Enabling and engaging students within an e-learning environment using WordPress Background By exploring the development of the principles and practices.

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Enabling and engaging students within an e-learning environment using WordPress Background By exploring the development of the principles and practices of occupational therapy from a historical and contemporary perspective, the pre-registration undergraduate module ‘Concepts and Frameworks in Occupational Therapy’ aims to provide students with a contextual understanding of how and why the profession and its’ theoretical concepts have developed to not only meet society’s health, social and educational needs, but also to enabled occupational therapists to embed occupation as the core concern of practice. Wilcock (2003) states “historical sources can illuminate how occupation, in its broadest meaning, is entwined with the social history of economic change, government initiatives and policies.” Jeannette Head Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy Canterbury Christ Church University Email: jeannette.head@canterbury.ac.uk Fiona Gray Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy Canterbury Christ Church University Email: fiona.gray@canterbury.ac.uk Introduction From early in the development of the module, workbooks and electronic resources were planned to be central to student learning alongside more traditional learning and teaching strategies of keynote and interactive lectures and seminars. According to Silius and Tervakari (2003 p3.) the usability and utility of any e-learning platform including the tools, tasks and appearance is fundamental to the success of any e-learning environment that support a student’s learning. WordPress a free blogging tool was utilised to develop a learning resource for the module. This platform supports creative and collaborative management of content. All students were given editorial rights to the site to enable them to upload information into the various pages, including their own research of a given topic, links to useful websites and work created within set group learning activities. By sharing their resources on the site the students not only have access to their own research they also have access to research of their wider cohort. Studying past events will support my understanding of peoples occupational narratives, I now understand more about what people have experienced Illustrative Results I become calmer when presenting information, as I got used to the process I didn't panic as much and gained confidence in my ability Understanding how things have changed in the past has helped me to appreciate that practice is dynamic and constantly evolving For those students who affirmed that using WordPress had enhanced their learning, there were four emerging themes:- Increased confidence Enhanced learning Enhanced searching skills Enhanced IT skills Where students did not feel that the WordPress site had enhanced their learning there were minimal comments I am enjoying the interaction between my peers and my tutor, it allows everyone time to give their own opinions, which would not be possible in a timed lecture situation ...just because the technology is there, do we have to use it at all? Student Evaluation An online audit, based on nine of Anderson and McCormick’s (2005) ten principles was developed to evaluate students’ perceptions of how the platform, content and learning activities had enabled their engagement in the learning process to successfully meet the module’s learning outcomes. Results were analysed using simple statistics within Excel and comments were analysed using basic thematic analysis principles. Students comments on the ease of use of WordPress formed three emerging themes:- Learning new technology Personal benefit Using the WordPress functions Match to the curriculum Inclusion Learner engagement Innovative approaches Effective Learning Formative assessment Summative assessment Coherence, consistency & transparency Ease of use Cost- effectiveness It is a very interesting way to learn, and a good resource to keep coming back to when needed Information presented has increased my knowledge and I have found out stuff that I never knew However I do wonder if all the work was relevant Where students had enjoyed using WordPress, there were two emerging themes:- Enhanced learning Ease of use  Where students had disliked using WordPress, there were two emerging themes:- Relevance Sharing of the information References Anderson, J. and McCormick, R. (2005) Ten pedagogic principles for e-learning. Available at: http://www.online-educa.com/OEB_Newsportal/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/10-Principles-for-Successful-E-learning.pdf. Accessed 16.09.14. Silius, K. & Tervakari, A.M. (2003) An evaluation of the usefulness of web-based learning environments. Available at: http://matriisi.ee.tut.fi/arvo/liitteet/usefulness_of_web.pdf. Accessed 16.9.14. Wilcock, A. (2003) Making Sense of What People Do: Historical Perspectives. Journal of Occupational Science, 10(1), pp4-6. Acknowledgements Many thanks to the students who have contributed to the ongoing development of the Concepts and Frameworks in Occupational Therapy WordPress site. This poster is presented for them in acknowledgement of their role in the co-creation of their module learning resources.