From Managing to

Improving Learning

Iris Chan

Marketing Director, Asia Pacific

D2L

Personalization of Learning...

At Scale

Personalization of Learning...

At Scale Student retention in large cohorts. How do you personalise

the learning experience?

• Automated personalized messages

sent to students in response to

actions or when specific criteria are

met

• Very little setup time

• Retention: Reminder after a certain

period of inactivity

• Engagement: Encourage students

with low marks to access resources or

seek help

• Motivation: Recognise students with

high marks

An example from Deakin University: Intelligent Agents

Email Users based on Intelligent Agent Criteria

• Audio and video feedback

built-in during grading

process

An example from Deakin University: Audio and Video Feedback

Insert screenshot of Video feedback

Impact

Deakin University

11,000 90% 30 tutors assess

Journal entries that of other

same-year units

2x Retention rate As high as

Retention rate

for large

subjects

Retention

during the first year

Attendanc

e Tool

Intelligent

Agents

User

Progress

Tool

Triangulation of Automation

Tools to Increase Retention

Victoria University

How to Keep Students Highly Engaged?

“…bored students are dropping out of

online classes while pleading for richer

and more engaging online learning

experiences.”

Bonk, C (2002) Online Teaching in an Online World,

USDLA Journal, 16(1), January 2002

Gamification

Using Release Conditions in Gamification

Add One or More Release Conditions to an Item

Create a New Release Condition

How to align skills to be relevant

to the needs of industry?

• Capture evidence of learning and document a learning journey

• Reflect

• Showcase achievements to multiple audiences

• Share items and get feedback

• Align items with learning objectives.

• Self and peer assessment

Work Integrated Learning with

ePortfolio

Work Integrated Learning with

ePortfolio

• Predict final grades

• Identify early risks

• Assess engagement and

connectedness

• Track performance trends

Improving Outcomes

and Achievement

Risk detection and timely intervention

Risk detection and timely intervention

“Teaching online requires a faculty member to think differently about teaching and learning, learn a host of new technological skills, and engage in ongoing faculty development for design and development of quality online instruction.”

Fish, W and Wickersham, LE (2009) Best practices for online instructors: Reminders, Quarterly Review of Distance Education, Fall 2009, 10(3), 279-284

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