Delivering your blended course
Richard Walker E-Learning Development Team
University of York
Preparing, supporting & evaluating student learning
Session Outline
Instructional responsibilities in delivering a blended course
- 5 phase delivery model
Evaluating your course
- Principles, methods & challenges for course evaluation
Reflection on action: defining next steps
Reflection point 1
Can you define the roles of instructor, tutors & students in your blended course?
Have you identified the responsibilities for each role?– key actions & delivery phases
What bearing will this have on:– approaches to supporting & sustaining
learning: e.g. release of resources
– interventions: support, feedback & assessment
Delivery phases
Phase 1: Preparation of the module(design phase)
Phase 2: Socialising learners(start of the module)
Phase 3: Supporting student participation online(early stages)
Phase 4: Sustaining student participation online(later stages)
Phase 5: Summing up the learning outcomes for the module(end of module)
Virtuous development cycle Pedagogic aims for online delivery
Design models: what’s possible?
E-tools: best fit for pedagogic objectives
Develop site: reflecting guidelines & standards
Test: peer review & student testing
Induction Supporting / sustaining
student activity
Evaluating student learning experience
Lessons learned, informing course design, task design & instructional responsibilities.
Data collection methods
(Informalprogress checks)
Entry & exit
surveys
Contribution statistics
Focus group interviews
Tools for
reflectionCourse
statistics
References & recommended reading
Gunawardena, C., Lowe, C. & Carabajal, K. (2000). Evaluating Online Learning: models and methods. In D. Willis et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (pp. 1677-1684). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Littlejohn, A.H. & Pegler, C. (2007) Planning for blended learning, Routledge, London ISBN 978-0-415-40361-0
Walker, R, & Baets, W. (2009). Instructional Design for Class-Based and Computer-Mediated Learning: Creating the Right Blend for Student-Centred Learning. In R. Donnelly, R & F. McSweeney, F. (Eds.) Applied eLearning and eTeaching in Higher Education. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
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