Some thoughts...

1. Designing your online
or blended learning
course
Clive Buckley
Centre for learning, teaching and assessment
Glyndwr University

2. Stop
This is not about
putting classroom
notes and PowerPoint
slides onto Moodle

3. It is about the learning
not the technology

4. Why?

5. face-to-face context, and the way
they behave in an online context
are two totally different things,
and content should be tailor -
(Associate Professor Rick Bennett)
“...the way that people behave in a
made to suit those differences.”

6. Think Differently

7. “Every university in the
world thought they were
innovating by introducing a
virtual learning environment”

8. Existing face-to-face content
and teaching strategies will
usually not work as
successfully in an online
context without modification
Do not simply re-use
classroom materials

9. Unlocking the
medium

10. Digital Native ǂ Digital Literate ?
Not all the „net generation‟
are digital natives or
digitally literate – but some
may be

11. Blended Learning

12. Blended Learning Approaches
Avoid duplication
Avoid „gimmicks‟
Develop activities that
benefit from the technology
Active not passive
Start slow and evaluate
Explain!

13. Some ideas
Forum / Conference
Authentic Learning
Collaboration
Product
Time sensitive

14. Nearly Now ConferenceNearly Now Conference
Takes place over a restricted
period of time
Debate / project /
problem based
Collaboration and
Synthesis

15. Other Tools
Blogs
Wikis
Podcasts
Screencasting
Twitter

16. Fully Online
Recognize that on-line
is different
Provide Scaffolding
Facilitate and Measure
engagement

17. The Issue of Self

18. The Essence of
Community

19. Thank you
Clive Buckley
April 2013

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