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Dr Yann Guisard

Lecturer - Viticulture, Production HorticultureSchool of Agricultural and Wine SciencesOrange Campus

CSU Ed09 – Thurgoona, 26-27/11/09

The General Context

• Mostly DE cohorts• Mostly mature age students• Future cohorts will be predominantly

DE

The Specific Context

• Horticultural Production subjects (Hands on, HRT222 – HRT309 – VIT211 – VIT501 - VIT312 – AGR175)

• Students already have a background in primary productions

• Sense of belonging – Value for money

The purpose of my (ongoing) work

• Improve the experience of DE Improve the experience of DE studentsstudents

through• ICT environmentby• Catering for VARK learning stylesand• Optimising subject management

The Plan of Attack

• Astute choice of CSU Interact tools

We do have We don’t have

Pebble Pad Synchronous teaching tool(s)

ModulesModules Virtual Practical tool(s)

Group email Online Marking schedule

Site Stats Audio/Video feedback

Test Centre

CSU Interact “Modules”• Called “melete lesson builder” by

“Etudes”• Latest version 2.6 (implemented at CSU)• Creates a set of cross linked web pages• Include its own set of resources• Fully exportable• 2 editors, FCK and Spherix

The pros• Your creativity is the limit• Any text, multimedia that is

– Common file formats– Flash compatible

• Easily delivered to students• Simplified administration• Varied combined pedagogical

approaches (read, listen, look)

The good

• Modules notes model the expected webfolio:

• Expected depth of study• Structure of the document• Referencing practices• Report writing• Multimedia embedding

The cons• The text editor, No Spherix Allowed

(NSA)• FCK better, but more limited• New web page management skills• Huge time spent web mining• Copyright administration

Final Blow – Heart attack

More from Modules

• Offline design now, synch later (please, please…)

• CSU Interact offline– Solo Sakai, under trial, read only

• Cluey web editing for stand alone applications

Successes and challenges of complete online package

Successes Challenges

Visual learners Older blokes

Audio learners Continuous learning

Reading learners

Kinaesthetic learners

Where to now?

Take home message• No ICT for pleasure. DESIGN, INTEGRATE and TEACH for a

purpose.

• MUST account for older generation cohort.

• Teething problems will disappear with normalisation and further exposure.

• Make it mooove

• Optimise, Optimise, Optimise.