How to engage young learners

Teaching & Learning ForumBy Moodlerooms

Creating a learner centric platform that engages and empowers

Francesco Group

Moodlerooms and FG, the journey so far…

Who we are

Frank Dellicompagni opened the firstFrancesco Group Salon in 1967 in Stafford

Francesco Group currently have:

32 salons

4 Academies – 3 in Stafford, 1 in Birmingham18 College Partnerships

We currently train over 200 Apprentices, as well as Full time learners

Moodle and Branding

Francesco Group is proud of its brand, the values it exudes and the customer experience we deliver to 1000’s of clients and students alike.

Using the Moodle has allowed us to portray not only our brand as we would like to, but to also be an online gateway to the extensive learning resource portfolio we provide.

The Moodle ‘Snap’ theme makes our VLE not only stylish but responsive too, an important factor with students today who make heavy use of mobile devices to access online learning resources.

Our corporate website

Incorporating our imagery into our theme

Our Course Tiles in Moodlerooms Snap

Badge Branding

Adding our own branded Open Badges make the student feel rewarded by Francesco Group and encourages them to achieve more and gain more badges in their learning progression.

FG Story

• Where we were

Portal (learners and Educators)– used as a dumping ground for storing paperwork

Hosts Videos of our technical work

Corporate website also hosted some paperwork for assessors and Educators

• Our Learners

Different learning capabilities and a mixture of learning styles, however mostly engaged by ‘doing’ activities.

Most of our learners are of the “Facebook” generation. With high expectations of what technology can deliver.

FG Story – What was missing

• Not being in constant contact with our learners

• Homework set not being done or handed in

• No use of e-learning (use of a whiteboard was classed as e-learning)

• Increasing demand to deliver other qualifications on top of hairdressing (Maths, English, PLTS)

• Limited time to deliver the whole apprenticeship framework

• Having an effective tracking mechanism for learners, staff and OFSTED

Where are we now

•We have now created a blended learning environment

Why Blended Learning

Classroom Learning

&Virtual

Learning

Demand for incorporating

Maths and English

27 / 7Learning

opportunities

Instant feedback

=Less

frustrationsExpand and

improve :ICT skills

Underpinning knowledge

Collaborate as a group

Communication

LearnersEducators

Engage learners and make them

autonomous learners

Moodle = Learner Engagement

Differentiation

QuizYou tube

Most tasks take 15 – 20

mins to complete

Discussion board / blogs / wikisMost tasks

give instant feedback –

less frustration

Allows for collaboration

group and educator

Lesson / Assignments

Stretch and challenge in

the classroom

Thought out and structured course

Course

s

• Each unit within the qualification is made into a course• e.g. Colouring

Elements

• Within the course it is segmented into elements. • e.g. Health and Safety / Application techniques

Badge

s

• Learners are rewarded with a badge for completing each element aka Element badge

• One each element is completed they are rewarded the course badge

FG Moodle

Open Badges

ELEMENT BADGE

COURSE BADGE

Gamification and other methods of engagement

• Conditional release

• We blend the online content with our working Course planners & SOW

• We mirror what is being taught in the Academy to what they do independently at home.

• All the units have release dates to coincide with the SOW

Conditional Release Example

Personal Learning Designer

Allows learning to be individual but in a controlled manner

Building block of learning – It allows you to release foundation knowledge activities before advanced knowledge can begin.

This will allow for learners to work through learning at their own pace allowing stronger learners to move forward at a quicker pace and lower level learners to complete their learning in smaller bite size pieces.

PLD - Example

START

FINISH

STRETCH AND CHALLENGE

Team Engagement

Moodle

WBL Manager (me)

Appoint E-learning champion 1

(Laura)

Team Member 1

Learners

Team member 2

Learners

Appoint E-learning champion 2

(Abbie)

Team member 3

Learners

Team member 4

Learners

Already expanding Moodle

• Customer service course

• E-Safety course

• Induction

• Unit questionnaires – Feedback for each unit

• Course questionnaires – Gathers crucial data for OFSTED and SFA about learner satisfaction

What the future holds for FG and Moodle

• PLTS course

• Equality and Diversity course

• Safeguarding course

• Functional skills course – Maths and English development

• More Interactive blogs

Questions

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