1. Delivering your blended course Richard Walker E-Learning Development Team University of York Preparing, supporting & evaluating student learning

2. Session Outline  Instructional responsibilities in delivering a blended course - 5 phase delivery model  Evaluating your course - Principles, methods & challenges for course evaluation  Reflection on action: defining next steps

3. Reflection point 1  Can you define the roles of instructor, tutors & students in your blended course?  Have you identified the responsibilities for each role? –key actions & delivery phases  What bearing will this have on: –approaches to supporting & sustaining learning: e.g. release of resources –interventions: support, feedback & assessment

4. Delivery phases Phase 1: Preparation of the module (design phase) Phase 2: Socialising learners (start of the module) Phase 3: Supporting student participation online (early stages) Phase 4: Sustaining student participation online (later stages) Phase 5: Summing up the learning outcomes for the module (end of module)

5. Virtuous development cycle  Pedagogic aims for online delivery  Design models: what’s possible?  E-tools: best fit for pedagogic objectives  Develop site: reflecting guidelines & standards  Test: peer review & student testing  Induction  Supporting / sustaining student activity  Evaluating student learning experience  Lessons learned, informing course design, task design & instructional responsibilities.

6. Data collection methods (Informal progress checks) Entry & exit surveys Contribution statistics Focus group interviews Tools for reflection Course statistics

7. References & recommended reading Gunawardena, C., Lowe, C. & Carabajal, K. (2000). Evaluating Online Learning: models and methods. In D. Willis et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (pp. 1677-1684). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Littlejohn, A.H. & Pegler, C. (2007) Planning for blended learning, Routledge, London ISBN 978-0-415-40361-0 Walker, R, & Baets, W. (2009). Instructional Design for Class- Based and Computer-Mediated Learning: Creating the Right Blend for Student-Centred Learning. In R. Donnelly, R & F. McSweeney, F. (Eds.) Applied eLearning and eTeaching in Higher Education. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

8. Questions & Comments