George MacLean
About
George MacLean is a professor at the University of the Ryukyus. He has taught at primary-junior high and university levels in Japan and in the international school system. His research interests include SLA and ICT implementation. He is active in the Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT) at a local and national level, and regularly presents at national and international language teaching and technology events.Sessions
Incorporating Student Peer Evaluation Rating Feedback in the Calculation of Participation Scores more
Sat, Apr 30, 10:30-Tue, May 31, 23:55 Asia/Seoul
A frequent criticism of using class time for student presentations is that students are only required to make their own presentation and then there is no quantifiable measure of the degree to which they further participate in such activities, for example, by critically evaluating other participants’ efforts. The advent of Cloud Computing and more recently online education makes this fully possible; however, it requires certain knowledge about Forms and Spreadsheets. This presentation will explain how to use Forms and Spreadsheets toward that end. It is based on several years of experience where students’ active participation during presentations was required and ultimately included as part of their participation grade. No previous knowledge is required for participants and better practices will be demonstrated step by step. Outcomes will include better knowledge of how to use Forms and Spreadsheets to empirically include student rater feedback to calculate their participation scores.
Using Cloud Computing to Accelerate Feedback and Promote Transparency more
Sat, Apr 30, 13:00-Tue, May 31, 23:55 Asia/Seoul
This workshop will explain and demonstrate the use of Google Workspace applications to build a transparent learning environment. It demonstrates an e-syllabus that gives students a clear idea of what sort of assignments to expect. The use of Google Forms and Sheets to accelerate feedback will briefly be explained and demonstrated thereafter. Finally, I will focus on how to build and disseminate a grade book that permits students to monitor their progress in a course and to access and submit incomplete assignments. Participants will be given the opportunity to trial each of the applications, and the outcome of this workshop should be the ability to build a dynamic grade sheet that can be shared with students (all the while preserving anonymity). Although the context of this presentation is from a tertiary education setting, the basic premises and the applications that will be demonstrated could readily be used at many levels.