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[Posted on behalf of Anne Misselbrook – Content Developer]<\/p>\n

Dr Michael Curran PhD, MBA, MPhil is an Associate Professor (Podiatry) and\u00a0module leader for research methods in Podiatry at the University of Northampton.<\/p>\n

One of the research methods modules taught over three years of the BSc Hons Podiatry course is inferential statistics. \u00a0Mike was keen to increase the blend of this material between face to face delivery and online activity, and this resulted in the Statistics Knowledge Check. \u00a0He has completed the cycle of transferring content online and students provided feedback using a survey included in the Statistics Knowledge Check.<\/p>\n

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Podiatry Statistics Knowledge Check<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of the Podiatry students noted:<\/p>\n

“I found tackling the Knowledge Check in 4 separate stages hugely useful and much more manageable than being exposed to a larger test. \u00a0I found the separate stages less intimidating”.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dr Curran reflected on the experience:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is interesting to me how to blend the concept of e packages with actual face to face teaching. I guess it is the future.<\/em><\/p>\n

On reflection I think we have hit the middle ground of evaluation with no very favourable student comment, but equally no very unfavourable comment. Considering this is teaching statistics that is probably pretty good!!<\/em><\/p>\n

My reason for doing this is to try and look at alternative ways of delivering a potentially dry subject, with ability for the students to reflect on the statistics at a future date.<\/em><\/p>\n

I would consider repeating this approach for other areas of my teaching\u201d.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To read the full blog article please click here. \u00a0Using an online Gamification approach to teaching inferential statistics<\/a><\/p>\n

To find out how to use the Adaptive Release feature in NILE please click on the link here<\/a><\/p>\n

Learn more from Blackboard Help click here<\/a><\/p>\n

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[Posted on behalf of Anne Misselbrook – Content Developer]<\/p>\n

Dr Michael Curran PhD, MBA, MPhil is an Associate Professor (Podiatry) and\u00a0module leader for research methods in Podiatry at the University of Northampton.<\/p>\n

One of the research methods modules taught over three years of the BSc Hons Podiatry course is inferential statistics. \u00a0Mike was keen to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[35,41,135,177],"class_list":["post-4671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-un-case-studies","tag-assessment-design","tag-blended-learning","tag-nile","tag-shed-2"],"yoast_head":"\nDr Michael Curran uses a gamification approach with online tests - Learning Technology Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2015\/11\/17\/dr-michael-curran-uses-a-gamification-approach-with-online-tests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr Michael Curran uses a gamification approach with online tests - Learning Technology Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[Posted on behalf of Anne Misselbrook – Content Developer] Dr Michael Curran PhD, MBA, MPhil is an Associate Professor (Podiatry) and\u00a0module leader for research methods in Podiatry at the University of Northampton. 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