Title: Quality in Online Project Learning at Scale
Stream: Design, Implementation & Assessment of Innovative Technologies in Education
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
Authors:
Jane Hallett, Practera, Edtech Platform, United Kingdom
Beau Leese, Practera, Edtech Platform, Australia
Abstract:
To equip students with the skills they need to succeed in the future of work, educators seek to deliver a range of experiential learning programmes to complement the academic curriculum. However, experiential learning with high proportions of in-person engagement can be complex and costly for educators to deliver at scale. Team-based industry projects where students apply their knowledge to address real problems posed by employers are a significant and fast-growing part of the equation. Online team-based industry team projects potentially offer educators substantial benefits including lower cost, broader geographic reach and enhanced scalability, but only if quality can be maintained. Covid-19 regulations have substantially increased the need for quality remote work-integrated learning. The Practera experiential learning platform supports online, blended and in-person team projects models. Practera is designed to engage, support and quality assure students, educators and industry mentors in experiential learning workflows.
Practera’s R&D team set out to test the nature and degree of quality variation in team-based projects with higher proportions of online engagement, as measured against a control program with similar characteristics. This study analyses a sample of 5394 participants from 22 universities and >400 employers, across 74 cohorts and 4 programme models supported by the Practera platform. Attendees will gain insight and engage in discussion around the:
· Learning design and delivery models of online team project models
· Results of the study against hypotheses across a range of quality metrics
· Perspectives on success factors for maintaining quality in online experiential learning
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