Faculty of Education & Arts

Taking the plunge: Moving to a blended curriculum

Dr Christina Sadowski & Dr Rob Townsend (Human Services & Social Work)John Supple (Centre for Learning Innovation and Professional Practice)

Faculty of Education and Arts

From nothing to something…

Before… After…

Faculty of Education and Arts

Faculty of Education & Arts

Presentation aims

Pedagological & technological

principles

From “blank slate” to development of “master plan”

Showcase innovative results of

collaboration

Faculty of Education and Arts

Faculty of Education & Arts

Pedagological principles

Scaffolding (Vygotsky)

AASW accreditation

guidelines

Professional & ethical

Social Work standards

Adult learning

principles

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Faculty of Education & Arts

Technological principles

K.I.S.S.

Two phase process:1. Design2. Delivery

Start at the end and work

backwards (what are assessments, and working back

from that)

Linking activities to learning

assessments

NOT about transferring “paper”

course to on-line platform

Faculty of Education and Arts

Faculty of Education & Arts

Slow and steady…

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Faculty of Education & Arts

Role reversal

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Faculty of Education & Arts

New breed of textbooks

http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Social-Work-Skills-for-Beginning-Direct-Practice-Text-Workbook-and-Interactive-Web-Based-Case-Studies-3E/9780205055227.page

Faculty of Education and Arts

Faculty of Education & Arts

Getting to know Moodle…

Faculty of Education and Arts

Faculty of Education & Arts

Collaborative approach…

Faculty of Education and Arts

Faculty of Education & Arts

The work in progress…

http://moodle.federation.edu.au/course/view.php?id=18571

Faculty of Education and Arts

Faculty of Education & Arts

Faculty of Education and Arts

Faculty of Education & Arts

Thanks for your attention…

Faculty of Education and Arts