Suggested themes for reflection in your learning blog:
4.1 Reflect on your current practice and reason about possibilities for development of online and blended learning designs.
-I have often taken the approach of Distributed Cognition (Hutchins) and Connectivist MOOC (Downes). This line of thought also investigate the concept of rhizomatic knowledge and community as curriculum (Cormier).
- This involves four pronciples: Diversity: In learning we encourage students to engage in diverse readings, diverse environments and diverse discussions
- Autonomy: The students chart their own course, select their own software and pursue their own learning
- Interaction / Connectedness: Knowledge emerges as a result of the connections among the students and educators – and is not limited to transfer from experts to recipients
- Openness: There is no barriers between ‘in’ and ‘out’ – students can accommodate the full engaged, the partially engaged, and the rest – creating strong ties and weak ties (i.e. Perceiving connections between fields, ideas and concepts is a core skill)
4.2 Reflect on how you can provide better support and scaffolding to students in online and blended learning environments.
-I’m interested in ‘nugeing’ and micro/nano learning to support students. One emerging trend is to use Bots and AI…
4.3 Are there opportunities for further development in this area, that you have identified as a result of your own experiences as a learner in this course and of your engagement in this module?
-I want to look at how the culture of sharing is supported in education and P2P-review
Instruction:
For this module we shift our focus from participation in a learning environment into how to support and design for learning. You will have the opportunity to explore different frameworks/models and current trends in learning design and how they can be applied in online and blended settings. Supporting student learning by scaffolding and facilitation is a key area in the provision of a ‘quality’ educational experience in formal settings.
Successful student support has a marked and positive impact on retention, progression, completion rates and overall student satisfaction – this can be even more so for students studying online. You will be encouraged to reflect on your own experience of what constitutes good design as well as consider your how you can design and support flexible, blended and online learning in your own teaching practice.
Videos / Articles /Homepages:
Salmon, G (2013) The Five Stage Model [Homepage] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Vaughan et.al. (2013). Teaching in blended learning environments, Chapter 1 “Conceptual framework”
John Biggs – Constructive Alignment [Homepage] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Constructive Alignment – Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness (2013, August 29). (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Further Reading:
Vaughan et.al. (2013). Teaching in blended learning environments: Creating and sustaining communities of inquiry (the whole book)
Conole, G. (2015). The 7Cs of Learning Design.
ADDIE Model Instructional Strategies, (YouTube, 2011) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
eLearning Implementation Toolkit Infographic based on ADDIE (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Homepage] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Bates, T. (2016). The 10 Fundamentals of Teaching Online for Faculty and Instructors. Consider Guide 4 and 9 in particular for this topic.
Lister, M (2014) Trends in the Design of E-Learning and Online Learning. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching Vol. 10, No. 4, 671-680.
Morrison, D (2015) Online Learning Insights, Resources for Course Designers [Homepage] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.