Offering education and training online means that people who live outside your geographical area, who are time poor or who cannot get to regular classes, can get a chance to study. Online learning, however, can result in some students feeling isolated. It can also increase the risk of cheating, as it can be harder to get to know your online students in the same way than those you teach face-to-face. A recent study identified that the best way to reduce cheating is to increase your students’ motivation and interest in their learning (Lang 2013 via Morris, 2014). Increasing the intrinsic or ‘what’s in it for me (WIIFM)’ value of online learning provides a win-win situation for the online student, through more interaction with other people and a better learning experience as a result. This presentation will share how Mahara can increase the intrinsic motivation in your students and therefore reduce the chances of your students cheating.

1. vanguardvisions.com.au
Increase student motivation (and
reduce cheating) using Mahara
Mahara Hui 15
Allison Miller
allison@vanguardvisions.com.au
10 April 2015

2. Slides available at
slideshare.net/vanguardvisions

3. CC-BY Image: by Engel62 - http://pixabay.com/en/yin-yang-puzzle-play-modern-art-93980/
E-learning =
flexibility
E-assessment =
cheating

4. CC-BY Image: by SueKing2011 – WIIFM - https://www.flickr.com/photos/66719390@N08/7000816209/
“best means we have to reduce
cheating is to increase
motivation and learning”
(Lang 2013 via Morris, 2014, An Australian guide to
the risk management of VET online e-assessment)

5. Ways to increase motivation (= reduce cheating)
(Morris, 2014)
activities which help you interact with
students
variety of assessments which are real
and applied
peer activities for students to interact
and learn from each other
self-assessment activities to understand
why they are learning something

6. Get to know your students by finding out more
about them
bit.ly/AM-Resumebit.ly/AM-Profile

7. Use real and applied assessment tasks
bit.ly/AM-AssessAct

8. Real and applied (learning-centred) approaches
Individual Learning Plans
Action/Project based learning
Problem seeking & solving learning (Design thinking)
Work-based/Situated/Authentic learning
Service learning
Peer/Collective (Tribe/Gang) learning
Professional Learning Communities /PLNs (Circles)
Informal/Just-in-Time/Social/Self-organised learning
Scenario-based learning
Others?

9. Include peer activities

10. Support self-assessment
bit.ly/AM-Journal

11. It’s win-win -
Assessment + Apply for Job etc
bit.ly/C-Lemoine

12. Image: Father and son fishing - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Father_and_son_fishing_little_boy_helps_his_father_to_fish.jpg
It’s a win-win -
Learners learn how to learn (& not just get feed the content)

13. Find this document at: bit.ly/MaharaEgs
Lots of examples and
resources

14. Eportfolio activity in
Australia

15. Australian Mahara User
Group
Do we need one?
17 April
Adelaide
moodlemaharameetup.org

16. 2015 Moodle-Mahara Meet-up
Thinking outside the Box
16 April
University of South Australia, Adelaide
moodlemaharameetup.org

17. 2015 Eportfolio Forum & Workshops
Standing out from the crowd
30 September-1 October 2015
Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus, Perth, Western
Australia
eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/forums/2015-eportfolio-forum-home-page/

18. Previous Eportfolio Forums and Workshops
Great resources available
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19. vanguardvisions.com.au
Allison Miller
0400 732 270
allison@vanguardvisions.com.au
vanguardvisions.com.au
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