Session 11 | Enhancing and Assessing Teamwork through an Open Educational Resource
Date
2021-03-11
Authors
Clark, Andrew
Dellinger, Justin T.
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This presentation describes the creation of the OER and challenges faced around universal design principles. In addition, the presenters will describe the method of assessment for the OER and highlight results showing its impact as well as the contribution of the OER toward the strategic objectives of the Quality Enhancement Plan and the university as a whole. Data from focus groups with the PALs will also be presented to give insight into the usefulness and effectiveness of the OER from both learner and instructor perspectives.
Description
Speaker(s):
Dr. Andrew Clark
QEP Director and Associate Director, Center for Research on Teaching and Learning Excellence, University of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Andrew M. Clark is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication. He leads the Professional Learning Community (PLC) program which is in its third year and currently has 30 faculty and staff working together to enhance and assess teamwork in their courses. He led the creation of an Open Educational Resource Student Teamwork Guide which is currently being used by over 6,000 students in First Year Experience and Transfer Courses across the university. He has won awards for his teaching, and was recently a finalist for the Outstanding Assessment Practice award at UTA for his work on the aforementioned projects and other initiatives.
Dr. Justin Dellinger
Learning Analytics Program Coordinator, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Justin T. Dellinger currently leads the new Master's of Science in Learning Analytics program at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) and is the former Associate Director for the Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge (LINK) Research Lab in the university's Center for Research on Teaching and Learning Excellence. Dellinger actively engages in research on learning analytics' adoption and policy, organizational leadership, institutional change, and multiple-pathways learning. He has worked as both program and group facilitator for the Professional Learning Community program at UTA with the goal of building capacity for pedagogical innovation on campus. He has also worked as a research coordinator and as an instructional designer/programmer, and has experience teaching in K-12, higher education, and massive open online courses in edX.
Moderated by: Michelle Hernandez-Perez, Assistant Director of Assessment, University of Houston-Downtown
View recording https://youtu.be/IPo7OG6j1DM