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7th Annual ConferenceUniversity College Cork
2008
Blended Learning:
Dr Liam Boyle, LIT
7th Annual ConferenceUniversity College Cork
2008
Blended Learning: What?
Dr Liam Boyle, LIT
7th Annual ConferenceUniversity College Cork
2008
7th Annual ConferenceUniversity College Cork
2008
Blended Learning: What? Why?
Dr Liam Boyle, LIT
7th Annual ConferenceUniversity College Cork
2008
7th Annual ConferenceUniversity College Cork
2008
Blended Learning: What? Why? How?
Dr Liam Boyle, LIT
7th Annual ConferenceUniversity College Cork
2008
What is Blended Learning?
• Combining online learning
What is Blended Learning?
• Combining online learning
• with more traditional forms of learning
What is Blended Learning?
• Combining online learning– use of virtual learning environment– online resources– online communications
• with more traditional forms of learning
What is Blended Learning?
• Combining online learning– use of virtual learning environment– online resources– online communications
• with more traditional forms of learning– lecture– tutorial– practical sessions
Traditional versus Online
• Traditional:
Traditional versus Online
• Traditional:– Attendance
– Tutor/teacher available on site
– Lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions
– Specified times
– Specified place
– Specified pace
Traditional versus Online
• Traditional:– Attendance
– Tutor/teacher available on site
– Lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions
– Specified times
– Specified place
– Specified pace
• Online:
Traditional versus Online
• Traditional:– Attendance
– Tutor/teacher available on site
– Lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions
– Specified times
– Specified place
– Specified pace
• Online:– Work almost anywhere
– Need self-discipline and self-motivation
– eResources – text, multimedia
– Flexible time
– Flexible place
– Flexible pace
Blended Learning
• Not “either/or” but “both/and”
• Use mixed modes, according to circumstances and goals
Blended Learning
• Not “either/or” but “both/and”
• Use mixed modes, according to circumstances and goals
• Use attendance more effectively
Blended Learning
• Not “either/or” but “both/and”
• Use mixed modes, according to circumstances and goals
• Use attendance more effectively, e.g.– Online briefing in advance
Blended Learning
• Not “either/or” but “both/and”
• Use mixed modes, according to circumstances and goals
• Use attendance more effectively, e.g.– Online briefing in advance – Online debriefing afterwards
Blended Learning
• Not “either/or” but “both/and”
• Use mixed modes, according to circumstances and goals
• Use attendance more effectively, e.g.– Online briefing in advance – Online debriefing afterwards– Attendance for practical sessions
Blended Learning
• Not “either/or” but “both/and”• Use mixed modes, according to
circumstances and goals• Use attendance more effectively, e.g.
– Online briefing in advance – Online debriefing afterwards– Attendance for practical sessions
• Reduced requirement for attendance
What is driving change?
What is driving change?
• Demography
2006• Male: 75; Female: 80• More older people • Fewer younger people
1986:
• Male: 71; Female: 76
• More young people
• Fewer older people
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Life span: human and technology (Knowles)
• We can no longer learn as young people enough to last a lifetime
• We need to relearn throughout our lives
What is driving change?
• Demography
What is driving change?
• Demography
• Economics
Tomorrow’s Skills ( )
• Education profile of existing workers, rather than any inflow, will be a major determinant of the future shape of the Irish labour force.
• Without significant upskilling of existing workers, no major shift in the education distribution of the working age population can be expected by 2020.
Expert Group on Future Skills Needs
Work-based learning
• “Third level institutions which want to grow can do so by reorienting their offering towards those in the workforce in need of upskilling” (Tomorrows Skills: Towards a National Skills Strategy)
• “A big challenge for the Institutes now is to ensure that we help those at work who want to continue their education” (Marian Coy, IOTI
President)
Economic case
• New Technology: – Need for skilled (competent) workers– Periodic reskilling and upskilling
• Educated workforce:– Attractive to inward investment– Hedge against flight of capital
What is driving change?
• Demography
• Economics
What is driving change?
• Demography
• Economics
• Learning theory
Learning theory
• Active Learning– Learn by doing
Learning theory
• Active Learning– Learn by doing
• Group Learning– Discussion, collaboration
Learning theory
• Active Learning– Learn by doing
• Group Learning– Discussion, collaboration
• Meta-cognition– Self-learning– Reflection on learning
Learning theory
• Active Learning– Learn by doing
• Group Learning– Discussion, collaboration
• Meta-cognition– Self-learning– Reflection on learning
•Technology can be used to support these approaches
•All learners can benefit
What sort of blend?
Online Online
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Distance Learners
Online Online
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Outreach?Workplace?
Online
Campus-based
Campus-based Learners
What sort of technology?
What sort of technology?Resources
Specific to a programme or moduleLibrary e-ResourcesWWW
What sort of technology?Resources
Specific to a programme or moduleLibrary e-ResourcesWWW
CommunicationText – ChatText – ForumAudioVideo
VLE – Moodle
• Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
• Allows creation of programme/module related mini-sites:– Password protected– Stores programme resources (e.g Course notes)– Links to external resources– Communications – Chat & Forums– Assessment, Tracking
Moodle resources
Moodle resources
Resources:- Label- Text page- Web page- Link to file- Link to web
Moodle resources
Resources:- Label- Text page- Web page- Link to file- Link to web
Text
Audio
Video
Simulation
Moodle resources
Resources:- Label- Text page- Web page- Link to file- Link to web
- Course specific (Make your own)- Library eResources- WWW (google)
Moodle activities
Moodle activities
Assignment
Chat
Forum
Quiz
Wiki
Interactive use of Moodle• Interact with the material
– Set tasks/activities to explore, reflect on and apply ideas from lectures or readings
• Interact with fellow students– Get learners to discuss, share and collaborate with
fellow students - collaborative construction of knowledge
• Interact with teacher– Forum for learners to pose questions which may be
responded to by tutor
Value of Communication
• Community Building/Social dialogue– Especially important at start– Get to know one another – Bond / Build trust and respect
• Pedagogic communication– Express ideas– Build ideas– Test ideas
Collaborative construction
• Collaborative building of a text resource, e.g.– Each student allocated to a group
– Different topic/question allocated to each group
“Within your group, you are asked to collectively produce a document (4,000 word approx) on the allotted topic”Use forum to discuss processUse wiki to construct report
Jack Jane Tutor John Joan James Jenny Joey Jill
Interwise:•Online tutorials•Audio conferencing•Slide presentation•Whiteboard•Web•Application sharing
Jack Jane Tutor John Joan James Jenny Joey Jill
Mobile technology
• Mobile phone alerts – reminders of meetings, deadlines
Mobile technology
• Mobile phone alerts – reminders of meetings, deadlines,
• Personal audio - podcasts
Mobile technology
• Mobile phone alerts – reminders of meetings, deadlines,
• Personal audio - podcasts
• Videos? Text?• Web search, email• Primary web access?• Limited by screen size?
Issues with online learning
• Learners expect all information to be online: What of information which is not?
• Credibility of web sources
• Plagiarism and authenticity of student assignments
• Digital divide – some left behind?
• What is missing? – taste, smell, touch
• (EM Forster (1909) The Machine Stops)
Thank you
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