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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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