1. Personalising the learning experience and enhancing the engagement of students in very large cohorts Danielle Lyssimachou Accounting & Finance Division Manchester Business School 1

2. Background and Challenges Very large 1 st year undergrad module in financial accounting (approx. 900 students) Students from various degree programmes Large number of international students Mixed ability & variation in previous experience of accounting KEY CHALLENGES: How to personalise the learning experience for such a large and diverse audience? How to engage such a diverse and mixed-ability audience? 2

3. TESS Project We used 3 e-learning tools to achieve our goal of personalising and enhancing student learning. 3 TESS = Teaching Enhancement & Student Support For more information on previous TESS projects and how to apply, visit: http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/tandl/resources/funding/TESS/index.html using “PaperShow” Video TutorialsHand-written slides using “SmartPen”using “Wimba Classroom” Online Q&A sessions

4. Hand-written slides using “Papershow” Used in our module to make presentation slides: visually more appealing to explain difficult concepts with drawings and graphs Can be used in class to create interactive presentations that include student input! Can also be used as an electronic whiteboard during Wimba Sessions (more on this later) 4

6. TESS Project We used 3 e-learning tools to achieve our goal of personalising and enhancing student learning. 6 TESS = Teaching Enhancement & Student Support For more information on previous TESS projects and how to apply, visit: http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/tandl/resources/funding/TESS/index.html using “PaperShow” Video TutorialsHand-written slides using “SmartPen”using “Wimba Classroom” Online Q&A sessions

7. Video Tutorials using “Smartpen” Benefits: Convenient, flexible solution for students wanting to learn at their own pace Personalises the student’s learning experience Accounting: A practical subject, involving solving numerical problems Student feedback: “Workshop teaching is not enough!” Video Tutorials to demonstrate the technique and steps of how to solve various accounting exercises 7

8. Video Tutorials on Blackboard 8

9. Student Feedback regarding “Video Tutorials” “I found the video tutorial very very useful! I could stop and then watch again the parts which I didn't understand at first, which was a big advantage in comparison to the real tutorial :) Thank you very much! ” “Tutorials can be improved...and more video tutorials will be helpful. In fact instead of classroom tutorials video tutorials are much better.” “Best lectures plus I found video tutorials very useful! 9

10. Use and Usefulness of Video Tutorials based on Module Evaluation Survey

11. Student Feedback - Usefulness of Video Tutorials vs. Workshops 11

12. TESS Project We used 3 e-learning tools to achieve our goal of personalising and enhancing student learning. 12 TESS = Teaching Enhancement & Student Support For more information on previous TESS projects and how to apply, visit: http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/tandl/resources/funding/TESS/index.html using “PaperShow” Video TutorialsHand-written slides using “SmartPen”using “Wimba Classroom” Online Q&A sessions

13. Online Q&A Sessions with “Wimba Classroom” Online Q&A sessions on Blackboard using “Wimba Classroom” – Archive the session for students to re-visit during their revision time – Use Papershow as an electronic whiteboard to write on, while doing the Wimba session Benefit: – Students receive personal support from lecturers in a flexible and efficient manner  Virtual office hours 13

14. Wimba Classroom 14

15. To conclude 15 using “PaperShow” Video Tutorials Hand-written slides using “SmartPen”using “Wimba Classroom” Online Q&A sessions

16. Thank you for your attention! Any questions? Danielle Lyssimachou (Danielle.Lyssimachou@mbs.ac.uk)Danielle.Lyssimachou@mbs.ac.uk 16