The Best of Both Worlds

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Getting the most out of face-to-face and online engagement The Best of Both Worlds Allow me to introduce myself: Steve Forward Over 25 years in Youth Work Vocational Curriculum Co-ordinator SU Qld Lecturer - CHC Working across 4 organisations using Moodle in different ways

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Allow me to introduce myself:

• Steve Forward

• Over 25 years in Youth Work

• Vocational Curriculum

Co-ordinator – SU Qld

• Lecturer - CHC

• Working across 4 organisations

using Moodle in different ways

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3 Key Questions for Today:

• How can we work out what to do “Face-to-Face” and what to do “Online”?

• How can we then engage people Online in learning and assessment

• What are some of the tips and traps...

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Step 1 – Brainstorm the Cluster:

• The initial, creative, messy, brainstorming bit...

• All the things you “have to” address

• All the things you “want to” address

• Play around with it for awhile...

• Any ideas, notes, suggestions,

potential opportunities and issues

• Cluster Mapping Tool – Stage 1

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Step 2 – Develop a Competency Profile:

• What we and other stakeholders want our students to look like after we’ve finished with them...

• Identify key knowledge, skills and attitudes

• Create “Core Competencies”

• Use these from now on...

• Cluster Competency Profile

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The Right Mix ... ?

• What are the advantages and

disadvantages of Face-to-Face

engagement?

• What are the advantages and

disadvantages of Online

engagement?

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The Right Mix ... ?

• Complimentary, Blended or

Purely Online ?

• Online Learning or Online Delivery ?

• The 30% to 70% mix

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Step 3 – Collecting Evidence:

• How we know that our students have attained our “Core Competencies”

• What are the best ways to collect the evidence?

– Real Life Action / Made Up Action

– Question and Answer

– Discussion

• Face-to-Face or Online?

• Cluster Mapping Tool – Stage 2

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Step 4 – Developing Learning Material:

• Is it possible to create a “Learning Community” online?

• If so, how ... ?

• How do people learn?

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What would this look like Online?

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Step 4 – Developing Learning Material:

• Is it possible to create a “Learning Community” Online?

• If so, how ... ?

• How do people learn best?

• Face-to-Face or Online?

• LMS (Various Moodles)

• Learning Guides

• Online Resources

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The Key Word is “Engagement”...

• Online Engagement looks like ... ?

– A Learning Community

– Clear written and/or verbal information and expectations

– Fun Visuals

– Variety of mediums

– Take advantage of what the Online environment has to offer

– Extension Material / Options

– Consider the range of internet access and online skill etc

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Step 5 – Gathering and Using Feedback:

• Create a “Culture of Continuous Improvement” and a “Culture of Feedback”

• Staff and students

• Face-to-Face and Online

• Embed, respond, be grateful, use and give feedback on the feedback you receive

• Forums, Staff Rooms and Review Meetings

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Final Thoughts (Tips and Traps)...

• “Begin with the end in mind” – Steve Covey (7 Habits)

• Own it – Make it “Yours” so you can make it “Theirs”

• Build a “Learning Community”

• Think – “Engage, Engage, Engage...”

• Learning should be “FUN”

• Create options

• Less is (or at least, can be) more...

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Any questions, comments or stories to tell... ???