BobFox,OfficeofPVC(Educa5on)

PVCEConnec5onsSeries

28September,2016

Blended Learning - Lessons from Five Universities

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BlendedLearningLessonsfrom5Universi5esOverview

•  Experiencesinblendedlearningandlessonslearntfrom5universi7es

(Cur7n,Deakin,UNSW,HKU,OUUK)•  Developingeffec7veandsustainableblendedlearningcoursesandexploringtheirlongertermimpact

•  Lessonslearntandtheneedforlearningdesigntoimproveexperiencesforourstudents

•  Curriculumdesign/teaching/research•  Designingfordistance&reusingtotaketheplaceofon-campuscoursecomponents(modulardelivery)

•  Considera7ons:sustainability,transferability–requiringins7tu7onalcapacity&staffandstudentscapabilitybuilding,CoPs,adjus7ng&(re)building

•  Technology–s7mulustotryoutnewprac7ces;Technologycombinedwithblendedlearning–acatalyst,a‘TrojanHorseforchange’

ExperiencesandLessonsLearnt1988-2016

Core&servicecourse120-250students–1988•  PSI–self-pacedinstruc7on(KellerPlan,1968)•  Problem/ac7vity-ledprintedstudyguides‘wellsuitedtoSTEMsubjects’(Maciea&Usher,2012)on-campusstudents‘buy-at-cost’guidesfrombookshop

•  ‘Lectures’–becamesmallgroup&individualtutorials•  Advancedstudents–completeac7vi7esearlyinown7me,thenfocusonothercourses

Lessonslearnt•  Greatsuccessbut‘thetragedyoftheearlyadopter’•  Wholeschool‘buy-in’essen7al&impactof‘ownership’•  LatertheWASMbuy-incascadecase(Fox,2015)

CaseStudyOne:CivilEngineering

Prac7singnursesinrural/regionalWesternAustralia–upgradediplomatodegree–1988-91•  weeklyvideos-labequipment/experiments,demos/illustratednarra7onbroadcastonGWNTV

•  ac7vity-ledprint-basedstudyguides,weeklytasks,readingsandresources

‘TheBlendedFlip’•  Coursetaughtto750studentson-campus•  Trialledofferings–resourcesinlibrary•  Flipconven7onalf-2-f+rolloutintoothercoursesLessonslearnt:‘thebuy-in’atschool&facultylevel

(Fox&Edwards,1990;Edwards,Fox,&Phillips,1997)

CaseStudyTwo:Microbiology

1990s–downwardtrendinstudentnumbersacrossallprogramsinSchoolofSociology(UG,PG,HDR)Threatofmergerorclosureledtoreviewop7onsSolu5on:•  Programsreview•  Spiralcurriculumacrossallprograms•  Distanceeduca7onmethodologyforbothon-andoff-campusstudents

•  Sharedresources,sharedclasses•  Different-1.tutorials2.tasks3.assignmentsLessonlearnt:necessityisthemotherofinven7on

CaseStudyThree:Sociology

Late1990s–12years-successfulcoreUGsciencecourse.5000+studentsannually.Highlyregardedcoursewithlargescienceexperimentkit(SEK)Problem–majorexpenseofSEK&poten7alroleoftechnology/needtoreviewprac7cesofferingcourseacrosscountryborderswithH&SissuesStakeholderdiscussions–includingprofessionalbodies/scienceins7tutesOutcomes:Majorreduc7onofSEK–towardselimina7onofkitanduseofCD-ROMsandotherdigitaltechnologiesLessonlearnt:ins7tu7onalreviewleadingtonewsolu7ons

CaseStudyFour:ScienceFounda5on

CaseStudyFive:ITEProgram•  MSc(ITinEduca7on)–addressgovernmentITEstrategyand

localneeds.Paidtaughtprogram:broaddemographic-teachers(local,interna7onal,mainland),SchoolHoDs,VTC/HElecturers,govEDstaff,edpublishers,edwebdesigners,lib&infomanallwan7ngdifferentfoci.

Outcome2000-2012:•  Flexiblecurriculumtomeetagilecohorts1yrFT,2-4yrPT•  8x3hrsf-2-f/onlineclasses&48+hrsout-of-class(group+indiv)•  Simplifiedcurriculumcorecourses+elec7vesor4x‘specialisms’

–eleadership,elearning,educdesigninIT,LIMincludedintranscript,sameassignmentbriefwithWIL&nego7atedpersonalisedassignment&peerassessmentdrivingthelearning

(Salter,Thomson,Fox&Lam,2013)

•  Opportunitytotrialnewprac7ces&governancemodels.e.g.blendinglevels&frameworks,transferringsuccessfulMOOCapps/widgetsintoins7tu7onalLMStobenefitmainstream.

•  MOOCs7mulusforrethinkingmodelsofon-campusL&Te.g.modularnatureofMOOC&studentchoiceoverwhentheycoverdifferenttopics;dealingwith25,000+studentsincourses;MOOCstore-use–flipintoclass;newunderstandingsofthepoten7alroleofMOOCs

•  Thebuy-in:newins7tu7onalstrategy&impact–inprogress•  PlannedtrialuseforMOOCsinaccreditedcoursesLessonslearnt•  Iden7fica7onofareasrequiringchangeacrossins7tu7on…

CaseStudySix:MOOCs1

LessonsLearnt:‘controlledexperiments’formainstream

•  ins7tu7onal,faculty,individualcapacity&capabilitybuilding

•  culturalchange–noteasy–catalysttorethink&improveon-campusL&T&improvestudentlearningexperiences

•  trialnew–prac7ces,processes,waysofworking:e.g.(pedagogic,governance,micro-creden7aling)

•  conductresearchandevidencechangingprac7ces•  iden7fy–whatisstrategic,sustainable,scalable,

transferable–succession/con7nuityplanning(Fox,2016)

CaseStudySix:MOOCs2

•  Blendedlearning&‘flippedclasses’herealong7me&con7nuetoevolve–takingadvantageofresearch,ubiquitoustechnologies/increasingstaff&studentcapaci7es,capabili7es&literacies

•  Governancestrategies–selnguptosucceed–university,faculty,school,programthencourses

•  Ins7tu7on,faculty,staffneedongoingsupport/team&capabilitybuildingORtheCivilEngcaseisrepeated

•  Recogni7on,rewards,promo7onandtenurerefined•  Appropriatelearning&teachingstrategies&technologiestocreatemeaningful&flexiblelearningexperiencesandanagreedcurriculumframework

Sowhatcanwelearnfromthis?

Whatdothesecasestudiestellus?

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SocietyforResearchintoHigherEduca7on&OpenUniversityPress.•  Churchill,D.,King,M.,&Fox,B.(2013).Learningdesignforscienceeduca7oninthe21st

century.JournaloftheIns>tuteforEduca>onalResearch45(2),404-421.•  Edwards,P.,Fox,R.,&Phillips,R.(1997).Microbiologyprojectcasestudy.InR.Phillips(Ed.),

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Prac>cesforAdvancementinOpenandDistanceEduca>on(pp.93-103).HongKong:OpenUniversityofHongKongPress.

•  Fox,R.(2016).MOOCimpactbeyondinnova7on.InC.Ng,M.,R.Fox,&M.Nakano(Eds.),ReforminglearningandteachinginAsia-PacificUniversi>es:InfluencesofGlobalisedProcessesinJapan,HongKongandAustralia.(pp.159-172).Singapore:Springer.

•  Fox,R.,&Edwards,P.(1990).Microbesandthemedia:Atelecoursefornurses.InR.AtkinsonandC.McBeath(Eds.),OpenLearningandNewTechnology:Conferenceproceedings,147-153.Perth:AustralianSocietyforEduca7onalTechnology.

•  Keller,F.S.(1968).Goodbyeteacher…JournalofAppliedBehaviorAnalysis1,79-89.•  Mackiea,A.,&Usher,B.(2012)ANewImplementa7onofKellerPlanTeachingforan

UndergraduateElectronicEngineeringCourse.Proceedingsofthe2012AustralasianAssocia7onforEngineeringEduca7on(AAEE)Conference,Melbourne,Victoria.

•  Salter,D.,Thomson,D.L.,Fox,R.,&Lam,J.(2013).Useandevalua7onofatechnology-richexperimentalcollabora7veclassroom,HigherEduca>onResearchandDevelopment32(5),805-819.