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mohawk College has made great strides on the path to developing a full spectrum of blended learning opportunities.

MohawkCollege’sAcademicPlancallsforaninnovative,flexible,technology-drivenlearning

experience.TheCentreforTeaching&Learning’s(CTL’s)blendedlearninginitiativesare

criticaltorealizingtheCollege’sfuture readyobjectives.

Mergingface-to-faceandonlinelearningopportunitiesimprovesstudentsuccesswhileraising

thecollege’sappealtorecruitmentprospects.Withimprovedaccess,studentsareinspired

tolearnontheirownterms,makingface-to-facetimemorepersonalandproductive.Online

contentoffersflexibilitybyreducingrelianceonf2flearningandincreasingonlineconnections

tocontent,peersandfaculty.

Thisreportsummarizesthefindingsofa95-questionreviewofmorethan2000Mohawkcourses

andoffersanaccuratepictureofourblendedprogress.And the news is good.

blendedlearning

MOMENTUMISbUILdING!

CTL Centre for teaching & learning

OVERALL SCORE

33%TARGET

25%

TodetermineMohawk’scurrentblendedlearning

status,CTLhasreviewedeLearncoursesfromFall

2012.Inthisreview,wemeasuredtheextentto

whichcoursesincorporatedtheessential elements

andotherindicatorsofqualityandinnovation.

Groupsoffaculty,staffandstudentsfromacrossthe

collegearecurrentlyvalidatingthemeasurement

criteria,identifyingkeyperformanceindicators

anddeterminingbestpracticesforadoption.

datacollectedfromthisreviewprovidesa

baselineofMohawk’seLearnutilizationand

blendedlearningstatus,andwillhelpmeasure

andmanagecontinualimprovement.

Mohawkcommitstothefollowingblended

learningtargetsforlecture-basedcourses:

the target

progress report

EssEnTiAL ELEMEnTs ADopTion: Top TEn pRoGRAMs

early Childhood education

manufacturing techniques

Broadcasting – radio

manufacturing engineering technician

– Automation

public relations

FarsurpassingtheMarch31,2013goalof25%blending

forlecture-basedcourses,we achieved an overall score

of 33%basedondatacollectedfromFall2012courses.

CTLishelpingfacultytoachieve

thesegoalsby:

Defining quality blended learning

through a collaborative,

inclusive process

Providing faculty with support to

implement quality teaching & learning

strategies25%BLEnDED

mar. 31, 2013

100%BLEnDED

dec. 31, 2013

EssentialElements

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Tomeetblendedlearningrequirements,allessential

elements (ees)mustbeadopted.Currentlywehave

achieved60%.Tomeetthestandard,allcoursesneed

toinclude100%ofEEs.

Theoverallmeasurementofblendedlearningis

assessedusing60+measuresofqualityandinnovation

ineLearn,inadditiontotheEssentialElements.

Here,thecollegeaverageof33%.

McKeil school of Business

Engineering, Media & Entertainment

interdisciplinarystudies

Community, Urban & Health

the target how we measure up

Breaking it downprogress reportInmeetingblendedlearningobjectives,thecrucialfirststepistoincorporateallEssentialElements

intoeachcourse.AnonlinelearningspacethatincludesalloftheEEsmeetstheminimumrequirement

forcoursesatMohawk.OnceacoursemeetsalloftheEEs,achievingfullblendedstatusisamatter

ofadoptingsomeofthesuggestedpracticesunder“Quality”and“Innovation”(seenextpage).

TheEssentialElementsadoptionscoresforeachfacultyappearbelow.

skilled Trades & Apprenticeship

68% 62% 61% 66% 60%

Concurrent disorders

health, Wellness & fitness

general Arts & science

Cardiovascular technology

diagnostic Cardiac

sonography

60% 33%

INNOVATION

QUALITY

ESSENTIALELEMENTS

January - March 2013 april - august 2013 septeMber - deceMber 2013

Assess for reAdiness

• Currentlyassessingstatusofblendedlearning

• Establishbaselinetotrackfutureprogress

• AlltoincorporateEEsforWinter/Spring

skill Building & Workshops

• CTLoffersfacultyworkshopstoimprovetheeffectivenessandoverallqualityofonlinecoursespaces

• Trainingmaterials&implementationsupportavailable

ContinuAl improvement

• Continuetoadoptblendedlearningtools/techniques

• ReviewFall2013coursesforcomparisonwiththeFall2012baseline

roadmap

What you can do todayEnhanceteachingandlearningthroughinnovativeblendedstrategies.Forexample:

• UseVoiceThreadtostimulatediscussionusingdifferentmedia

• FlipyourclassroomusingCapturerecordingssostudentscanlearnattheirownpaceandengageinactivef2flearning

ImplementqualitybestpracticestoenhancecoursedeliveryandoptimizesystemfunctionstoimproveeLearnusability.Forexample:

•Automateassessmentstoacceleratethefeedbackloop

•Useonlineassignmentsubmissiontoreducemanualprocessesandpaperuse

GetallEEsinplacenowandpreparetoaddQuality/Innovationoptions.Startby:

•AttendingEErefresherworkshopsatCTL

•ReviewingtheEEINFOsheetoneLearntofindoutwhatyou’veoverlooked

director, centre for teaching & learningKeith Monrose x4296keith.monrose@mohawkcollege.ca

instructional technologistsAndrew Connery x2710andrew.connery@mohawkcollege.ca

Brian Gould x3266brian.gould@mohawkcollege.ca

Jeff Rankine x4031jeffrey.rankine@mohawkcollege.ca

help deskAmy Cook x2125helpdesk@elearn.mohawkcollege.ca

contact For further information on blended learning initiatives at Mohawk, speak to your Dean, Associate Dean or contact CTL:

Visit the CTL website to stay posted on upcoming workshops! http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/about/teachinglearningQuality/Ctl.html

CTL Centre for teaching & learning