This document discusses building online learning activities outside of the learning management system (LMS) to allow for flexible, adaptable, and meaningful learning. It outlines seven key principles for effective blended and online course design: contact between students and faculty; cooperation among students; active learning; prompt and targeted feedback; emphasizing time on task; communicating high expectations; and respecting diverse talents and ways of learning. Examples of digital tools that can support these principles are provided, including using annotations, open case studies, and peer review. Attendees then shared their own institutional examples of best practices for designing learning outside the "walled garden" of the LMS.

1. Venturing Beyond the Walled Garden...
Building Online Learning Activities Outside of the Learning Management
System that Allow for Flexible, Adaptable and Meaningful Learning
Liesel Knaack and Michael Paskevicius
Vancouver Island University
May 30, 2018
Festival of Learning 2018
Alternative Title
Digital Learning Environments are More than
Content and Assignment Storage Lockers!

2. Rather than focusing on what
educators can do with technology, we
should focus on getting students to
do more with technology to be
engaged and demonstrate their
learning.

3. Key Principles and Practices of Effective Design
for Blended and Online Student Learning
What would be 3 key
principles and practices
of good learning design
you consider when
developing blended and
online learning courses?
Jot down a few of your ideas first.
Form small groups for sharing.
Consolidate thoughts.
Share

4. Principles and Practices: Key Literature
Seven Principles For Good Practice
in Undergraduate Education by
Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda F.
Gamson (1987)
The Nature of Learning: Using
Research to Inspire Practice by
Centre for Educational Research
and Innovation, The 7 Principles of
Learning, OECD (2010)
How Learning Works: Seven
Research-Based Principles for
Smart Teaching by Susan A.
Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges,
Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett,
and Marie K. Norman (2010)
The Three Principles of Universal
Design for Learning by National
Center for Universal Design for
Learning

5. Key Principles and Practices of Effective Design
for Blended and Online Student Learning
1. Encourage Contact between Students and Faculty
2. Develop Cooperation Among Students
3. Encourage Active Learning Techniques
4. Give Prompt and Targeted Feedback
5. Emphasize Time on Task
6. Communicate High Expectations
7. Respect Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning

6. Digital Learning Environments
Hill, P. (2017). The Future Of Learning Management Systems: Development, Innovation and Change. Presented at the World
Conference on Online Learning, Toronto, Canada: International Council for Open and Distance Education.

7. Hill, P. (2017). The Future Of Learning Management Systems: Development, Innovation and Change. Presented at the World
Conference on Online Learning, Toronto, Canada: International Council for Open and Distance Education.
Digital Learning Environments

8. Digital Learning Environments
Hill, P. (2017). The Future Of Learning Management Systems: Development, Innovation and Change. Presented at the World
Conference on Online Learning, Toronto, Canada: International Council for Open and Distance Education.

9. Hill, P. (2017). The Future Of Learning Management Systems: Development, Innovation and Change. Presented at the World
Conference on Online Learning, Toronto, Canada: International Council for Open and Distance Education.
Digital Learning Environments

10. Tools Available to Support Teaching and Learning

11. Web-based Tools to Support Personalisation (heaps)
Bower’s (2016) typology of Web 2.0
collaborative technologies
http://bit.ly/WebToolsPersonalisation

12. Inspired by: Educational Technologies to Support Teaching and Learning from McGill University

13. Learning Within Digital
Learning Environment
Putting it All Together: Great Online/Blended Courses
Learning Outside Digital
Learning Environment
Learning Outside Digital
Learning Environment
Learning Outside Digital
Learning Environment
Learning Outside Digital
Learning Environment

14. Collections of student work
shared openly online
http://wordpress.viu.ca/biol325

16. Collective Annotation of Documents
and the Web
Teacher annotations
Pre-populate a text with questions for students to reply to in annotations or notes
elucidating important points as they read.
Annotation as formative feedback
Provide feedback in context on students online creations such as websites, portfolios, or
multimedia.
Annotation as question and discussion
Have students collectively highlight, tag, and annotate words or passages that are
confusing to them in their readings.
Annotation as annotated bibliography
Have students research a topic or theme and tag and annotate relevant texts across the
internet.
https://web.hypothes.is/blog/back-to-school-with-annotation-10-ways-to-annotate-with-students/

17. Optimal Learning: Employing Principles and Practices
Focus on personalised learning
projects
Engage students in building
new knowledge collaboratively
to address an authentic
problem, scenario, or situation
Encourage students to share
their creations and expose
their learning
Build knowledge and skills
through social learning
experience leveraging digital
technologies
http://bit.ly/VIUDigitalPedagogy

18. Open Case Studies http://bit.ly/OpenCaseStudies
Peer review and collaborative writing
“raises the bar for them. If they’re
writing just for me, and I don’t take this
personally, they don’t put in sometimes
quite as much effort as if their peers
are going to read what they wrote. So it
raises for some of them their level
of engagement and motivation.
I created a non-disposable visual portfolio
for students to document and follow their
progress as well as observe and
contribute feedback to their peers. The
goal was also to complete the course with
a set of assignments that showcases their
learning and outcomes in an accessible
and visually appealing manner.
Surprisingly user engagement was
quite active with parents, friends,
and people from other countries
commenting on posts and
starting interesting discussions.
I think the students found that
really rewarding that it went
beyond the needs of meeting a
course requirement.

19. http://openpedagogy.org/examples/

20. Your Turn...
What are Your Examples of Best Practices
Employing the Learning Principles?
In small groups discuss examples from your
institution/experience about how to best design outside of
the ‘walled garden’.
We’ll have you share some of your ideas with the group
after you’ve discussed. Keep track of your good ideas!

21. Liesel Knaack
liesel.knaack@viu.ca
Michael Paskevicius
michael.paskevicius@viu.ca
Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning
Vancouver Island University
ciel.viu.ca
Link for Examples
http://bit.ly/VIUDigitalPedagogy
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