Sammendrag fra evalueringsmøte 5/3 2007

The students are missing:

A lecturer that;

• can summarize the material and give a brief overview
• will pinpoint the most relevant material
• is there to answer questions

A way to post questions related to the e-learning material.

A reason to meet the other students physically.

A pdf version of the e-lecture material (and preferably a printed copy).

In the current situation simply presenting an e-lecture, as such, is NOT a sufficient alternative to other teaching activities in the different units of this course.

The e-lectures could be enhanced by:

Keeping it slim, to the point. Focus on the most relevant aspects of the unit (according to the lecturer/curriuculum specified). Do not include too much material. Links should be used, but with caution, leading to information that can help explain difficult aspects, not only making available overwhelming amounts of information.

Increase the students interaction by:

• Adding quizes.
• Adding more links (crosslinks).
• Adding what is not found in a book, like animation, video, sound, simulations.
• Adding a possibility to post a question (for the teacher) related to the e-lecture at hand.
  -Adding functionality for continous evaluation of the e-lecture
  (content and functionality) e.g. by introducing an interactive
  rating system (bad, ok, good) at the bottom of each page. A point is that any evaluation of the system is not to timeconsuming for the students who preferes to spend time on nutrition related issues.

Overall suggestions/comments:

The Vitamin D and Calcium lectures were good because of the mix of a lecturer and the e-learning.

The IRON lecture was too comprehensive.

Traditional PBL is perhaps best suited for clinical problems, otherwise tasks should be well fitted to the PBL approach.

We could add the following to the e-lectures

• A list of what the student should know after going through the lecture.
• A test in the end of the e-lecture, that should be tried/passed before attending the lecture (needs to be posted welle in advance, perhaps a week or more before??).