10/04/2023

Paul McKean – FE and Skills Customer AdvocateLearning online, blended and face to face

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Percentage of online deliverySFA guidance for ILR reporting

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Individual Learner Record (ILR): SFA

Taken literally the guidance provided by the SFA suggests, every programme of study reported in the ILR, will need to record the amount of online delivery which is included. The guidance also states the online component needs to be a replacement for face-to-face contact time recorded in a scheme of work.

 » SFA want to encourage providers to transition to a more ‘blended’

delivery» The SFA will be carrying out a temperature check in 14/15 » In addition SFA will be carrying out pilots programmes, which aim to:

assess the current appetite for blended delivery, remove barriers to online delivery and help set a future ‘online’ funding rate.

Recording the percentage of a programme delivered online

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Online Learning

Learning completed away from the classroom, with no face-to-face engagement between tutor and learner.

 » Relies on intrinsically motivated learners» Most activity is undertaken by the learner in their own time, at their own

pace with interactions generally asynchronous (time lag) » Tutor/learner and learner/learner interactions can take place

synchronously (in real-time) via scheduled webchats or video conferencing

» Learning may involve work activity, and other contexts such as voluntary work, but the learner is likely to be the focus of all learning activity and seek access to learning resources via a number possible sources of materials, which may include a provider, but also informal resources

Distance learning

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Blended Learning (1)

Blended learning is the term that is used to refer to learning which includes any aspects of face-to-face delivery and online delivery. Blended learning does note require a fixed ‘mix’ of the two methods, indeed a course which has a face-to-face induction and the remainder online would be blended, in the same way as a course which incorporates online assessment but mostly face-to-face delivery.

 » Includes an online element(s) and a face-to-face element(s)» Can include one/many aspect(s) of the course which is/are online and

face-to-face» Provides flexibility in delivery, some more complex aspects of

curriculum can be covered both online and face-to-face

Mix of online learning and face-to-face delivery

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Blended Learning (2)

Blended learning can also be used to describe a mix of face-to-face delivery and online delivery, within a single classroom/workshop environment. As an example, a tutor may give a presentation and then ask learners to carry out an activity which is held within a VLE. The learners then complete the task online, with support of the online community, and in addition, the support of the classroom tutor too. This type of delivery supports differentiation and allows learners in a classroom environment to progress at their own pace.

 » Supportive way to enable learners to participate online» Ensures equity of access as technology is provided» This type of delivery will not count against SFA definition of online delivery

The mix of online and face-to-face delivery in a classroom/workshop

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Blended Learning (3)The mix of online and face-to-face delivery across a range of contextsWork-based learning often involves a mixture of learning and assessment activities set around classroom and work activities and involving

» Tutors and provider-based assessors» Supervisors and assessors in the workplace

These activities may also involve peers and the learner’s own self-assessment and reflective activities using e-portfolios and work using learning platforms managed by the provider

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Face-to-face

Otherwise known as traditional delivery. Face-to-face delivery can include many different pedagogies and teaching strategies but does not involve any online delivery.

 »Tutor delivers to a learner who is present in a

classroom/workshop»Can incorporate many different teaching methods»Can incorporate a wide range of resources, many of which

will be introduced by the practitioner, within the context of a planned session

Delivered by a tutor to a learner in person