Supporting lectures with online pre-lecture resources: design and implementation

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 from 1:10 PM - 2:00 PM (GMT)

Dr. Michael Seery, Dublin Institute of Technology

This presentation will outline the use of online pre-lecture resources to supporting in-lecture material. The design rationale is to develop a cyclical approach between online resources and lectures, so that the two are mutually dependent. The aim of the resources are to introduce students to some key ideas and terminology prior to the lecture, so that their working memory during the lecture can focus on application and integration, rather than familiarising with new terminology. These had a short quiz associated with them which was linked to the gradebook in the VLE. Some design principles behind developing these (and any) e-learning resources will be presented, along with implementation strategy and some analysis of the effect of using these resources with my own students.


Dr Michael Seery is a lecturer in physical chemistry and programme director for the degree BSc(Forensic and Environmental Analysis) at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT). He is a long-time fan of DIT’s Learning, Teaching and Technology Centre and has completed several programmes there, most recently an MA(Higher Education) considering the role of prior knowledge in first year performance. He is currently completing a project on the development of pre-lecture resources as part of the MSc (Applied E-Learning). Michael was awarded a National Academy of Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL)
Teaching Excellence award with his colleagues from DIT’s Chemical Education Research Team in 2009 and was awarded a Teaching Fellowship from DIT for 2010 – 2011. More information can be found at his website: http://www.michaelseery.com/

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