BNE Blended Learning Workshops

Nigel Craig/Linda Creanor/Koos WinnipsBNE/Caledonian Academy

- Blended learning

- Task-based learning

- Break

- Examples (on demand)

- ‘Design the blend’ exercise

- Results, Next steps

Overview

Blended LearningWeb enhanced – content + support (20%)

– Some online resources & discussion groups to supplement classroom-based teaching

Web enabled – ‘wrap-around’ model (50%)– E-learning materials combined with existing

resources to create a ‘blended’ model– Includes online discussions, e-tivities, group

work

Web dependent – integrated model (100%)– Entirely online learning community– Collaborative working, peer support, tutor as

facilitator

(Mason, 1998)

Associative/behaviourist learning– Building ideas or skills step by step

– Tasks: e.g. drill & practice; imitation; instruction

Constructivist learning– Constructing ideas & skills through active discovery

and/or dialogue

– Tasks e.g. exploration; experimentation; problem solving; reflection; discussion; debate; collaboration; shared knowledge building

Situated practice – Participating in communities of practice

– Tasks e.g. apprenticeships; placements; work-based learning

Approaches to LearningThese can be categorised as:

(Mayes & de Freitas, 2004)

Alignment

“In aligned teaching, where all components support each other,

students are ‘trapped’ into engaging in the appropriate

learning activities”(Biggs, 2002)

Integrate all learning tasks fully into teaching

Strategy

Preparatoryactivity

reading, practical

exercises, quiz

submit online

BEFORE

Focal activity

lecture, seminar,

online discussion

incorporateresources

DURING

Follow on activity

build on focal activity,

further investigation

submit online

AFTER

(Collis & Moonen, 2001)

Feed into next task

Example

Task-based Learning (1)

Can be used to:

• encourage your learners to become self-reliant in the topic area of your course

• make practice materials available to your learners, and to help your learners practice efficiently

• challenge learners with real world tasks that are just within their reach

Task-based learning (2)

• to design curricula around work based learning tasks

• to structure the design of courses (including online activities)

• to structure decision making on practical activities in courses

• to make learning more flexible

• to reduce staff time for ‘teaching’, and to increase learner time for self-reliance

Types of Tasks

• Study task• Discussion task• Strategy task• Application task• Problem solving task

- Your tasks in your course

- Exercise: outline of one of the tasks in your module

- Support document: task description

Exercise: start designing ‘blended’

Designing Tasks

Re-design of your course for blended learning: ADDIE

•Analysis

•Design

•Development

•Implementation

•Evaluation

Design and Develop

• Analysis• Decide on: Goals, entry

knowledge, content• Relate these three to each

other• Generate first idea of tasks

• Design• Design framework for tasks• Design general formulation of

tasks• Decide on task support and

communication

Design and Develop

• Development• Prepare materials• Use the checklist for

preparation of tasks• Think of reuse• Note recommendations on

reading online• Convert materials

Design and Develop

• Implementation• Open VLE• Place materials in VLE• Use support and communication

tools • Engage learners

• Evaluation• Measure if learning outcomes have

been reached• Measure if the learning process was

effective• Gather data, act upon during course,

or improve for next version

Examples

Your choice:

- Weekly online testing

- Peer feedback

- SMS testing

- Screencasts

- Peer-assessment

- Study-tasks semi-conductor devices

- Streaming video

- Or? …

Design the Blend

• Go back to your task description

• Now consider which activities should be done online, and which will be face-to-face

• Think through how this will work:– how will the activities link together?– what will the learners do?– what will you do?

Results, Discussion

Next Steps

Evaluation

Five Step Model (Salmon, 2003)

Log on & make contact

Form the online community

Exchange information

Engage with the learning

Apply new knowledge

Learner activitiesLearner activities

Welcome & encourage

Find common links

Support task

Facilitate discussions

Link to wider context

Tutor roleTutor role

Model based on online ‘e-tivities’

SMS testing

Screencasts

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Peer-assessment

Study tasks: semiconductor devices

Streaming video

Online weekly testing

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