Damian Finnegan Asko Kauppinen Anna Wärnsby Reihaneh Eskandari Lisa-Marie Teubler Writing Unit
Academic Writing at
Malmö University
EATAW 2011Student Experience of
Integrating E-Platforms in
Academic Writing
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Large Student
Numbers Resources Limited
Multilingual Multidisciplinary
Our
Challenges
Workshop
Structure
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Introducing Our E-Platform
Student Experience How It Works
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Consistent & Familiar Place
Supplementary Material Maximum Feedback
Teaching Assistant
System
Peer
Teaching Assistant
Teacher Feedback: Exis9ng Comments
Teacher Feedback: Our Comments
Teacher Feedback
National forum for English studies Umeå 2011
Supplementary Material
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E-book
More Exercises
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Consistent & Familiar Place
Supplementary Material Maximum Feedback
What Do
Students
Think?
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Four Areas
of Inquiry
Writing Unit © 2011 Rated on scale of 1 to 6 1-3 4-6 N/A - +
Survey
Questions
MCL is particularly easy to use
13 26 19 13 87 74 81 87 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0Survey Question Fr ac ti on of a ns w er s/ (% ) Navigation Submission of Mid-term and Final Paper Calendar Submission of AssignmentsMCL and traditional material are
successfully integrated
6 16 94 84 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 5.0 6.0 Survey Question Fra ct ion of a ns w er s/ (% ) PortfolioFeedback is extremely helpful
National forum for English studies Umeå 2011 16 13 10 81 87 90 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1 2 3Survey Question Fr a c ti on of a ns w e rs /( % ) Automatic Feedback Teaching Assistant NA Teacher (mid-term and final paper)
Very positive influence on learning experience
National forum for English studies Umeå 2011 13 10 29 23 87 90 68 77 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 10.0 16.0 17.0 18.0Survey Question Fr a c ti on of a ns w e rs /( % ) Writing as a Process Critical Thinking Organising a Paper Language Skills
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DISCUSSION
• Do you use e-platforms? • If yes, what kind of
e-platforms do you use? • How do you use your
e-platform to improve your student’s learning
experience?
• What should an ideal
e-platform look like?
• What should an ideal
