“Nervous”, “anxious”, “excited”, and “not sure what to expect” are feelings expressed by nearly all of my peers on this course when asked to describe how they felt becoming a student again and joining an online course. These emotions would … Continue reading 720 – 11 – Online Learners, Characteristics and Challenges
We were asked this week to estimate the balance of types of learning that occur within the courses we currently teach. I don’t teach full time but have been working on an MA in Photography for the duration of this … Continue reading 720 – 10 – Designing Online Learning Environments
The UK Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and supporting learning in Higher Education lists the “appropriate use of digital and/or other technologies and resources for learning” as a key part of the core knowledge an HE practitioner should have. (Advance … Continue reading 720 – 9 – Choosing Technology for Online Learning
This week we’ve been looking at the design of entirely online learning experiences. Taking what has been learned from the design and delivery of a Flipped Classroom and applying the concept of online learning to an entire course or module. … Continue reading 720 – 8 – Designing Online Learning
Since writing my post in week 3 regarding the myth of the 6 minute video I have been pointed to some more literature on the subject of video design and the length of the video as a design element. Based … Continue reading 720 – 7 – Video Length and Cognitive Efficiency
This post is a slightly unstructured note on how various items of what I have learned on the PGcHE might be applied to the assessment of the effectiveness of a Flipped Classroom. For each of the sections below i have sought to note “What did I learn that could be relevant for making a judgement about whether a flipped classroom is effective or not?” Introduction to Learning Design Biggs, Tang and Kennedy sum up the requirements for designing learning in the 21st century: Stop thinking about lectures and tutorials as being the default methods of teaching What the student does … Continue reading 720 – 6 – Notes on Evaluating Flipped Classroom Approaches
It has been a busy week with delivering an introductory lecture, sharing the Flipped Classroom (FC) video and then hosting three 90 minute webinars as the face-to-face element of the FC. In spite of not planning any particular structure to … Continue reading 720 – 5 – Flipped Classroom Reflection
When designing a Flipped Classroom (FC), or any form of blended learning it is important to consider, within the design, how the elements are integrated with one another and also to the wider course within which they sit. The learning … Continue reading 702 – 5 – Integrating Flipped Classrooms
In designing the video there are a number of aspects to consider: how good should it look?, should I be in it? and what do i actually need to do or say. There’s a very strong argument for the video … Continue reading 720 – 4 – Prep-Video Design