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BLENDED LEARNING IN EDUCATION
Ruth Gill and Fiona Hall22nd June 2015
CONTEXT
• UG students• Level 5 early childhood education• Module relating to child development
leading to assessment of practice portfolio
BLENDED LEARNING STRUCTUREIntroduction
• Aims• Expectations• Assessment/Feedback [5 minutes]
Task 1• Preparatory reading/media
clip [5-15 minutes]
• Task 2 (groups)• Define the theme • Set instructions (time scale
and posts) [30 minutes]• Further instructions (read
another post and comment)
[30 minutes]• Reflection [30 minutes]
Access tutor feedback
ACTIVITY - to experience creative play
• Providing classroom based experience to implement in practice
• Carousel system
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT…• How can the materials be used?• How does this enhance child development?• How do your own reactions to experiences shape those of
the children?• Consider how you want materials to be used?• How much choice and independence is given to children?• How long should children be enabled to play with materials?• What theory links to the play you have experienced?• Write a short summary of two activities and what you
have gained from these and will now implement in placement.
Post these summaries on the module discussion board according to your group allocation. Read the posts within your group and comment on one person’s post.
STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Student attended placement to experience the creative play
experience
AMENDMENTS TO THE INITIAL STRUCTURE FOR BLENDED LEARNING
• Additional journal set on creative play part way through the block placement
(originally set as task 1 for pre-group work)
OUTCOMES
• Participation – 100% from 7 groups, 75% from 4 groups
• Engagement - majority engaged as per the task set; minority minimal and surface approach to the task
This is not the end…
BLENDED LEARNING STRUCTUREIntroduction
• Aims• Expectations• Assessment/Feedback [5 minutes]
Task 1• Preparatory reading/media
clip [5-15 minutes]
• Task 2 (groups)• Define the theme • Set instructions (time scale
and posts) [30 minutes]• Further instructions (read
another post and comment)
[30 minutes]• Reflection [30 minutes]
Access tutor [email protected]
