Getting Started With Blended Learning ( PDF 2.7 ... - Griffith University
Getting Started With Blended Learning ( PDF 2.7 ... - Griffith University
Getting Started With Blended Learning ( PDF 2.7 ... - Griffith University
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There are so many possibilities; do I have to do it all?<br />
Good practice in blended learning (and operating in “Mode 2”), doesn’t necessarily mean adopting a wide<br />
range of technologies for a particular course. It can mean simply using a few tools, but in effective ways in<br />
order to achieve quality in teaching, learning and/or course management.<br />
For example, a teacher may upload lecture notes (and perhaps lecture recordings) on their course site,<br />
regularly use the announcement and email functions, and include other information and resources on their<br />
course site. This would be considered more like Mode 1 blended learning. However, the teacher may also<br />
integrate the use of a discussion board in their course design, including a number of different forums such as<br />
a Question and Answer forum between teacher and students, an informal ‘students only’ forum, as well as a<br />
number of topic forums relating to different components of the course where students are required to post<br />
comments that form part of the assessment task/s. This would be considered a Mode 2 example of blended<br />
learning.<br />
Section 1:<br />
<strong>Blended</strong> <strong>Learning</strong> at <strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Where to next?<br />
As with the design of any aspect of curriculum, starting first with the course aims and learning objectives and<br />
considering how to best support students in achieving quality learning is crucial. In the following sections, we<br />
provide guidance in the planning, designing and developing, implementing and evaluating of blended learning<br />
approaches.<br />
Endnotes<br />
1 <strong>Blended</strong> <strong>Learning</strong> Strategy (2009) – http://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/197143/<br />
<strong>Blended</strong><strong>Learning</strong>Strategy.pdf<br />
2 <strong>Blended</strong> <strong>Learning</strong> Implementation Plan (2009) – http://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/180879/<br />
<strong>Blended</strong>-<strong>Learning</strong>-Imp-Plan-FINAL_May09.pdf<br />
3 Policy Library – http://www62.gu.edu.au/policylibrary.nsf<br />
4 GIHE professional development – http://www.griffith.edu.au/gihe/professional-development-programs<br />
5 Resources, Case Studies and Issues Papers – http://www.griffith.edu.au/gihe/teaching-learning-curriculum/blendedlearning<br />
6 <strong>Blended</strong> <strong>Learning</strong> Support site – https://intranet.secure.griffith.edu.au/computing/blended-learning-support<br />
7 INS (L&T) http://www.griffith.edu.au/elements/information-services<br />
Section 1: <strong>Blended</strong> <strong>Learning</strong> at <strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
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