Pilot case

Academic Communication for MSc students (LC-1310)

Developing online learning materials for LC-1310 Academic Communication for MSc students.
Academic Communication for MSc students (LC-1310)

Pilot leader

Tommi Kakko
Anya Siddiqi
John Weston

Schools

Language Centre

Reach

320 students

Timeline

May 2019 – Spring 2020

Overview

Currently, LC-1310 Academic Communication for MSc students (3 ECTS) is only available as a blended version, which sometimes leads to conflicts in students busy schedules with other courses. In order to offer this course as a fully online version, new materials and some of the in-class materials need to be customized for online purposes.

Platforms and tools

  • MyCourses is the primary learning platform
  • MyCourses quizzes
  • Additional A+ contents provided through Astra plugin
  • Panopto videos
  • Handouts

Pedagogical methods

This project applies various methods suited for online learning. For independent learning, the course materials will include contents, such as instructional videos (Panopto), model texts and quizzes within MyCourses. In addition, we plan to create activities that facilitate peer feedback and discussion using forums.

Involved courses

LC-1310 – Academic Communication for MSc students (3 ECTS)

This courses is intended for CHEM,  ELEC, ENG and SCI students.

People

Tommi Kakko
Language Centre
Pilot leader

Anya Siddiqi
Language Centre
Pilot leader

John Weston
Language Centre
Pilot leader

Jan-Mikael Rybicki
Language Centre
Coordinator, technical and content support


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