Blended Learning Essentials - 35,000 participants and counting

Blended Learning Essentials:35,000 participants and counting

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Blended Learning Essentials

If you are working in further education, skills training, vocational education, workplace learning, lifelong learning or adult education, these free online courses are designed to help you understand the benefits of blended learning and how to make more effective use of technology to support your learners.

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New for 2017/18Blended Learning Essentials is expanding:in addition to ‘Getting Started’ and ‘Embedding Practice’, two new courses have been added: ‘Developing Digital Skills’ and ‘Supporting Apprenticeships’.

How many people signed up to date….

Who was on BLE1-r1 & BLE2-r1

Vocational Education and Training

Higher Education

School Education

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

58.2%

42.3%

23.0%

54.9%

39.0%

25.6%

Which area of Teaching and Education do you work in? Select all that apply.

BLE2-r1 (n.82) BLE1-r1 (n.825)

Who was on BLE1-r1 & BLE2-r1

Teacher or trainer in the vocational ed-ucation and training sector

Training and development professionalManager of a vocational education or

training organisationOther

Learning Technologist

Librarian

ICT technician

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%61.7%

32.0%

13.9%

13.0%

12.0%

4.3%

1.4%

69.6%

19.6%

19.6%

10.7%

16.1%

1.8%

0.0%

If you work in Vocational Education and Training, in which role(s)? Select all that apply.

BLE2-r1 (n.56) BLE1-r1 (n.575)

Interim Findings from evaluation• Excellent engagement: > 20,000 comments

in 1st run• Awareness of tools and technologies

increased from 46% to 90% pre to post course• Significant increase, 25% to 48%, in ‘BL would

work for my context’ • Most significant barrier, ‘limited knowledge’,

fell from 54% to 14%• Courses exceed expectations for ~50%

Case Studies of Impact• From 10 participant interviews• Emergent themes of main impacts:

– Popular tools are Padlet, Socrative, Kahoot!, iObserve– Community discussion is especially useful– Course supports local personal development agendas– Participants report on colleagues’ engagement– Using online course with local support is effective

CELTA case study

Profile: FE College lecturer for ELT teachers

Context and ReachDigital Champion supportPGCE students

Tools and techniques used Padlet

Flipped learning

Peer assessment

TES Blendspace “I saw the flipped learning thing I just I want have a go with that”

“we shouldn’t be reinventing the wheel all over the country … for me it was really quite a revelation”

“seeing what's going on in the classroom and listening to the practitioner giving you really practical points”

Corporate Training & Development

case study

Profile: Lead, Professional Development Programme (UK), International Utility Company

Context and Reach20-30% of training moving to digital by 2020400 trainers Tools and techniques used PadletKahootSocrativeiObserve

“having a third party come and say, OK this is what other teams - other organizations or businesses - are using, that is very useful”

“the structure of it - lends itself to the way I like to learn things - to get involved”

FE Area Lead case study

Profile: Programme Lead for Science & Humanities at FE College (A Level, BTEC, NVQ Apprenticeships)

Context and ReachDigital Champion promoted courses in college and to NHS colleaguesTools and techniques usedPrezi Socrative Padlet

“the students loved that [Socrative]. They could all do it on their mobile phones and it was great"

“Padlet gets an amazing response which is exactly what I see happening in the college with students"

“I knew whereabouts they were in the programme from the fact that they suddenly started to use different things in the classroom, like Socrative or Prezi”

Post-compulsory PGCE Lecturer

case study

Profile: Post-compulsory PGCE Tutor for VET teachers & trainers.

Context and ReachBLE embedded in PGCE 100 trainee teachers visited on placement Tools and techniques usedPadletKahootSocrativeScreencasting

“I actually took some headphones and I could see the screencast myself so I was very impressed with how she delivered it”

“there was definitely a big change after the MOOC”

“a source of nuisance before, they could now use the mobile phones in a constructive way”

Ready now for CPD:Blended Learning Essentials

courses for all staff – free, flexible and online

Who leads and funds this course?

This course is funded by the Ufi Charitable Trust http://www.ufi.co.uk/ and is delivered on Futurelearn by a consortium led by:

http://www.ufi.co.uk/

http://www.ufi.co.uk/

Blended Learning Essentials for Vocational Education and Training

Part 1: Getting startedCourse aims are:• use a range of effective blended

learning practices and pedagogies to improve your learners’ experience and attainment

• understand how the many free and affordable technologies now available can enhance teaching and learning, and

• approach new technologies with confidence, designing a pedagogical approach to make the best use of these tools

Part 2: Embedding practiceCourse aims are:• integrate new technologies

into courses, and learning and training opportunities;

• propose ways in which new technology can help to address key challenges in the VET sector;

• develop your own skills further and contribute to the sector’s community knowledge of the optimal uses of blended learning.


Part 1: Getting started


Part 2: Embedding practice

How learning on FutureLearn works: Meet

the course…


Part 2: Embedding practice, Week 1

Participating in BLE• It is anticipated that most participants will take both parts of

the course, however you are not required to take part 1 in order to join part 2.

• Sign up at:Part 1 - https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/blended-learning-getting-startedPart 2 - https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/blended-learning-embedding-practice

• Receive a confirmation email:– Complete the online survey– Fill out your profile– Invite friends to join

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/blended-learning-embedding-practice







What’s it like to participate?

Participating in BLE

• On the start date of the course content will appear under ‘My Courses’ when you are logged into FutureLearn

• It’s a good idea to complete your profile and interact with other participants as much as possible

• The recommended time commitment is 4 hours per week for the duration of the course, but this is flexible and course content remains live after the course ends

Participating in BLE

Ways to participate:• Videos, audio and articles – review these items in your

own time, often followed by short quizzes to help cement knowledge.

• Discussion –talk over a topic with fellow learners, a great way to benefit from the wider BLE community.

• Quizzes – these activities are not scored. You have unlimited attempts to complete them, and will be given hints along the way.

• Tests – these are scored activities which count towards your final mark. You will be given a maximum of three attempts to pass these tests, and you will receive a lower mark if you pass the test on a second or third attempt.

• Assignments – BLE may include some assignments, with the opportunity to give and receive feedback from your fellow learners.

Learn with colleagues in the Vocational Education and Training

sectorThis online course will be supported by a group of dedicated Digital Champions. They will help participants connect with teaching and training professionals who understand the practical, everyday challenges of using blended learning in your sector. This way participants will have access to colleagues with the experience to answer questions, to discuss ideas and share problems.

Pathways to accreditation

As a course participant you have a number of ways to gain professional recognition and accreditation for participating in the course and as a next step in your professional development.

The different pathways include:• FutureLearn Statement of Participation• Accreditation via professional bodies and CPD• Paths to accreditation via other bodies, e.g. the UCL

Institute of Education.

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Next run starts 1 May


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Next run starts 20 Feb


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Next course launch: ‘Developing Digital Skills is a new course in the Blended Learning Essentials family and will launch in October 2017 – registration will open for registration in the summer.

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