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Back to basics: Designing effective blended courses E-learning Development Team Academic Support Office, University of York 11 November 2014 Back to basics 1. What steps can you take to ensure that a blended course really meets its objectives
E-learning Development Team Academic Support Office, University of York 11 November 2014
1. What steps can you take to ensure that a blended course really meets its
2. How can you support a continuous process of improvement in the way that you design and support student learning activities?
(Walker, 2011)
Reflection Design Deliver Evaluate Course Review
the instructor Reflection Design Deliver Eval Review (Adapted from Walker, 2011)
student feedback
target activities to make best use of learning spaces
developing practice
Better Structure, Better Learning
Extending the face to face through online participation
Have a good reason for doing what you do... ...and make students aware of it
The 'reason' comes from being informed through the evaluation process - student feedback, reflecting on 'what works' and 'what doesn't', how what you discover about using technology for learning shapes what you can do in the future. The good reason leads to student motivation and engagement, dependent on linking of activities to learning objectives to assessment. The connection between the face-to- face and the online is not something that can be assumed, and hence it is important to make explicit these links and your rationale. Bringing the products of online activities back into class or leading towards online activities from a face-to-face session helps forge that connection. Finally, engaging students in the evaluation process, providing their feedback and your response to them, demonstrates further the reflective development of the module.
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