What does blended learning mean to you?
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Best Practice Guidance for Blended Learning Approaches
March 2008
Marion Waite e-learning Task Force Manager
What does blended learning mean to you?
Overview of presentation
• Terms of reference• Strategies & examples of effective
implementation- what works & why• NHS & Higher Education political drivers• Local provision of CPD blended learning• Examples of effective and collaborative practice• The learner & educator perspective of blended
learning• Building on current developments
Blended Learning
• Prominent global mechanism for CPD education
• Formal and informal learning
• Preferred by learners and teachers
• Combination of face-to-face teaching and online-learning
• Ideal blend makes the best of all approaches
E-learning
• ‘learning facilitated and supported through the use of information and communications technology' (JISC)
• “Learning that is enabled and supported through technology” (NESC)
• An aspect of blended learning
Successful implementation
• Strategic leadership
• Collaborative working
• Evaluation of impact of technology on the learner
What works?• NHSU?
– Lack of focus– Needs of customers– Low student numbers
• UK e-university?– CPD & PG provision– Low student numbers– Narrow view of e-learning
• E-college Wales?– Largest Europe Online
learning project– CPD provision– High student numbers– Staff development– Learner evaluation– Flexible delivery
• LDSA?– Needs of learners– Needs of employers– Flexible delivery
• E-China?– Collaborative global expertise– Critical mass of learners
E-portfolios
• Mandatory aspect of GP training
• Associated with life-long learning
• Personal learning space for every learner (Dfes, 2005)
• Promotes reflection• Records competencies• Academic, personal and
work-based achievements
NHS drivers
• Commitment to CPD• KSF• Revalidation • Supporting Best in E-
learning across the NHS (DH, 2005)
• Core Learning Unit Programmes
• E-LFH• E-Ksf• ESR• MLE for NHS
Professionals• NLMs
Higher Education e-learning strategy
•Widening participation•Non-traditional learners•Flexible learning strategies
Local Provision
• Scoping exercise Jan-March 2008
• 16 potential CPD providers
• 13 participated• Blended learning
– Pedagologically effective– Flexibility– Preferred by Learners– Traditional teaching &
online learning via VLE
• Not universal– Rapid area of development
• Additional technologies– Mobile learning & web 2.0
tools– CD ROMs & Videos– Skype, Podcasts– Lectures, audio feedback– MP3 files downloadable to
mobile phones– Blogs- discussion of case
histories– WIKIs– E portfolios– Online assessment & self-
assessment
Examples of effective practice
• Two HEFCE funded CETL (Portsmouth, Coventry)– http://www.cipel.ac.uk/– http://www.expert.port.ac.uk/
• Oxford Brookes University– OCSLD– http://
www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd
• Thames Valley University & Hertfordshire Universities– Specialist blended learning
units– http://
www.blended.tvu.ac.uk/bl/index.asp
– http://perseus.herts.ac.uk/uhinfo/info/blu/blu/blu_home.cfm
Examples of collaborative practice
• Pharmacy School Portsmouth University– RSPGB CPD
competencies
• University of Winchester & OU– PG Cert in HealthCare
Management
• Bedford University– Social Care Institute
• Thames Valley BLU– Core skills training-infection
control
• PEP Project– Portsmouth University– Portsmouth & Isle of Wight
Trusts– South Central SHA
librarians
• Digital repositories– http://www.cipel.ac.uk/– http://www.bournemouth.ac
.uk/hsc/wessexbay.html
• North West SHA– NMP– Partnership of local HEIs– Develop blended learning
What works?
Learners
“Like the use of technology, freedom flexibility to suit complex lives ‘
“Some NHS learners are up & running but for some a big shock “
“Those who have been exposed, appreciate benefits especially the flexibility if in paid employment- extra communication “
What works?
Teachers
“Have identified product ‘champions’- who see enormous potential for future development “.
“Employ a lot of Lecturer Practitioners in CPD who prefer to deliver face-to-face teaching & peer assisted learning”
“Positive experience, good use of time from blended approach. Tutors enabled to travel to learner venues for face-to-face teaching.
“Innovative approach to teaching, good use of time, influenced by professional (HPC) requirements
What can we build upon?
• Access to technology in home & workplace• Scaffolding learners with time & support• Collaborative working
– Development of CPD programmes– Sharing and development of resources & expertise– Identify ‘champions’ from all sectors– Explore new ways of delivering CPD– How does the blend work in the practice setting?– Support to trial new technologies– Showcase examples of current effective practice– Continue to evaluate the learner perspective