1. The Evolution of Online Course Delivery
– A focus on the Student Experience #SX (Hdip in CS)
Colm Dunphy, Pete Windle, Eamonn DeLeastar, Laura Widger
WIT
2018
4. • Running 4 years f2f
• This year online only
Applications went from 18 f2f to 80 online
37 offers / acceptances
31 started
02 formally withdrew
24 passed
15 firsts
02 deferrals
03 exemptions
29 still active
5. Initial Team
Eamonn de Leastar
Colm Dunphy
Pete Windle
Siobhan Drohan
Diarmuid O’Connor
Martina Mullally
Programme Director
Web Dev
Tutors-ts
Programming
Media
Ed Tech
Tech Support
Scrum Master
Content
Tutors-ts
Lab Support
Admin
Curriculum
Support
Admin
6. Programme Planning: Agile / Trello
Agile Process
Weekly Sprints
Managed with Trello
- cards with checklists,
- assigned to team members (admin, tech, support, lecturers)
8. 2 SubTasks Complete = 15%
PowerPoint file stored on DropBox
2 Members working on this task
9. 1. Instruction Materials
2. Community & screen sharing
3. Assessment & Feedback
4. Media
5. Broadcast
Swap in and swap out
Started With
Entire Platform – “TutorStack”
15. 1. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
High Quality materials
• Markdown used to create detailed step by step labs
• Versioning and deployment managed with git & bitbucket
• Slides Repurposed for online video delivery
• Colour Coding
• Font
• Animation
• Number
• Signposting
• Language Sensitive Approach
• Highlighting
• Further Visuals
• Analogies
• Introductions
• Versions
19. What is Slack?
“Leading Messaging & Communication Application for Teams”
• ALL communications in one place
• Fully SEARCHable
• Including within documents
• Integrates with existing tools
• E.g. Google, DropBox, Git
• Fosters Collaboration
• No More Emails!
28. Online Broadcast Platform Features
• Delivering Powerpoint presentations
• Lecturer webcam video
• Live chat with participants
• Content sharing
• Polls
• Pods
• Interaction
29. Online User
Expectations
• High definition video – Full HD, and 4K Resolution
• Studio production
• Video on-demand
• Modern Web interface (Responsive Design)
SD
Noisy Sound
Not Web Standard
Additional Real Time Save
No 2* playback
30. Investigation Results
• Platform suitability for maintaining student's focus and engagement
• Content
• Redesigning materials specifically for online delivery
• Creating asynchronous content
• Audio & Video
• Studio
• Quality
• Lighting
• Backgrounds
• Backdrops
• Green screens