Blended Learning and Technology in the VET sector - workshop Professor Neil Morris and Melanie Kyle Workshop at Illuminate Forum VET Blended Learning event, Melbourne, June 2022

1. Blended Learning and
Technology in the VET
sector - workshop
Professor Neil Morris and Melanie Kyle
Workshop at Illuminate Forum VET Blended Learning event, Melbourne, June 2022

2. Acknowledgements
Blended Learning Essentials:
ABC learning design: Prof Diana Laurillard, UCL Institute of Education

3. Programme and timing
Introduction (5 mins)
Group activities (45 mins)
Independent study
Group-based discussion
Feedback from groups (via Padlet)
Plenary discussion (25 mins)

4. Padlet with links to all resources for
workshop
Link to Padlet:
https://bit.ly/3O9wuVA

5. Activities – you choose how best to spend your
professional development time
Explore FutureLearn
Blended Learning
Essentials online course
(Independent study)
Blended learning
practitioner exercises
(Independent and group-
based)
Blended learning design
activity (independent and
group-based)
Blended learning research
discussion
(Group-based)

6. Explore FutureLearn Blended Learning
Essentials for VET online courses
Link to course enrolment page:
https://bit.ly/3Hy108Z

7. Blended Learning practitioner exercises
Defining blended learning
Digital Skills audit
Matching blended learning pedagogy with technology
Using blended learning to increase engagement
Selecting open tools to support your learners
Exploring tools for assessment

8. Blended Learning design activity
 ABC learning design process
(Laurillard) of six learning types,
based on the Conversational
Framework
 Watch intro video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=wnERkQBqSGM
 Pick a class you teach
 Design the class using ABC
learning design principles

9. Blended learning research discussion
 Select from the following
papers based on the groups’
interests, and
 Read abstract independently,
and scan paper
 Discuss research and practice
with group
 Summarise main points of
discussion to feedback in
plenary
Look who’s talking: Exploring instructors’ contributions to
Massive Open Online Courses:
https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/143723/1/accepted_mainmanuscr
ipt_revised%200219_clean%20version.pdf
Lecture recordings to support learning: a contested space
between students and teachers:
https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/147769/1/1-s2.0-
S0360131519301575-main.pdf
Multimedia interactive eBooks in laboratory bioscience
education:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/23752696.2017.1
338531
Mobile technology: students perceived benefits of apps for
learning neuroanatomy
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jcal.12144

10. Group-based activity
 Groups of 8
 Two people in each group for each activity
 Work independently or in pairs and then feedback to rest of group and compare
notes
 This is just a taster time – you can return to any of these activities later, in your own
time
 Listening to others’ reflections on the activities will hopefully be valuable to direct
your time more effectively
 Post comments on the Padlet to summarise your individual and group comments,
for the wider cohort to gain learning
 Be prepared to participate in the plenary discussion

11. Tips for group activity (45 minutes)
 Once you are allocated to a group (either online or in the room), please
take the time to introduce yourself to other members of your group
 Then identify which activity you would like to concentrate on – you can do
multiple activities if time allows
 Tell your group members how you would prefer to work – either
independently or in pairs
 Arrange your seating or technology to enable the type of conversations
you have agreed
 Remember to allocate some time to have a group discussion to share
experiences before the end of the session – ideally at least 5 minutes
 Remember to post on the Padlet as you go along, or before the end of the
group session

12. Feedback from groups
 Summarise your reflections on the Padlet before the end of the group session and
we will discuss some of these in the plenary
Link to Padlet:
https://bit.ly/3O9wuVA

13. Plenary discussion and round-up
 Key themes?
 Opportunities for further development?
 Main observations?
 Challenges of working multi-modally?

14. Thank you