16th may tt fac meeting up at Oakridge

How is it?

Round 2 the bell has rung!

Rob did a show and tell on what hes doing on Moodle

Unit standards used to use cd but...this had problems.... lots of redos

this year electronically on moodle..... it allowed us to get into it with our people

6 star schoola nd many other providers

level 2 has level 1 in it. and then 3

created courses

a few problems

click on section then thats what you see

providers can see heaps and down load stuff.

using the forum to inform all

MIT we are working with thewm on assessments

we can go in and look at whos a looking at what.

moodle or discs? which way? we can keep upgrading the work...

MITo relationship is good assessment meet mito requirements....

do we still print this off for other students?

Duncan needs to beinformed and see this....

sione is working on a parellel system parttimeer has asked for the unit books to go and move

towards moodle to deliver

We as instructors may need to get at these....

ISH spoke on mucuss mule and how we can widen this....

Blended learning in speak with David Nummy mucuss mule are looking at stuff for us.

looking for space to set stuff up for this steve steve niranjan are looking at this....

ISH h and s all have to become trainers... Lee spoke on the new error... Who trains the trainer ? The CL lists the plant... who trains them on this? A safe operating procedure onto it?

5 stage plan....SOP will be written .... a paper trail is a happening the DOL is coming... they are looking at guarding. safe operating procedure (SOP)....

computers require power....some rooms need rewiring...

sop are written in six stages... written for the lowest common denominator....

a need for people to specialise seems to be here now.....

E-Learning:

steve steve and chris are available during the semester break... please ask....

ISH is off for ommision testing in wellington....

industry joint venture with southern spars is about to happen....

research on torque.....?????

research richard is finishing off the data and a paper

Jerry is on a variable compression engine...

engine diagnostic 1066 NS speak to him on this

dinonometer is here. asking for techos for setting this machine up and north shore does anyone know of someone who could do this???? a skill shortage seems to be raising its head again

a social organiser is needed.... a bowling thing... some sort of pulling things together....

rob and part time dave are off to north shore.....

Northshore is starting to happen for the CAME rob is doing all the work....Karl Gin is also shifting

Marine CAT students for second semester( international have shown a interest).... don't hold your breadth....

nicks and scratches books are coming....

may 6th western leader David wrote about what we do.....

Cheers

A bus trip is a happening soon....

Fac general staff meeting May 9th

How is it?

Elearning report done .

working with various people on elearning stuff .

A survey of your needs on elearning. Conversational or on line?

mr Mathews is our new busness manager....

jack has the clap!

a plan on the building was passed arround... on paper first time we have seen this!!!

Can we again have a CAD plan Autocad ws would allow collaboration

noise could be a problem dust could be a problem = (P)

Plans are a coming

area for musus mule time line

100k vurtual welders are coming... welding center... breakout room... on off task....

input into these....plans would be good

David will curculate the files to us as the projector is not waiting

Unitec council meeting last week.... goverance of polytechs....David and Laurie presented...

4 projects to talk about

revitalisation of facilitites

enhancing the student experience through our facilities upgraded stage 1 redevelopment

where we had got to... whats different in this context.... why is it going ahead...

away from our university strategy... so the focus is back on voc ed and applied ed at the very heart

this is an importtant shift

key strats that support us

enhance student experience

inovation

good bis

in the community

unitec is now making money.... so now we can reinvest...9.5 mil bottom line profit... support higher levels of debit

200 mil of property how can we leverage that?

spacial planing

consolidate our activity to the south end...

shift the flexishop as its in the road way or go around it.

sw is a softspot for development

a hub will be the center the learning commons will be the center 108 is close to this

108 in the middle to the west is tbe to the east is .....Marine could be off....

we deem to be able to keep 1/2 of 108....

from 111 back seems to be us but not end of 108.... 2016 is the date....

stage 1 will go to council in 2 months time.... the plan is comming we are on the third level..broad picture... under pinning we can contest.... space utilization needs to be increased...

space is more of a generic nature.. higher levels of learning technology.... going forward....

$2200/ m 2 3800 or 4k/m2 if not generic the new direction... the middle ground...

Rothwey has some concerns....some electrical problems... noise problems... 3500 m2 space.

the design was radically changed at the last minute.. on spacial basis and courses running.. ie the CAME spaces... this has been expanded... this is for one sem... we can change next sem in december.. stage 2.. constrained by budget... cash flowed in 3 stages fit out 1.66mil and equipment

there is some break out space when it rains....

ventilation system in 108 does not apply ... 300k to fix...

maintence schedule is being worked through.... ISH needs to look at this... we have a battle on our hands...

capital items need to be looked at and onto the cshedule of work...

Vent in 108.... we have to because we have to.... ppp ??? build a sound business...

any debt is high risk stuff please dont go there... government doesn't like it...

The Auckland plan... this creates hight restrictions

A skill shortage of construction industry what is our response?

Steven Joyce as press statement is a coming...

rebuild 10000 houses another 1000000 need repair....heaps of work is needed....supply needs to keep up with demand 30000 houses is what we can deliver....the skills are being exported, along with the people ...

how do we solve this??

Can we have a projector that works made available for next time??

Can this be checked out....

Research beginnings Melanie Miller

How is it?

Name

What you want out of the course? Formal research...

Any research you have been involved in? Clickers...

Educational research comes from social science

Salts good for you ... then Now salt is bad for you..

What is reseach all about?

I'm confused as a consummer

Research is the :

systematic applicatio of a

family of methods to produce

trustworthy information about a problem

thesis = argument

My lense of how I look at things

Epistomology... what does this mean? from my perspective

Monitor - supervisor one who knows the topic area and 1 that knows the process stuff

Research Process:

Research Q + Aims How is it? I'm a constructivist....state this in the intro about yourself (check the alignment) their theoretical beliefs are...? we need to talk about what this is in the thesis we are reviewing. like the Epistemology and the Ontology... stuff about the researcher

Lit review

Methodology

Methods

Findings

Conclusions Discussions Summary

50% of references must be current other wise can be deemed to be out of date

Ontology... the way I see things from my culture...my templates...my personal researcher...The big picture is my framework ... focus in on the small stuff this is what I see explain how I see things and why... my beliefs and culture...

Round two with Howard Youngs from dept. of Ed

encouraged to do action research

core knowledge stuff

walk out with a questionaire

Hi I'm Christopher

Marine

research on the clickers using quanitative qualatative stuff as well

I hope to be able to..... I'll tell u later....a bit of backward mapping

re search ... re = looking again so what are we looking for again and again

seraching for patterns that are occuring...so what does this mean? diging deeper stuff...

interpret how is the learning experience viewed

looking at peoples interpretation of the world

a real focus on the individual they will be different ... why?

we collect research data... analyse it...= qualitative analysis is what we get

opened q = qualitative stuff... through our own voice ... general patterns

generalise for a group (meanings)

not interested in deep individuals interpretation

instead

overall what are the patterns or trends... go to a bigger group = quantitaive... attach numbers to it... collect data...analyse it... quantitaive analysis (numbers)

mixed methods research...is inbetween the two... a combination of these...

base line data for over view... then individual to check it out....

justify it theres no right or wrong... a supervisor can guide you...

framework of questionaires

look at surveymonkey.com....

by completing this anonymous questionaire you are providing your consent to participate in this research.

formats of questions:

x choice

rateable scales

open ended

true/faulse

answer with numbers

yes/no

calculating answers

closed question number response

ranking... predetermined terms... open....

linked open ended... if you chose q 3 ...explain in your own words...are/is there any others

semantic differentuals ... opposite ends

coffee apps

Dorithy Burt manages blogs at pt england school sites

Blogger is getting a large upgrade

google docs offline gears htm 5 browsers

Hapara Teacher Dashboard dudes name Jan see jan@hapara.com

what's the best browser ? Safari rulz

look at the governance of who controls what

Organization & users

M Vader from IT

manymoon thru @wairaka.com domain is a free project management app

irubric

easybib

google apps Marketplace this needs to be got at through a domain

teacher dashboard Jan has set a to administer the stuff

demarcation line moodle and the real world

google stuff rulz its a collaboration system

google to facebook thru napara facebook as a front

4 to 2 dollars per student per year cost

can academy

student maintain their account

starting a tertiary app needs feedback and is prepared to work with us on this

google trends show to students

google lap tops are a coming mums and dads will pay

15 / month leased 10 hour bat includes 3g it works!

our backbone is limited to 20% OF THE CAPACITY

3d warehouse into google apps

presentation is being re written

Jan wants some guinea pigs

take away the barriers and the staff will follow!

Collaboration is the way forward ... end of story...

google teacher accad in sydney higher ed and K 12 tell them what your doing.. sit down with the dudes from google management and tell them whats up.

dave winter in hamilton uses sketch up

hapara.com

your portal IT has your stuff on it!!!

jan@hapara.com

new stuff

isp

power company

Research beginnings in the Library with Fran

Jeff, Paul, Stew,Ernest,Steve,Prem,Me

fran....

Literature review the process... Resourses.....Endnote....vs easybib

Think about lit review.... the importance and how it fits into research

What is a lit review? A report on a search (analysis) of what and who has written stuff on the topic you are interested in. Understanding the concepts /ethos behind what they have written. Can act as a stepping stone. Critique. More than a summary.

Define your perammiters.

Why do you do one?

find out current opinions, to embed and validate your ideas.Identify gaps and trends..

What is not a lit review? Read this and agree, restate what is already said or written. Reading behind the lines and putting up your own interpretation. It is not a summary.

Why is it important? So that you don't reinvent the wheel. Acknowledgement of tose that have gone on before.

What are some of the challenges you might face in doing one? Interpreting different points of view. Writing this interpretation up.

No one has looked at this before as you intend.

Knowing were to look to the find stuff.

Correctly acknowledging the stuff

Time

Lack of knowledge, where do I start

Staying objective and focussed

stuff

Shopping for info:

Quality (good stuff), cost and purpose(for research).

Authorative

Objectivity

Currency

Comprehensiveness (not ommiting stuff)

Accuracy

Where do you find quality info?

Print

Books

Cost:

Free vs paying

Time spent looking

Fit for purpose

Level

Authority

Currency

Accuracy

Best place is through the library web site

library

put the start of a word then adding an * in the search box..

use the search function

Assignment 1 find a thesis and critique

What is research bank? The stuff from unitec is in here ...find stuff in here to review

Kris is a data base... 4 polytechs search ....data base A to Z...

Kris

Disatation

Rubrics for assessment and learning

How is it?

If we have a plan we can be at least 10% more efficient.

So we need to apply this to learning and assessment.

Rubrics seem to be a method of making the assessment overt.

A good site that is an intro to this, with some examples can be viewed at..

educase on rubrics for learning and assessment. See pages 8 - 10 for these.

Presenting Stuff

How is it?

A month or two ago "V" asked Steve and I if we were interested in presenting some of the stuff we are doing?

A bit scary but we listened more. "V" said he was prepared to help out in giving advice on the structure of the content and prompt us when and if needed.

Did a mini show and tell about Authentic Learning that embraces the Living Curriculium.

This was a very short one and I used a blog as the medium to present it. Several questions were asked at the end of the prezzi, one was on how assessment would be done. This question was in relationship to a concept I'm exploring at present. This is using a conversational rubric fro assessment.

Rubrics

Which is of the greater value? the learning that happens within the student or the measurement of percieved or dictated standards?

In the change to Student Centered Learning, it is my belief that learning is the foci.

Gannt charts

assessment

After all, what is the use of adopting loftier goals for yourself and your students if you continue to use multiple-choice tests that seek the “right” answer, capturing only the lower-level knowledge that is easiest to measure? Rather than relying on a single assessment method, instructors who adopt authentic learning methods must analyze multiple forms of evidence to measure student performance, including observations of student engagement and artifacts produced in the process of completing tasks.

assessment