1. BLENDED LEARNING IN EDUCATION Ruth Gill and Fiona Hall 22 nd June 2015

2. CONTEXT UG students Level 5 early childhood education Module relating to child development leading to assessment of practice portfolio

3. BLENDED LEARNING STRUCTURE Introduction Aims Expectations Assessment/Feedback [5 minutes] Task 1 Preparatory reading/media clip [5-15 minutes] Task 2 (groups) Define the theme Set instructions (time scale and posts) [30 minutes] Further instructions (read another post and comment) [30 minutes] Reflection [30 minutes] Access tutor feedback

4. ACTIVITY - to experience creative play Providing classroom based experience to implement in practice Carousel system

5. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT… How can the materials be used? How does this enhance child development? How do your own reactions to experiences shape those of the children? Consider how you want materials to be used? How much choice and independence is given to children? How long should children be enabled to play with materials? What theory links to the play you have experienced? Write a short summary of two activities and what you have gained from these and will now implement in placement. Post these summaries on the module discussion board according to your group allocation. Read the posts within your group and comment on one person’s post.

7. STUDENT EXPERIENCE Student attended placement to experience the creative play experience

9. AMENDMENTS TO THE INITIAL STRUCTURE FOR BLENDED LEARNING Additional journal set on creative play part way through the block placement (originally set as task 1 for pre-group work)

11. OUTCOMES Participation – 100% from 7 groups, 75% from 4 groups Engagement - majority engaged as per the task set; minority minimal and surface approach to the task This is not the end…

12. BLENDED LEARNING STRUCTURE Introduction Aims Expectations Assessment/Feedback [5 minutes] Task 1 Preparatory reading/media clip [5-15 minutes] Task 2 (groups) Define the theme Set instructions (time scale and posts) [30 minutes] Further instructions (read another post and comment) [30 minutes] Reflection [30 minutes] Access tutor feedback r.gill@staffs.ac.uk Fiona.Hall@staffs.ac.uk