In the future landscape of teaching, there needs to be an increased reliance on eLearning and ‘Flipping the Classroom’.
With the use of Moodle at Easton & Otley College it is possible to provide a significant amount of theory and impart knowledge away from a face to face teaching environment. This remote teaching process still offers an engaging and positive learning experience and also compliments the Connectivsm theory.
For example: Our delivery of the Advanced Apprenticeship in Advanced Fitness is a 691GLH programme. At maximum we have 36-40 hours contact time (i.e. 2hrs/month) with the rest being undertaken using distance and online teaching. This is possible by the following:
A Framework Sheet detailing units to complete within the framework and an outline scheme of work that summarises the achievement requirements for each month of study
An eLearning Mapping document detailing all the resources available on a unit by unit basis. The learner is not expected to access all the resources but instead can choose the resources that meets their individual learning need
Moodle course page to bring all of the above together. On this site it encourages social learning through a range of resources such as: chat-rooms/forums; Flipboard Magazines; Newsletters; Case Studies and other general features.
Formalised learning is on moodle through a library reference of resources that includes interactive tools; Videos; Audio Files; Mind Maps and Web.2 tools such as Mural.ly
It is worth noting that this framework has a significant amount of theory to cover, it isn’t an ‘easy’ subject to teach. Therefore it acts as a good example of what can be achieved and delivered using this model even for technically challenging subjects. The Student evaluation survey shows consistently high levels of satisfaction in the learning process.
This same model has been applied to 6 other apprenticeship frameworks but can also be applied to commercial or short courses. An example of this is the recent innovation course ‘Certificate in Marketing, Sales and Business Innovation in Active Leisure’ developed in conjunction with Active IQ. By the use of an eLearning Mapping Document; a dedicated moodle site and an introductory welcome letter, this new qualification now has a model of delivery which can be entirely distance/online learning. There will be no requirement of face to face contact.
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In the future landscape of teaching, there needs to be an increased reliance on eLearning and ‘Flipping the Classroom’.
With the use of Moodle at Easton & Otley College it is possible to provide a significant amount of theory and impart knowledge away from a face to face teaching environment. This remote teaching process still offers an engaging and positive learning experience and also compliments the Connectivsm theory.
For example: Our delivery of the Advanced Apprenticeship in Advanced Fitness is a 691GLH programme. At maximum we have 36-40 hours contact time (i.e. 2hrs/month) with the rest being undertaken using distance and online teaching. This is possible by the following:
It is worth noting that this framework has a significant amount of theory to cover, it isn’t an ‘easy’ subject to teach. Therefore it acts as a good example of what can be achieved and delivered using this model even for technically challenging subjects. The Student evaluation survey shows consistently high levels of satisfaction in the learning process.
This same model has been applied to 6 other apprenticeship frameworks but can also be applied to commercial or short courses. An example of this is the recent innovation course ‘Certificate in Marketing, Sales and Business Innovation in Active Leisure’ developed in conjunction with Active IQ. By the use of an eLearning Mapping Document; a dedicated moodle site and an introductory welcome letter, this new qualification now has a model of delivery which can be entirely distance/online learning. There will be no requirement of face to face contact.