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Learners Enhancing the Learning Environment

 Workshop 2 Remote and Flexible Learning

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 HNC Engineering Systems

 Remote and Flexible Learning

• Background

•Structure

• Support• Assessment•  Questions

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Learners Enhancing the Learning Environment Staff Development Day 17th Feb 2011

Background

’Originally offered 6 COLU HNC s

 Drawing from over 40 units

Positives 

• Individual Programmes• Start any time• High quality materials

 Negatives

• ( )Expensive mostly corporate funded

• Paper based• Few completed

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 New HNC Flexible Structure

 2 Units

 2 Units   2 Units

 2 Units

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 2 Units Approximately Every 15 weeks

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 Positives

• ( )All year learning Christmas Off•  4 Annual Start Points

•  All Material on Dokeos•  Relatively Cheaper

( )most self funded•  Much higher completion rate

 Negatives

• Limited choice• Slightly less flexible

 HNC Flexible Structure

 Students can opt to study 1 or 2 units in each 15 week.period

 If studying 1 unit or taking a break they can pick up the missed units

.next time around

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Support

• Dokeos Chat Facility

 Various support mechanisms have been employed

 Tutor Student Student

• Dokeos drop box with feedbackfacility•  Dokeos Announcementfacility• Dokeos Virtual Meeting

• Email

• Telephone

• Face to face class tutorials•  Dokeos Forum facility

•  Adobe Connect

• Skype

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Assessment

 Open Book

( )Assessments are emailed Drop Box to student and returned either through( ) .email Drop Box or post

 Closed Book

( )Students can elect to come to College Normally Evening

Or

.A line or HR manager acts as invigilator to ensure exam conditions

,Assessments are emailed to named contact they then scan and.email or post students work back for marking and feedback

- :e assessment Varying degrees of electronic involvement

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Questions

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 Enhancing the Learning Environment

 Login to Dokeos -user name  3 e n g  password e l e  

Engineering Materials

 Login to PC's -user name ele -password ele