An introduction to VoiceThread
This guide offers a brief introduction to an online platform, VoiceThread, with interactive and multimedia-rich features. The materials...
top of page
Background
EDA6108 Organizational Learning Field Study
Topic: Report evaluation findings of an innovative learning organization
Design target: To cultivate critical thinking and evaluation skills among students via collaborative and reflective learning activities
👩🏫 Face-to-face
⏰ 6 hours
🎓 35 students
ANALYSIS
Intended learning outcomes:
-
To apply the framework developed in prior coursework to analyse innovative institutions
-
To evaluate peers’ case studies and apply observations to individual educational contexts
Challenges:
Technology
-
It is challenging for both instructors and students to give timely feedback for group presentations.
-
It is difficult for presenters to address any comments on their slides during the presentation.
Pedagogy
-
It is challenging for both instructors and students to provide constructive feedback or ask follow-up questions because of the tight presentation schedule.
-
It is difficult for instructors to stir a fruitful discussion with students within such tightly packed presentation sessions.
-
It is hard for students to recall the content or questions from all group presentations during subsequent discussion sessions.
Space
-
It is challenging for both instructors and students to provide real-time feedback due to the tight schedule of the group presentation session.
CO-DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Our solutions:
-
To create a virtual interaction platform to exchange insights or comments on each group’s presentation
-
To encourage instructor-student communication as well as peers’ interactions throughout the collaborative and reflective learning process
Click on the buttons above to expand
IMPLEMENTATION (Click to enlarge)
Pre-lesson preparation
⏰ ~1 week (asynchronous)
📖 Productive learning
🤝 Ss
Students are asked to submit their presentation slides to Moodle one week before the group presentation session. The slides highlight the findings of various innovative institutions' infrastructure designs.
After submission, the slides are uploaded to VoiceThread by the co-collaborative team. Accessible links for all the slides are then generated.
These links, along with a guide on how to log in and comment on VoiceThread, are shared on Moodle. This ensures students can easily preview the slides and contribute their comments in advance.
Technology:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Moodle
VoiceThread
EVALUATION
Instructor’s reflective comments:
VoiceThread significantly augmented our classroom's interactive learning experience. It allowed for diverse student engagement, accommodating varying preferences and encouraging a more inclusive and enriched discussion environment. As an instructor, I found this tool to be incredibly beneficial in assessing and fostering students' critical thinking and evaluation skills. Notably, I observed an increase in thoughtful interactions, deeper engagement, and fruitful collaboration, which affirms the effectiveness of this approach.
My heartfelt gratitude goes to the project team for their substantial support and collaborative efforts in co-designing this practice. I eagerly anticipate incorporating this method into my future teaching endeavors.
Dr Sedat GUMUS [EPL] & Dr TANG Hei Hang, Hayes [EPL], course instructors
RELATED GUIDELINES
bottom of page