Examopedia #ALTC09

Manish Malik Dept. of Electronics and Computer Engineering

University of POrtsmouth, UK

manish.malik@port.ac.uk

manmalik (twitter)

Student retention

What do they use?

What help is there?

VLEs

for the lecture notes and slides

Used as a dumping ground with no great benefit to students

"its there when we need it"

online & physical libraries

eBooks and eJournals

Printed handouts

Google n wikipedia

wikipedia = second brain

Surface or Deep?

past exam papers

sometimes solutions and or marking scheme are provided too

The conscientious learner is not happy with just these.

Surface Vs Deep - see EngSC case study @ http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/manish-malik-report-final.pdf

Group study

Normally done in your own group

Which may not be there

or

you may not prefer group study

some students will share all

while others who will not

Revision lecture

good attendance

one off event

Whats the big idea?

students solve past papers

collaboratively online

tutor provides formitive feedback

students engage and improve answers

cycle continues

Examopedia #ALTC09

Acknowledgements

• This work would not have been completed

without the help from staff at the ExPERT

during my secondment there.

• The authour extends special thanks to

Prof. Lesley-jane Ealse Reynolds

for her continuous support and in

developing Examopedia to its current state.

Past Exam papers (95%), N=60

Lecture slide

revision lecture

Manchester 2009

Library resources

group study

google and wikipedia

lecture notes

By

Individually

Exam Revision Issues

Students Approaches

Over confidence

Exam

Isolation

Cramming the night before the exam

14

Weeks

12

10

Anxiety

Performance

8

6

4

2

lots =lost (specially with eBooks)

for those who attend