EnRoLE 2008 Workshop Series
Evaluating Role Plays
26 November 2008
Dr Maree Gosper
Learning and Teaching Centre
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Role Plays
Educational role plays in Australian universities designed to
increase understanding of real life human interaction and
dynamics.
• participants assume a role in someone else's shoes or in
someone else's situation
• to do authentic tasks in an authentic context
• involving substantial in-role human interaction such as
collaboration, negotiation, debate
• interaction between roles is substantially in an online
environment
• learning outcomes are assessable and generate
opportunities for student reflection
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Will they use it?
The 4 E’s - Collis and Moonen (2001)
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Ease of use
Effectiveness
Efficiency
Environmental readiness
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Sustainable software
The Curriculum
The ICTs
The Organisational
Environment
The CICTO Framework
JS Flagship Project
(M Gosper, K Woo, H Muir, C
Dudley, K Nakazawa. AJET 23, 2.
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Sustainable software
Teaching aims
Learning Outcomes
Role play process
Teaching supports
Learning Supports
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Aims
Outcomes
What were the aims of
the role play?
What knowledge and
skills are to be
developed?
How will you know if
you have achieved
them?
How will you assess
the achievement?
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Role play
process
Participant
Facilitator
Orientation
Establishing roles
• Was it efficient and easy to use –
i.e. did it make teaching and learning
easier to accomplish; time, resources
• Was it effective in achieving
outcomes ?
• Was it motivating / engaging?
• What value did it add to the student
experience
• Is there a better way of doing this to
achieve the same outcomes?
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Playing – interactions,
collaborations,
communications
Finalisation
Debrief
Assessment
Feedback
No 7
Learning
The environment:
Teaching supports
Learning supports
Teaching
Acquisition and administration of
software
Training in use of
software/systems
Development of resources
Reuse of the role play
Compliance
Learning and Teaching support
- in setting up, administering
and maintaining the Role Play
Assessment policies
Information management
Accessibility /disability
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