TELFest 2018 - Using Wattle's Lesson activity to guide student learning
Channel: ANU Online
Date: 2018-12-20

Presentation from TELFest 2018: https://telfest.weblogs.anu.edu.au/ 
By Cathy Day, CHM - Australian National University

The "Lesson" activity in Wattle allows a lecturer to tailor the learning path for individual students according to a range of criteria, provides students with a fully interactive experience. It's a very flexible tool for the lecturer. On the other hand, it's more complex to develop than the "Book" resource. This presentation will demonstrate how "Lessons" were developed to teach Fundamentals of Epidemiology, including controlling the flow based on the individual student's understanding of the material. For example, students are asked non-assessable Check Questions during the Lesson. If they answer incorrectly, they are sent to the page which contains the required information to re-learn it. They can then either attempt the question again, or move on. Feedback from the students indicated that they found this process extremely useful. This presentation will include a live demonstration of some Lessons, including the use of external websites, where appropriate, and a brief demonstration of animations which we created to explain basic epidemiological concepts.