone storyboard
The Future –
Killer Apps
Cellular
Concepts
Networks
Encoding
Radio
propagation
Introduction
to Radio
Components
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Introduction
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Putting it into Practice 2
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Putting it into Practice 3
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Designing each Learning Object (LO)
Audio
Animation
Summary
Review
Content
Video
Research
LOs self-contained so usable as independent
entities
Objectives
Introduction
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Putting it into Practice 4
Creating Learning Objects using Pedagogue
Generates
SCORM compliant
packages for a VLE
or stand-alone web pages
Collaborative eLearning content
tool produced by CDSM
Interactive Solutions Ltd.
Optimised for the
creation of
interactive
eLearning
materials
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Initial Evaluation
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Focus groups of targeted students
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Students very positive about style,
structure, content, presentation and interest
level of the material
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Some would have liked an audio version of
the text
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Some would have liked links to sources of
background reading
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Lessons Learned
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 Developing materials takes
far longer than you think!
 Expertise is required to
produce Flash Animations
 Multimedia material has to be
sourced
 Turning complex ideas into simple and
accurate sound bites is a slow process
 Varying use of media and activities keeps
interest and engages with different types of
learner
 Access to an application that does all the
spadework of package creation allows you to focus
purely on academic content
10. Outcomes & Further Work
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Outcomes
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Confirmation that the approach works
Improved engagement with local schools and
colleges
Mobile Phone Learning Objects completed and will
be available from September 2008
Storyboard for the Internet completed
Further Work
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Creation & publication of Internet Learning Objects
over next 12 months
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Ongoing evaluation and revision of all LOs
11. Contact Information
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Learning Objects will be downloadable from
www.salfordphonesproject.ac.uk
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Further information can be obtained from
Prof Nigel Linge
Dr Kate Booth
[email protected]
[email protected]
12. Acknowledgements
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We would like to acknowledge support from
the following
HEA Development Fund
Salford City Learning Centre
SETPOINT Greater Manchester
Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester
CDSM Interactive Solutions Ltd