Blended learning experiences – A case in Hong Kong
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Blended learning experiences – A case in Hong Kong
Dr Paula HodgsonEducational Development Centre
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Foci
• Institutional-wide strategic direction on eLearning
• Areas of support to staff:– technical– pedagogy– scholarship
• Benefits of blended learning adopted in curriculum
Institution-wide approachUniversity Grants Committee funded project:
– Megaweb 1999-2001 (~£ 420,000) (http://megaweb.polyu.edu.hk/)
Providing pedagogical and technical support – Instructional designer (ID) / tech. team
Institution-wide approachUniversity Grants Committee funded projects:
– e3Learning 2001-2004 (~£ 225,000) (http://e3learning.edc.polyu.edu.hk/)
Providing pedagogical, technical and evaluation support – ID / tech. team / evaluation officer
Sub-project lifecycles
Design learning and teaching activities
Design evaluation plan
Solve day-to-day web-use problems
Collect student feedback and learning outcome data
Planning
Design and Develop-ment
Implement-ation
One-stop-shop meetingAnalyse requirements / Brainstorm educational ideas / Provide technical possibilities in teaching / Discuss evaluation strategy
Review, revise and enhance
Evaluation
Create e-learning deliverables
Handover, assist teachers to use the materials
Proposal
Academic involvements e3Learning involvements
Management strategies: Team-teacher communication
needs needs
report
content
strategy
data
website
strategyDevelopment
TeamTeacher Evaluation
Team
One-stop shop meetings
• Review, revise and enhance (mid-development sessions)
Evaluation framework - what
Student actions
Ss doData on Ss feelings
Data on what Ss know
Evaluation
Student performance in
assessments
Student perceptions
Data on what
Source: modified from http://e3learning.edc.polyu.edu.hk/papers/05_e3LEval_final.pdf
Evaluation framework - how
Evaluation
Student performance in assessments
Student actionsStudent perceptions
SFQ;
Satisfaction questionnaire;
Ind. / group interview
Exams & tests;
Essay / reports
Log data; observation
Source: modified from http://e3learning.edc.polyu.edu.hk/papers/05_e3LEval_final.pdf
Government funded projects
Model - PDDIE
Experiences
Growing size – Critical mass
Institution-wide approacheLearning Development and Support Section (eLDSS), Educational
Development Centre 2005 ~ current (http://eldss.edc.polyu.edu.hk/) Providing pedagogical, technical and evaluation support; staff
development activities (central / departmental); support in applying funding proposals from VP (AD) (~ £ 530,000 per year for 3 years)
Learning framework
intended learning outcome
learning experiences:
blended learning tasks & assessment
learning impact
Blended learning
face-to-face mode
online mode
Blending mode of learning tasks
• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Before
• During
• Post
Pre-lecture online tasks• Online polling Assessing preconceptions
• Online quiz Assessing previous knowledge
• Open-ended questions Assessing what they know and don’t know
• Question corner Inviting questions
Pre-class Question
Pre-class: Vote on current issues
Pre-class reading quiz
In-class Feedback
In-class discussion
Post-lecture online tasks
• Searching online references [e-journals, WWW]
Extending learning concepts
• Making annotations using RefWorks/ Endnote [lib]
Reinforcing learning concepts
Post-lecture online tasks• Interacting with professionals /
expertise in the field locally / overseas through real-time audio/video conferencing, asynchronous e-forums
Increasing interactions
MORE online learning tasks
MORE online learning tasks
MORE online learning tasks
MORE online learning tasks
MORE online learning task: weblogging
Benefits – increased interactions between students
Blended-mode of learning
Face-to-face participation
Mode of participation
Active
PassiveOnline learning
Active
Passive
Active
Passive
Benefits of blended-mode of learning
Face-to-face participation
Mode of participation
Active
Passive
Online learning
Active
Passive
Active
Passive