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Theme: how can the Next Generation Digital Learning Environment contribute to the curriculum design of African Universities?
Blended Learning at the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences
Authors:
Jaap van Voorst, HU
Hans van de Kant, Creblz
Introduction
Faculty of EducationArchimedes Institute
Inspire to learn in the heart of The Netherlands
Our faculty
n HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht is a knowledge organisation enrolling over 35,000 Bachelor’s and Master’s students.
University of Applied Sciences
n Our University is rooted in the region and maintains links with national and international partner institutions. HU employs 3,500 staff.
n High-quality teaching and practice-oriented research are the cornerstones of HU. At the heart of everything we do is innovation of professional practice.
Three institutes: primary, secondary, special needs Number of students: 8,000 Staff: 500 6 centres for applied research 25 courses ( bachelors and masters) 20 minors School and Competence based education n Blended learning as didactical concept International Program for Erasmus and
other foreign students
Faculty of Education
The future of education
Victoria’s story “a vision for the future of learning”
The future of education
“making the classroom as dynamic as the world around you”
What is 21st century education?
Context
n A new strategy: HU sees in Blended Learning an opportunity to improve student education; one that offers both flexibility as well as a connection to modern-day society
If you keep doing what you did, you get what you had
What did we had?
n A lot of unmotivated studentsn Having bad resultsn A lot of drop out studentsn A lot of drop out teachers in primary and
secundary educationn Lack professionalisation in the working field
Instruction and acquiring knowledge online
Deepening knowledge and developing knowledge in classes and in learning teams
Education: state of the art
Our wishes
n We were looking for a LMS that:
• enables lecturers to make courses theirselves
without the support of a system manager • is user friendly because of its navigation and clear
lay out • has a didactical concept that guides the course • facilitates cooperation with fellow educators on an
inter-school, regional and international level
n Conclusion: it didn’t exist
Our answer: HUbl
n We were developed our own LMS, a NGDLEn In cooperation with Mentorixn In 2 years more than 600 courses in Hubln All lecturers work with HUbl
A Next Generation Digital Learning Environment
1. Interoperability and Integration.
Finding: The ability to integrate tools and to exchange content and learning data enables everything else
2. Personalization.
Finding: Personalization is the most important user-facing functional domain of the NGDLE
3. Analytics, Advising, and Learning Assessment.
Finding: The analysis of all forms of learning s a vital component of the NGDLE
NGDLE
4. Collaboration.
Finding: The NGDLE must support collaboration at multiple levels and make it easy to move between private and public digital spaces.
5. Accessibility and Universal Design.
Finding: ensuring that all learners are able to participate, with access to content and the ability to create accessible learning materials.
Results so far
n 50% of our programmes are blendedn Inspired lecturersn Better results for studentsn Higher satisfaction of studentsn More flexibility is appreciated very much
4 Important stepping stones for succes
n Vision
n Professionalisation
n Digital learning material
n Infrastructure
Dashboard
Thank you very much for your attention!
