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Blended Learning for
Large Classes: A
Pedagogical Template for
low-resourced contexts
Dr Peter Aborisade
Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
SOLSTICE & CLTR Conference 2012
13th & 14th June 2012
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What am I presenting?
• A blending case for low-resourced contexts
• FUTA story from 2005 to date
• EAP teachers in the eye of the storm
• A blend in practice
• A template for low-resourced contexts
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Low-resourced: Characteristics
• Inadequate Classrooms/lecture theatres
• Lack of teaching materials/facilities
• Inadequate numbers of teachers
• Large student enrolment vis-à-vis teachers/facilities
• Technology-poor
• Teaching-Learning F2F & by rote
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FUTA Experience: 1st Phase
Learner-centred curriculum, but largely
behaviourist methods
Large numbers, few teachers, inadequate facilities
Experimentation with internet, Web 1.0 access
Group & Team work
PB Learning
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FUTA Experience: 2nd Phase
Socio-cultural constructivist
Face-to-face
Web 2.0 Wiki + Moodle
Blended Learning
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A FUTA EAP CLASS
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FUTA MOODLE Blended Learning
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FUTA MOODLE Blended Learning
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Stage Action Description
Planning PD meetings
Selection & configuration of platform
Syllabus detailing + methodology
Problem analysis & strategic plan; decisions + actions
on ICT skills
Proprietary or Open source; Affordances
F2F + online modules integration
Preparation Student orientation
Team building
Activity scheduling & tasks +
feedback mechanisms
Uploading of team lists
New learning modes, approaches, autonomy,
interaction,
Project inquiry in grps, team work
Individual or group work; in-, out- class or online
activity
In-class or online feedback in stages
Teacher/technologist uploads team lists
Execution Teacher roles defined
Student roles outlined
Technologist role outlined
Monitoring, directing class meetings, facilitating online
discussion forums + feedback
Determine roles in groups, carry out investigations,
post comments on forums, do assignments
Provide technical support for online work
Assessment/Evaluation Course assessment; end-of-course evaluation Forum posts, assignments, downloads and uploads of
assignments & project reports assessed for course
grade
End-of-course evaluation feeds into course reforms
Framework for technology integration
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FUTA Experience: Outcomes
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FUTA Experience: Outcomes
Classrooms now diversified: new learning spaces
online & offline
Student engagement with materials high, as
motivation increases
Students’ interaction and scaffolding
Collaboration on projects enhancing interaction & learning on group work
Students’ voices now heard; creativity engendered
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Components of a Template
ICT Skills
Pedagogy
Subject content
Tech. Apps
Teacher
self-
developmen
t +
Motivation
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Content Framing
Subject area
Goal setting
(performan
ce based)
Core topics +
route path
Learner interest
(+enabling background
knowledge)
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PEDAGOGY
Teacher
Technology
Student
Content
PRIME DRIVER
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PEDAGOGY
Learner-centred (foster autonomy)
Problem- (Enquiry)based, project-driven activity (foster collaboration
&critical thinking) Learner Interactions
(Learner, Teacher, Content)
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The Elements of Learning Activity Design
Source: adapted from JISC 16 SOLSTICE & CLTR Conference
Identities: preferences, needs, motivations
Competences: skills, knowledge, abilities
Roles: approaches and modes of participating
learner(s)
specific interaction of learner(s) with other(s), using specific tools and resources, oriented
towards specific outcomes
learning activity
learning outcome(s)
learning environment
Tools, resources, artefacts
Affordances of the physical and
virtual environment for learning
New knowledge, skills and abilities
Artefacts of the activity process
Feedback (intrinsic or extrinsic)
other people Other people involved and the specific role
they play in the interaction e.g. support,
mediate, challenge, guide
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Challenges of Context
• Students & Teachers ‘Digital Immigrants’ require skills, new abilities, re-orientation
• Learning spaces, tools, resources need be created to meet learners’ modes and styles
• Authorities fail to do the Needful
• Initiative rests with TEACHERS
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