A workbook is a multiple page booklet that can be designed to deliver content and interactive material to the user for learning, revision or for assessment. A workbook typically contains multiple templates but can also contain holders for users to add Blogs, Portfolio Pages, and Collections. Workbooks can be used for many different purposes, but perhaps the most common are for:
- Interactive course material
- Clinical placement workbooks
- Evidencing professional registration requirements
- Evidencing professional competences
- Project workbooks
Some of the examples below have been created for demonstration purposes. We would love to showcase authentic examples of workbooks designed by our Community. If you have a workbook or template you'd like to share, please email Alison at community@pebblepad.com
Click on the title or the image to view the workbooks
Paramedicine (Nottingham Trent University)
The following workbooks have been made available by Andy Kirke, Principal Lecturer in Paramedic, Urgent and Emergency Care at Nottingham Trent University.
ECG Dysrhythmia Study workbook
This workbook contains 18 ECG examples and associated questions for students to work through.
MSc Paramedic Science - Study Notes
This workbook was developed to support the move to online teaching in response to COVID
Exemplar Resource Store (PebblePad)
Our aim is to have PebblePad support teaching, learning and assessment in as many places as possible. We want everyone to get up-to-speed without having to each reinvent the wheel. So we've made a series of subject and scenario-based workbooks:
- Degree Apprenticeship Workbook
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) Workbook
- Welcome Week Workbook
- Personal Tutoring Workbook
- Clinical Placement Workbook
- Planning and Preparing a Project Workbook
All come with an overview video and a link to a completed workbook.
Request a copy of one, some or all, refine to your requirements, and enjoy learning in the fast lane.
ECU School of Nursing and Midwifery Examples (Edith Cowan University, AU)
This portfolio contains six example resources developed and provided by the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia, where PebblePad is embedded throughout the programs. Each is accompanied by a short overview to provide the context for use.
Campus Equity Walkthrough Evaluation (Portland State University)
The Campus Equity Walkthrough Evaluation (CEWE) Workbook helps promote student-centered equity mindfulness on college campuses via a series of guiding questions and self-reflection prompts. The CEWE workbook is a toolkit for assessing whether or not resources on campus are diverse and equitable for a variety of learners. The workbook is available to all Portland State University faculty and staff via PebblePad.
Also view the accompanying resource page which includes:
- A short video overview of the CEWE workbook
- A 12 minute video explaining the theoretical and university studies' context for this equity practice.
The page provides instructions for accessing the CEWE workbook but this is only relevant for PSU staff.
For further information, contact:
Dr Oscar Fernandez, Portland State University, USA, osf@pdx.edu
Aviation (Griffith University)
Students record a simulated ‘flight’ using software, upload it into PebblePad, and then reflect on specific questions that provide scaffolding to improve performance in the flying task. Students are then able to practice the specific task prior to submitting the assessment item, which is also a recording. Clicking on the image below will take you to a video walkthrough of a resource designed to support student learning in this task.
For further information, contact:
Chris Campbell, chris.campbell@griffith.edu.au
Paramedic Science (Sheffield Hallam University)
For the complete context for these resources please read the excellent case study by Andy Kirke, presented at our 2018 PebbleBash conference. Click on the images to view the workbooks.
Clinical Assessment Portfolio (e-CAP) online placement assessment document
Pathophysiology Assessment workbook
Structured reflective assignment from clinical practice
Here at PebblePad we like to practise what we preach! We use workbooks to create a scaffolded induction experience for new employees, to support them during their first weeks and months. What isn't visible in the example below is that we also use progress tracking to be able to quickly see where any new staff member is up to in their induction process.
Resources for Nutrition and Dietetics (Griffith University, Australia)
As part of her professional portfolio, Dr Lana Mitchell from Griffith University in Australia, has shared links to numerous resources she has created for use in the Nutrition and Dietetics program. You can also view a presentation by Lana about their PebblePad Implementation project.
For further information, contact:
Lana Mitchell lana.mitchell@griffith.edu.au
Using workbooks to make meaning of Graduate Attributes (University of the Sunshine Coast, AUS)
(acknowledgement: Priscilla Trahar)
Graduate Attributes can be used in tertiary education to closely frame student learning for career and future employability. Since Bowden et al (2000), tertiary institutions have grappled with the use and deployment of Graduate Attributes across their curriculum. USC academics have worked to embed these attributes into course and program curriculum since 2009 and attributes are linked to assessment tasks and course outcomes. However, there has been limited follow up on how students are making sense of, or understanding these attributes. In an institution-wide first-year course USC explored how students make meaning with these career-focused attributes and implemented a task-based workbook where students could evaluate and reflect on their own development of these important skills and qualities.
This example highlights how this ePortfolio workbook assists meaning-making and captures valuable insights into how students link their learning to Graduate Attribute development through week-to-week reflective practice.
Paramedicine demonstration workbook (PebblePad)
This workbook was created as an example of a resource to support a clinical placement experience. It contains:
- crucial placement information,
- places for pre-placement activities such as preparation, reflection and goal-setting,
- placement blog
- a Collection for completed case reviews
- post placement reflection and space for supervisor comments
Contribute
Do you have a sample resource you would like to share? We encourage you to let us know about the terrific templates, workbooks and portfolios our customers are creating. Please download the Consent form and email it to Jodie at community@pebblepad.com. We'll get in touch to discuss showcasing your example on this page.
